Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1898 — THE IRENE INCIDENT. [ARTICLE]

THE IRENE INCIDENT.

Prince Henry of Pruaaia Makes a Statement In Regard to the Late Manila Sensation. Berlin, July’ 28. A dispatch from Shanghai Wednesday says an official statement from Prince Henry of Prussia in regard to the Irene incident at Subig bay, Philippine islands, has been published in the Ost-Asiatische Lloyd. It says the Irene went to Subig bay to take off some Spanish women and children who were in distress. At Isla Grande the German warship happened to meet a steamer belonging to the insurgents which left without any difficulty arising. On returning, the Irene met outside Manila bay two United States ships which did not speak her. In conclusion the statement seta forth that the removal of women and children was “effected from motivea cf humanity and with a strict observance of the rules of neutrality.”