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THE DEUTSCHLAND.

THE CAPTAINS STORY,

How the Super-Submarine

**Croused the Atinatic.

On the arrival of the German

sorpas the ocean was an unevent

ence.

Went Submerged only go Miles.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1916.

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'The Allies First Step to Victory.

The Author of the "Letters from Mara" in the Pall-- Mali Gazette writes as follows:-

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the world. The gates which we This ship can carry a cargo of CHEESE AND CHOCOLATE.

in' war should fall into a similar opened with this key will not be₤1,000 tons and on this trip carried shut again. Open door to the 750 tons of dyestuff, valued no

one of his own making. The trade of the world and freedom $1,000,000. The charge for the

diversion in the Trentino impoasd talked with many rapras apon the Armies of her Ally by Americans. With mosresly of the oceans and equal rights to shipment alone will pay for the

Germany could only be carried exception they expre all nations on the ocean will be cost of the D.utschland, about

out by the sacrifice of strength in opinion that the defest of Ger guaranteed by Germany's victory | $500,000. On this trip ws car-

the main theatre of her operations many and the extirpation of in this struggle for our exist-fried no mails, nor did we CRITY London, July 13.-To-day the

in Galicia.

Prussian militarism were indie money or securities. Also we Court of Appeal, consisting of came without insurance, running Lorde Justican Swinfen Eady. The term initiatory," ap ap-

pensable conditions for the Gaining the Initiative, fatare welfare of humanity, entirely at our own risk.”

Philimore, and Bankes, heard an

The dawn of the transfer of While some are inclined to be › Captain Konig's own story of

"Did you bring a message from appeal by the owners of cargo saper-anbmarine Deutschland at the Deutschland' voyage was the Kaiser to President Wilson ?" lately laden on board the steamer born of the un'e'anding that af Germany to those of the Allies consider to have been errorn and plied to war is an arbitrariness the initiative from the hands of outspoken in regard to what they Baltimore, the captain of the told to newspaper correspondents the captain, was seked.

Thorsa, against a decision of superiority in numbere, arma- Į may be said to date from Jane 9; anite in paying a warm tri- Tostel issued the following type soon after he made public his

blunders on the part of the Allies, "No. We did not, written statement:-

ments, equipment, reserve power, when Russia, seising the oppor prepared statement. He laughed Konig replied with emphasis. sction brought by appellants of the opponents in choosing bis adversary, launched the armies and quiet heroiam displayed by Capt. Justice Bargrave Desne in 30 and above all morale, justifies one tunity sforded by a weakened bute to the resolution, patience, "The satmarine Deutschland,at stories of his being chased far "That iss plain lie. which I have the honour to come of his course by enemy vessels,

against the owners of that vessel mund, in the first of several sub and declared that during the carrying whatever cargo there is negligence to

"We will get back again for damage through alleged own time to impose his will by of Brusiloff in the great offensive. the people of the Entente Powern. marines, built to order of the entire trip he travelled sub for us to take. And we can go chocolate carried on the steamer.nese of the ability to win. The The very novelty in the design of for when the American is touch-

fores of arms upon his adversary. The strategy was well conceived in quantity of It is the acme of self conscious and both method and extention. this point becomes embarrassing Deutsch Ozean-Rbederal G. M. B. merged only about ninety-miles without taking on soy oil here. H. Bremen. She will be followed "I bave seen,

"said the cup. We have enough left to take us by the Bremen'shortly.

surrender of the initiative is a barating simultaneously through ed he is spl to indulge in oratory Mr. McKinnon, K.C., and Mr. tacit acknowledgment of inferior a long opposing line of some 230 which sounds strange to an ear "The idea of this submarine forced to go hundreds of miles will be just as say to go back as and Co.) were for the appellants, only be regained with the help success. Like all bold ventures of the English. But it in un tain, statements that we were home. And I want to say that it Dunlop (instructed by Walton ity. Once relinquished it can miles in length was deserving of attuned to the restrained speech emanated from Mr. Alfred Lob-out of our course in the Atlantic it was to come. over. mano, then president of the Bre-because of British

We will and Mr. Peterson, K.O., and Mr. men Chamber of Commerce. He That is not so.

warships. have no difficulty getting out of Nielen (instructed by B terellforded by tms to enable the when braced up with the ele questionably true that Britain brought his idea in the fall of go out of cur course, except to warships do not break neutrality

Why should we the Capa-bat is, if British and Roche) for the respondents, established, or by the opportunity sian arme well into the hostile high in American estimation as powers of recuperation to beats of surprise, it carried Ras-snd the British never stood so last year confidentially before a submerge? That is the simplest and come within the three-mile small circle of friends, and the and most effective way to get out limit to attack us.

furnished by the glaring errors of lines. As with other rapidly at the present day, France, too, idea was taken up at once.

cores. Besides, it is shall leave I do no not know, but owners and consignees of 1,838 It embuss them with all the soul Our Ally har, as to be expected, Bazur, which has been in pro- How soon wo follow: The appellants were the initiative rendere armies strong, dash has created a new situation. Marseillaise" at the Allied A of our

an adversary. The spirit of the executed attacks in war, the first loved and honoured as never company was formed under the much easier to submerge.

before. The singing of the we will be ready a "soon as we cases of chocolate which they of the offensive. They have faith been brought up short near the name of 'Deutsche Orean- Bhedarei G. M. B. H. and the by the straight course from the

"We came to Hampton Roads get a cargo.".

Capt. Kapig said that the shipped on board the Thores in in their invincibility. It appeain real strategis points in the degress here during the last week Germania wezit, Kiel, was on English Channel. We did not Deutschland was built for sub-ood crder and condition under to the individual man to display fence system of the Central was always the signal for an trusted with the building of the come by way of the Azores mersion to a depth of 200 feet, December, 1911, for carriage from that lies within him. It gives to notably at Kovel, which is vitalism.

bill of lading dated the 8th to fellow men the real courage Powers in the. Esatera theatre, extraordinary outburst of ea- aubmarine.

Altogether, from Heligoland to but that it was seldom necessary Genos to London. When the all ranks the chases of showing to German communications, and "The board of directors is Baltimore, we oovered composed of Mr. Alfred Lobmann, miles. Of that distance 90 miles the surface.

3,300 to go more than fifty feet below chcoolate arrived it was stated to their real worth.

The defence of Verdan han president of the board; Mr.

be badly tainted by Gorgonzola

near Brody, which stands at the seized the American imagination were driven under the surface of Philipp Heineken, general man- the water.

The captain said he had been cheese, a quantity of which was went into war nearly two years Galicia. It is in the south, how recent phase of the war. The The Allies," as "we all know, gate of Lemberg, the capital of to greater extent than any other in the merchant service for many also carried in the versel. It was ago alterly unprepared. ager of the Nord Lloyd; Mr. The ughout the entire trip years and that in recent years he alleged by the method of stowage need not labour the sad conne Czernovits and Kolomes, that our les of the Siater Repablio, of her Kommersionret P. M. Herrmann the officers and crew were in ex- bad commanded the Prinzess adopted by the shipowners the quences of this anre a dinees. The Ally may not only regain Eastern superb fortitude ander adverse We ever, owing to the capture of papers are full of growing eulog manager of the Deutschebsuk cellent health and spirits. Of Irene and the Schleswig. He chocolate became contaminated, initiative lay with a powerful fos Galicis, but may possibly over-conditions, and of the steadfast- Mr. Carl Stapelfeldt, manager of the Nord Lloyd, bay taken over water for long spells the sir got his fellow-officers. The chief presence of the cheese in the the first parauit in the curriculam armies of his adversary.

couree, when we were under paid high tribute to the crew and sad it was contended that the who had made the study of war whim more than Gne of the Talour of ber astonishing soldiers. the management of the company. very stuffy sometimes, and there engineer is F. Klees, the first vicinity of the chocolate rendered of education for a past half-

"We have brought a most was some inconvenience, but it officer F. Kripohof, and the the vessel unseaworthy for the century. His reward is pictured ward movement of Bussia, our of feeling. In the days of peace In the case of Russia the war bao valuable cargo of dyestuffs to our never was serious. The Denisch second officer M. Eyring. He carriage of the chocolats. De on the war map, but in spite of Ally in Italy was in position to

Within three weeks of the for-brought a tremendous revulsion American friende, dyestuffs which and is built to stay under water said the greatest credit for the fendants denied that they bad victory after victory his end issue the cffensive. The initia of Russia was probably greater have been so much needed, and for four coatecative days, you access of the voyage should be been guilty of any breach of duty far from being ob'ained, for he tive has passed into the hands of than that of his British cousin, the average American's ignorance which the raler of the seas has see we never reached anywhere given to Engineer Kleen. not allowed the great American near our submersion limit on this "Be is most entitled to the all reasonable measis for the ven- of his opponents. The im na of and on the Isozz. The strategic Anti-Rosian feeling

and pleaded that they had taken he has failed to break the Armies Cadorna both in the Treating which is saying a good deal. republic to import. While Eng- voyage. knd will not allow anybody the

credit," he added, “and I de tilation of the cargo. It was ad- victory for the Allies on land have situation in this region cannot pronounced, a fact largely due to The ship is much easier to pended upon him every minute mitted that in the conuree of the yet to be chanted, but there is no be said to afford an opportuntity the ubiquitous German-Jewish same right on the ocean, because ride in this torpedo-bost de- the day and night." the rules the waves, we have by stroyer; much steadier. Nothing| means of the submarine com- can happen to ber, she is so per-captain said he expected the next be kept on and the hatches olos-one great achievement over her the Bassisu one, but it is inter. American has learnt to admire in As he ended the interview, the all the ventilation covers had to True Great Britain has scored armies of its opponents sa dom to-day all that is changed. The voyage the weather was such that need to despair of a triumph of capturing or destroying the element in American life. But menced to break tain role. Great Britain cannot, however, fectly built. Of course, she rolls acbmarine merchantman to reach ed. Mr. Justics Bargrave Deane, binder boats such as oure to go hardebip Any nation that can weeks.

a little at times, but that is no the United States within eight who tried the setion, eaid that in enemy on her element, the sea, eating to note that the Imperial Bussis the same qualities that he and come as we plesse.

build a ship like the Dealschland

another over herself within her Headquarters, with its decision has seen displayed by Franca and his opinion the ship was own shores. She has eaved her in this ephere, has been compell Great Britain. In a word, so far The captain talked with port worthy when she started on her self from the stigma that stained ed to give up its objective long as moral support is concerned, su "Our trip passing Dover can do what we did." ful one. When danger approached with the smiling enthusiasm lower harbour, where she dropped both the cheese and the chocolate, the principle of the law as the and of our French Ally, in the friends of the Allie",

The German commander talking to move up to dock from the reason why she should not carry Allies, by adopting, like them, ward movement of our own Army, American

officials, as his vessel was prepar voyage and that there was no her reputation in the eyes of her before completion. By the for- overwhelming majority of the ed, we went below the surface, of a child as he related the prin sachor at eleven o'clock last night Be said they were not dangerous recruiting sergeant for her forces. region of the Somme on July 1,

people are sword and here we are, safely in an American port, ready to return in feat.

cipal incidents of his remarkable at the end of her voyage across cargoes, either of them. It was She has failt up an Army with the circuit of initiative has been due course.

the Atlantic through isaee of cans of bad stowage-and-nothing extraordinary seal and energy, completed. There is no die-

No Word of Intervention. There is little to tell of the rigilent enemy warships. He elas, and that bad stowage did but by the meiliada employed in charge in war" if it be broken. be quite misleading to say. Bat more than that it would "I am not in a position to give trip," he continued, "wo left spoke freely to the officers and not render the vessel you fall details regarding our trip scross the ocean; in view of Heligoland on June 22 and steam-jisughed over his feat. To newsworthy. He therefore gars judg; power of the manhood is by no their backs to the wall for night earlier periods of the war, making the structure, the fall The Allier, siter fighting with Whatever may have been the case ed on the surface into the North paper men shouting questions ment for the defendants, and means contained in it. A mass on two years; have now to retrieve when the United States aufered our enemies. Our boat hae S. Before sailing we conduct-over the ship's side, he was not against this decision the present of real fighting material lies still all the mischief done by a rathe whole series of outrages and displacement of about 2,000 tons and a speed of more than 14ed trial trips and drills for the so

communicatire, explaining appeal was brought. crew for the days of two weeks, that a formal statement would be knots. Needless to say that we having proceeded from Bremen issued later by the representatives

in the forge, the mine, and the less foo. They can choose their ineults at the bends of Germany, foundery are quite unarmed and only e

own time for the purpose, if they and feeling, even at Warking too, peaceful marchatman.

to our starting point. I had of his owners.

The Strength of Youth, but appreciate correctly the great was running dangerously high, During the night a considerants, argued that the warrant of} The strength of a nation lies in advantage ther bae accrued to te-ey there is no word of inter- never been on a submarins voy- "Regarding things in Germany age, and the training I had all able part of the Deutschland's affected by the exceptions against its youth, in the period of life them.

Feaworthiness was in no way

vention in any quart-r, respon- ̈ convinced of the fall fias! victory / was received in the practice trips crew had been setir and a email negligence. The ship was exp" seven. The body is then quite]

sible or the reverse. It is doing of the German arms and those of on the Deutschland.

searchlight played almost con-

no injustice to the American na- posed to start in a seaworthy our allies. All facts of the last incident the firet day, but on the anchored nesr

"Everything. went without stantly upon a newspaper yacht condition, and if owing to bad vigorous enough to endure bard-

tion to say that its prezent twenty-two months go to prove second day in the North Sea we Thomas F. Timmons, convoying carry the chocolate the warranty freshness of youth, is an excell by. The tag stowage the Tersel was not fit to ships. The touch of headstrong-

watchword is peace at almost that there is no doubt for this.re in the zone of the British the submarine, also kept the bad not been carried out,

Bess, quality peculiar to the

sny price. The humblest citizen All Poland and Kurland, conueraisers and destroyers.

and the highest official of the try of the size of two-thirds of sighted their smoke ficquently,

We yacht under close surveillance.

ent salt for martial ardour. With

Administration are at one in Germany,

twolve are, since

Her Papers Examined.

Lord Justice Phillimore point- the great schiavement of having but only dived when we thought. months, under peaceful rule, and there was danger of our being daylight was beginning to show reasonably fit for the purpose of war, and not before it, we have Soen after four o'clock whened out that a ship must be created an Army during a period the entire country has been pat detected. Of course, we were faintly through heavy low-lying which it was to be put. If a vessel been bound to leaven it with under the plough, sad thousands difficult to see, because we were cionds and a steady drizzling had carried petroleum, and was innumerable misfits. After much of acres will be serving for the running so low in the water and rain, a bost with, health and to carry four, it must be cleaned experience, and after constant and next winter's supply of foodatafla. Bains and warm weather in April submerge several times in the from the Quarantine etation and made arest and clean. There had have been moulded into a more these days very soon realises that held that President Wilson is smoke. We did customs officiale aboard put out out. The receptacle must be varying changes, our divisions comer to the United States in In England the view ie widely and May have brought a crop in North Sea, staying under some want alongside the submarine. been many cases of taints. view all over Germany, Austria-times two hours and some times Tathe Municipal Health officer,

or less uniform alloy, sad thanks public opinion in England has himself personally responsible. Hungary, Balgeria and Turkey, less. Every time we came to the Dr. Thomas L. Richardson, the judgment in the court below was professional instructors, the whole Wilson. In so far as he stards fake strong zotion against inose Their Lordship found that the to time and to devotion of old been rather unjust to President for the failure of his country to finer than since a century.

All Servia, Montenegro, and surface, if all looked well, we skipper, presented his bill of right, and the appeal failed. has been for some weeks ready in for the embodiment of American who have deliberately murdered a great part of Albania are in the British battleships in the North Thomas Fee, United States Con- kept on going. We saw no health, issued to him by William

the opinion of its leaders to policy, with all its seeming American cif ́aine and flanted the same position, Beriles Belgiam, Ses, only cruisers and destroyers, mal at Bremen, on Jane 14.

strike, and has been silently vacillation, itu readiness to toru American flag. Bat this view is one-seventh of France is in Ger

{ awaiting the call,

the other cheek, and its apparent immediately seen to be fallacions man possession, and all in British naval vessels,

or at least, what we took to be} The document describes the

In war nothing is impossible. desire to "take the cash and let when the facts are studied in fourishing agricultural state; no

Few men prophesying as to the the credit arow,” the hard thinga Americs itself. Whatever his "We did not on the entire trip in the freight trade between Bre- Konig intimated that the purpose result of this contest would have said about him at home and in faalte or failinge, there is not a there is really not the least anxiety come into close proximity with men and Boston or other Eastern of his long delay at Heligoland ventured to predict that the great Allied countries have doubtless ebred of doubt that President for the British attempt of trying

W. avoided Atlantic ports." to kill by starvation a hundred any man-of-war."

it recorde her was to deceive the enemy, who General Staff in Berlin, which some justification?"

Wilson's policy throughout the million German and Austrian them all, It was very simple. gross tonnage as 781, says she is undoubtedly had beard rumors of controls both the diplomacy of its It is easy to find many resorts war has faithfully reflected cur children and women and non- Went Through English Channel, newly built," has a cargo of the submarine's coming, "We Ally and the military direction of in New York where the Kaiser is rent opinion in the United States. combatants, the most devilish From the North Sea we went dyestudie in good condition, and stopped there for very good its Armies, would have created toasted nightly in a very good While his methods are sometimes plan ever tried by any nation in straight through the English wholesome eapply of water reasons," the captain said, with situation which seems likely to imitation of Pilsener beer. Bat criticised, his purpose is appland.

Channel, which is alive with war from the Bremen Water Works," broad smile.

prove the turning point in the these are purely German places, ed by the entire nation, and that "Our boats will carry across ship, and on the night of the One thing the boarding officers. This counted for the belief struggle, and one that is distinct ran by Germans and almost ex-purpose war, and will in; so keep the Atlantic the maila, and save fourth day we submerged and noted particolarly there were no in the United States that the ly unfavourable; to the Central clusively patronised by the same the United States remote from the them from British interruption. remained still-all night on the torpedo tubes or guns of any des- vetsel was 'n week overdus, ■ Powers,

race.Out in the streets, in the terrible struggle in Europe. We trust that old friendly ground on the bottom of the cription visible aboard the vessel. misapprehension that caused There is initiativein diplomacy pablio, places, and, above all, in It will not have escaped atten relationship with the United Channel. There were lots of They had been told that she German, Embassy officials to fear as well as in war. The War the newspapers, one heara and tion that both the Democrats and Biates going back to the days of cruisers near us, we know, and mounted two small calibre rifles that she bad run into Allied war- Cabinets of the Entente Ponors reads language that would warm the Republicans have carefully Washington, when it was Prussia it was very foggy. So we thought for defence, but came ashore con- ships or fallen victim to an were slow to reckon with this the heart of the most patriotic abstained from inserting in their who was the first to help Amories it wise not to take any chances, vinced that the visitor was wholly Atlantic storm. Once outside fact. They permitted their ad. Briton. Seventy-five per cent, of party of platforms" single word in its fight for freedom from and I gave the order to submerge anarmed,

ite blockading lines and into the versary to formulall them, and by the American people are anxious on the sat jest of intervention. British rule, will awake afresh in for the night and until there It was learned that the host Atlantic, according to the thoir apathy or absence of co- to see Germany defeated; the It is tras both parties have re- your beautiful and powerful should be clearer weather. The left Bremen with her load of captain's story, he headed ordinata policy not only lost the majority desire that event, and oectly shown a most commend-

next morning all was well, and about 750 tons of valuable dye straight

and only obances of raking in potential make no secret of their desire, shle zeal for the sadly The hon fog of the we proceeded through the Chan- staffs which her owners hope to deviated from his course once Allies, bet found themselves and. But against this must be placed defences of the pantry. Deutsche Ocean Rhederel is the nel into the Atlantic Ocean with well to American manufacture when he saw what he took to be dled by an estate for with the the undoubled fact that an evan paredzams to in the order of the old Bremen fing, red and white out incident.

for a large gain. At Heligoland enemy craft. Most of the time responsibilities of overem diver-larger mejnity-90 per cent, is day, and at the mom stripes, with the cost-of-arms of "Our trip has demonstrated she waited, nine days, leaving the sped along on the sarfice, stone in war which entailed a too conservative an estimatsing it seems likely that the town, the key in the corner that the big merchant submarine there on Jane, 23 to plough deep making around 14 knots an hour drain upon the military require, deaire that under no citos: will adopt the large This key is the sign that wehave is practical, and that it has come beneath the surface of the. Narda with his powerful twin Dismal oil

building

I may mention that everybody in

The world.

country.

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Deutschland as "arisselengaged

Phaid, the master which: Great to stay. We expect the venture Bas to menpe the ma Britain tried to shut upon in and, 10 be a great Ananofil uncomms, of Ah, AUM birth

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THE TRUTH ABOUT

AMERICA.

Pro-Ally, But for Peace at (Almost), any. Price.

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{ their determination to avoid bə....... ing drawn into the war if it be bemanly possible.

The pro

Ally party may be strong, but the pro-pesce party is stronger, in-. New York, June 21.-A 'now-finitely stronger.

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