The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-10-06

IldLHEuOuSi Ollel tUi' Wlltlti lltS III
10, two days after che got instruetions
TO sail, Captain Tindall did not know
whether the island was occupied by
hostile forces or whether a cruiser was
stationed there. As Captain Tindau
Is the proud possessor Of several
medals presented to him by the Japa-
1ese emperor for distinguished service
turing The Russian,Japanese war, as a
blockade runner, with o picked crew,
Rhc well know The dsnger they were
cumming into, the little steamsr left
this port en- September 10 on her dan.
yerons errand.
4 CAPTAIN TINDALL's STORY
Captain Tindall tellG the. story Of
the trip, his arrival In Planning Island
and the conditions that he found there
In the following manner:
!. "we arrived OF tho north end Of
Planning Island at daybreak, ON the
morning Of the twenty-ffth Of Sop.
.ember. I gave orders to the chief
engineer 70 bank the firos SO that no
smoke would be visible At shelter.
ID point On this section Of the island
the presence of yesesl's masts can
be seen across the island above the
low atolls. We crept up cautiously and
IRON the ma5thead Of the Kestrel we
gwept the surrounding waters for the
presence of q war vessel and found
none. I then proceeded around the Isl.
and to the harbor entrance. We noted
ships boat with crsw, who were
apparently graphing for the broken
cable. ts
DEVASTATION GREETs CREW
1--WE were greeted upon our arrival
by superintendent A. Smith and hi
STAFF and our welcome was a genuine
one. The devastation caused by thS
Germans was apparent before We land
ed and the evidence Of the free use
Of dynamite and guncotton could be
seen many yards from Ghore. Tn,
landing buoy, TO which vessels have
made fast, was even demolished. II
was reported that this has been mined
70 make it useless for vesCels to use a:
D moortng. 1e ,
Although none Of the residents Of
Tanning Island suffered any persona
injury from the German landing forct
he feeling against the British govern
ment In not giving this important sta
ton better naval protection is quit
marked q
nwhile the people Of Tanning wer'
expecting the presencc of q German
cruiser for about three weoks, no on'
really thought that the Germans woult
make the attempt to seize the island
especially as the British goverfimen
knew tho Whereabouts Of tho Nurn
berg and the Leipzig,
WOMEN WERE SUSPICIOUS
"The women Of the station were ver!
suspicious, however, and at times thel
were even nervous They had maj
| On the lockout for two weeks and Of
the morning of September z two YES
| sels, which afterwards proved to b
the Nurnberg and q collier, wer
/ sighted .1
News to this effect was immediate
" wired to Bamfeld and TO Suva. Bot
vessels were flying the French ma
and SO sure we're the Tanning Isl
anders that these were friendly YES
sels that preparations were made +
launch a boat from shore and shoV
hem to, an anchorage They had hard
| " gotten started on their friendly mis-
sion when two boats loaded with Get
man officers and marines put on fror
! tho Nurnberg fn1 came In full spec
to the shore.
COLONY ORDERED TO SURRENDER
They did not even wait for tn
boats TO ground on the beach, bu
| jumped out into the water waist deer
and with fixed bayonets and draw
reviewers commanded the surprissd Iii
Ito gathering of Tanning Islanders I
surrender. They rushed ON shore an
mounted Maxim gun which was train
ed on the cable headquarters. In tn
meantime the Nurnberg kept her gun
in position TO protect the landing party
Marines were posted all around tn
station while officers and sailors arme
with rifles made their way to the offic
building. &,
1.-THE cable employees were hard \
work here and were paralyzed to SO
a German officer at the door of tn
operating room with a cooked rovolVc
in his hands. sats f..
"'Take your handf off those key
all of You, he commanded.
! IAN but one OF the operators con
piled, not having heard the command
mot until one of his companion
shouted to him, did he realize his pos
ton. .'.' 3D.. .'' m.
| DELICATE INSTRUMENTS
SMASHED
/ 1.-THE men were then made to line Il
against the wall white sailors wit
axeE smashed the delicate and valu1
bic instruments, -Four recorders. tw
Huertley magnifers. besides automati
transnitters, batteries and accumul'
tors, all were given over 10 the AK,
A good deal Of valuable mechapisl
was left intact, which shows that thei
knowledge Of cable instruments wa
somewhat crude. II ,.