Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-02

SIeauleQ HUN ffOuOtuiu LOT the SOQIl
seas on September 10 and within six
days reached the station to find the
residents much upset The officers
and members OF the staff are said TO
be living ntents pending a partial
restoration Of the quarters formerly
occupied by the stan. =
At the headquarters Of Armstrong
& Armstrong. the syndicate repre-
sented at Tanning by r. III. Fit, well
known here. was large sum OF money
belonging to the rich British honding
syndicate and to be used in the pay
ment of laborers and procuring neces-
stiles. The proceeds of several i'm
portant sales Of copra were included
in the amount This sum was not
molested by the Germans.
kestrel Doesn't larry.
The Kestrel remained at Tanning
but "a hours, according to report from
Skipper Tindell That official, It is
reported, feared a return Of the Ger
mans and hastily dumped his ship
ment of supplies out Of the ship and
lost no time in returning to Honolulu,
reaching this port at daylight this
morning. -...
Because of reported irregularity in
his papers, the master of the Kestrel
was obliged to remain at anchor of
the harbor for some hours before be-
ing permitted to come to a berth at
pier Is shortly after 10 o'clock. ~
Failed to Repair Cable. ~.-.,. ~ 4
The break in the cable connecting
Tanning and Bamfield is reported to
have been located by officers in the
Kestrel, and while they spent some
hours in the attempt to repair the
line Of communication their efforts
failed. Upon arrival here this morn.
ing some of those in the Kestrel pro-
fessed to- believe that cable commune
cation had, been restored and were
much surprised when informed by
port officials that the line was still
severed. - . -. . III
First News Confirmed
= The first news received here that
the cable had been cut at Tanning
came on September Z when the Com.
mercial Pacific Cable Company an.
neunced that communication between
Tanning and Honolulu had been in.
terrupted. An Associated Press dis.
patch from Vancouver. B. G.. confirm
ed the news a few hours later. On
September Ia news reached Vancou-
Yer that Germans were landed on the
island on September 7 and that armed
men had entered the superintendent
office Communication suddenly ceas-
ed at this point, the operator at Bam-
field, the Vancouver island end OF the
cable, being unable to hear ANYTHING
more. Evidently the Tanning island
operator was stopped before he could
send anything further.
One Report Says French FLAG Shown.
According to one report brought
back by the Kestrel, when the Nurn-
berg was sighted Off Tanning island
she was flying the French flag, and
with only neager news of England's
part in the great European struggle,
caught from the ALFRED" caDiS that
linked the South Pacific islet with |
Australia on tAe south and Vancouver
island on the north, the Tanning colo
ny was agOg to discuss details of the
world-war with England's ally.
Signals for entering the tortnous
channel werets sent to the small boats
Of the vessel Of a supposed friendly
power, but the aermans, believing that
their ruse had been discovered. mis- |
trusted the information and disregard |
ed the warnings sent out from shore.
This led to the despatch of shore
boat to pilot the landing party in, but
40 sooner had they set foot on solid
ground than the Germans turned on
heir supposed friends with pistols and |
apologies.
We don't like to do this" said al
German officer in excellent English,
but war is war, and orders are or /
iers, and you may consider yourselves
Arrived at the cable station, the In
vaders demanded that the safe be
opened, eonfiscating all coin and all /
,apers of value contained therein. I
throughout the entire transaction the
ierman sailors were most courteoi.. /
o their prisoners. It was q second I
capture of GUAM as depicted BY
Frank r. Stockton. except that at Fan
ling there was, less to. offer the in
taders in the way of compliments.
This is the first time that we have I
,ver been burglars. said the German I
'fficer who swung open the safe door,
but you know how 1t is. We are do
ng merely what We are ordered to
lo.p
Quite SO, old chap, /" replied the po-
lite Englishman, mo hard feelings !
ssure you.
And so ended the conquest of Fan
ling, the island kingdom of Father
aougier, according to- the story
'rought to Honolulu by sthe Kestrel 4
When the Nurnberg steamed away the
OBJ of breaking under-seas eommuni-.
alton had been well done, according
o the opinion OF German naval men, il
tut before the Kestrel left on the re-
urn trip the south end had been splic.
d and communication reestablished
nth Australia. This later report could q