The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-03

-.. prisoners have thC'risht Of pro
.rfuc 'u tho commandment every morn
i,r list of wishes and requirements.
Tn are freely granted almost without
execution.
have M Expert chef.
TIE correspondent, arriving JUST netorc
,uu,h,on visited ;hc kitchen presided
49, ID, tho former chef Of the Imperial
Toto, at TorquaN detained German
ASHTON who was found with sketches
and memoranda. The daily fare is AZ
follows:
Errikflst--Coffee. bacon. sausage, Jam,
bread and butter and porridgc.
Lunch soup. a joint Of beef. mutton
o. veal. vegetables and fruit
puuer--A Joint "r cold meats. fried
nn.9.ocs soup. warm vegetables, cheese
sud tea or coffee.
p,nn,r is served at 4.3O in the after
noon. The men sleep four. six or eight
m a room. according to the size of the
room From Immediately after breakfast
al $50. the men are at liberty to remain
In the open until dusk. The compound
/. surrounded 10y harbed wire with sem
trie. stationed at certain points. new
building has been erected as an inirmary.
but 30 far has had no patients.
The correspondents visit conceded with
the visit of members of ;he American
committee interested in the welfare of
prisoners of war The members of the
committee interviewed oberlieutenant Won
Tirpitz. son of the German Minister
or Marine, who spoke OF his experience
IN the battle OF Helgoland Blight on
August IS
He was outspcken." me correspond
en- says. in his tributes to the knightli-
moss with which lie has been treated from
the moment of his rescue by British sail
ors boo The waters of the North Sea. The
Iacuteuint was watch officer OF the light
cruiser Nainz during tn" engagement and
.ls stationed In tho crows nest with a
\ other officer.
Won Tirpitz "a handsome young Ger
man 81 -. ~ couspicuouslv cleancut fea-
turr,. iNiSh blue eyes and wdvy blond
l.r he IS tall. erect. and unb"arded.
the becoming new suit Of light gray
ur'n which he wore to-day. made IN
Ius,s since his arrival he could he
mistaken easily for an officer of Admiral
JcIlcoe's squadron. He speaks English
with absolute nuency thanks, as he eN-
plans to the fact that both his mother
sld his two sisters were Cheltenham col
l'ge girls He himself once spent three
months at the home Of "A clergyman near
Oxford He also has crossed 10 the
United States.
his Pareuts Notified.
Asked whether he was aware that
v r,ton Churchill. First Lord OF the Ad-
niralty. had telegraphed Grand Admiral
'ou Tirpi'z promptly advising him OF ms
sr's safety. the oh. lieutenant said
YES My parents wrote about that in
grateful terms | know Mr.. and Mrs
Cnlrchin quite well and played tennis
with Mrs. Churchill at the Queens Club
last summer and lunched with both OF
them.
lie went on 70 say:
My part in the lIelgo!dnd tish'
wasn't very important, / fear OF course
It was my baptism of fire. My CHIEF
recollection of the engagement in genera
= hat We were very greatly outnum
o'''l ! think | must have counted a
l'ts' twenty-five British men-of- wa
ON my place IN the crows nest Of IL,
Md'uG before | was brought down. Their.
w." two or three cruisers OF the Biz
n.ngham class. some big battle cruisers
.'' the Lion, and whole destroy Ell
TO MA. In" carnage done on the tw,
cruisers We lost. the koeln and the Maiuz
49, teri BILE beyond description.
shall never be able to erase n,
memory of tho horrible and bloody sight
saw Tie deck ~ the Manz was jus
H' ln OF 'urpSts, Yet we miraculuusly los
o' about third Of our complement
VIC no. man except a single STOKE
.'p'd ou the koeln. M captain wen
0'Nh. bur IN" frs officer. Herr ThOlans
w. saved and 10 prisoner with ne here.
u .s only miracle that | was spared
We "'i'"r on duty alongside me In tn
,''N nest Was torn clean through a
- Was '.ue hv a shell, while I remalne'
u''"A'1'd The poor fellow was to- IA
.~ Q" WIN. IS did after We were Swep
RON our oity perch and dashed to wha
cd certain death Ia the sea. thinl
-'f}"d ON The ship as long rs We
'lutulN possible Certainly | had n
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