The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-11
EMBEN, Sc0URGt
Of THE PACIFIC, IS
DRIVEN ASHORE
Adventurous German Seamen
AtLast Cornered and Quick
ly Defeated
Australian Ship
Sidney Wins Glory
German Graf, Had Carried De-
sruction To Millions Of Dol
lars Worth OF British Ship
ping--l.lany Brilliant Exploits


bounced to-day that the career ef the
German cruiser Emden has been
brought to end. The ~scourRe Of
the PnciAc.- as she has been called,
wnA driven ashore In anmes yesterday
by the Australian cruiser Sidney,
an Island Of the Cocos or koetfps group,
southwest Of Java i'm the fndian Ocean.
Three men were killed and dftecn
wounded on tho sidney. while the leases
on the Emden nr~ reported To be heavy.
although her captain, Carl Won Muller.
has probably been saved.
4 further announcement declares that
the German light cruiser Koeiilgsburg
mad been coraered oy the Chatham,
"a sss.er ship o. the Sidney. In the
RuhJi River. opposite Maha Island,
German East Africa. and that Golfers
had bee.4 sunk tn the only channel Of
the river SO she cannot possibly eS
cape and can he destroyed or cap
tared At leisure The admiralty made
an announcement with regards to ths
Emden this afternoon. telling OF her
destruction.
The FIRST Lord of the Admiralty.
winston Spencer Churcaiil. has sent
the following message to the sidney
and To the navy hoard OF the Austra-
liam Commonwealth.
"warmest congratulations On the
brilliant entry OF t8e Australian navy
into the war ana the signal service
rendered TO tina allied cause and 10
peaceful commerce, ny -he destruction
Of the Einden."
On the trapping of tho KoeniGsherg.
not SO much feared by still a great
menace to commerce OF the allied ua-
tions, tEo admiralty had this to say;
After the 'raereahoues OF the koe-
nissherE had teen indicated by the
attack q, the Pegasus on the 18th OF
September, a concentration or last
cruisers was arranged by the admir-
Nifty In Fast African waters. and
thorough and prolonged search hy
,nese vessels in corr sination was made.
Chatham Makes Discovery.
The search resulted 90 October 30.
in the koenigsberg being discovered
by II. M. s. Chatham. hiding In Local
water np the Rufji River opposite
Mana Island, IN German East Africa
Owing to greater draught the
Chatham could not reach the Koeniss-
berg, which probably Is aground ss-
rent at high water. Part of the crow
Of the KoentgsherS has been landed
and In entrenched on the banks OF the
river.
Both these Entertainments and the
Koenirsberg herself have been bonn
sarded bv the Chatham. hut owing to
the dense palm groves amid which
The ship lies 1t is impossible to ssu-
nate the damage done. Pending opera
ious for her capture or destruction.
effective steps have been taken 20 nioeh
the Koenigsbcrg hr sinking coihers
IN the only navisahle channel to the
liver and she ts now imprisoned ann
unabIa to do further harm. The fas'
vasseIs which have been searching TOT
her arc thus released for other ser
giees.
The destruction of the Emden AT
this time was brought about oy an
sxcess OF daring. Knowing that great
pack Of warshtps wss securing every
lane Of the two oceans for him, neF
captain yet did not hesitate to make
an attempt at gripping British COM
nunications
would Give Run For the Money.
Not long ago Captain Won Mueller
WAS quoted saying in wireless
MESSAGE 20 Germany that he knew ne
would he caught sooner or later, but
that when he was lais enemies would
know they had nesn in fight. Car
taiuly ha kept his word. for there
In every evidence, that the Emden Went
ashore with her guns stflI banging
away end her men doing all they could
to beat the sidney
"The effort was IN vain, however.
for as is almost Inevitable, IN a sea
sxht bigger guns wen the day. The
sidney suffered some what, but naval
.xnerts noint out that her gunnerv
york must have been excellent. She
carried eight six-inch guns against the
len 81 ,nche~s Of the German craft. and
Inc nreponderance of metal made her
ask comparatively easy once sne Hau
sornered her prey"
The news that the Enden had been
nut out Of action caused the Hvelicst
satisfaction throughout England. The
depreda tons OF the German cruiser