New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-05

on the ship with time clock explosive
apparatus. 4 number Of French and
Russian secret service men concerned
in the plot, it IS said, were mentioned
by name by the informant.
The information was never ques-
toned. II received implicit and instant
credence Action followed without a
moments delay. Orders were 'phoned
10 the pier 10 stop every one, no mat
ter what his credentials, not only
from going on board the liner, but
even from going on the pier. Several
officials Of the Hamburg-American Line,
il is said, were among those stopped.
The orders were literally enforced.
Ship Searched for Bombs.
Heavy guards were established upon
the pier and no one was permitted on
il. Guards were also stationed on the
shin. Then she was, searched from
stem to stern. Every inch of the
Vaterland was gone over. Even the
coal in her bunkers was shifted and
examined 70 the depth Of several feet.
As far as reporters for The Tribune
could learn yesterday, no bombs were
found on board, nor were any persons
whose presence could not be fully ac-
counted for. But no chances are being
taken. The German officials fully be-
lieve that should they relax their Wig
lance while the NaterlanG is in this
port. an. attempt will be made to
destroy her az her moorings.
Last night Tribune reporters were
sternly challenged "a they approached
the Vaterland's pier and ordered away.
The great ship lay one dark. silent
mass outlined against the sky. No
lights showed. The only traces of life
were thin streams Of smoke lazily
curling from her tunnels.
At the office OF the German Consul
ate, No. IL Broadway, late yesterday
afternoon The Tribune's representative
was told that the consulate had no in
formation regarding the Vaterland
1--WE know nothing about her. We
would not know even il she intended
TO sail. and. furthermore, we do not
want to know. IL is not our affair"
Carries Big Searchlights.
The Vaterland was launched in April
She is the sensation of the sea world.
She is $50 feet long. 100 feet beam, has
a tonnage of $4,000, has an estimated
speed of % knots, though experts de-
clare she can exceed this If pressed,
and her horsepower is $4,000. Her
plated depth is 49, Z feet and her steer
ing gear is entirely below the water
line. She is constructed with cruiser
stern and carries a balanced rudder.
A feature which was especially in
sisted upon by the German naval
strategists when she was built is her
searchlight equipment. Her search
lights are of more than $4,000 candle
power-the largest ever constructed
and they are carried high on the fore
mast, making them visible thirty miles
at sea, and will enable the lookouts to
illuminate an object seven miles at
sea.
She is supplied with two crows
nests, the upper one being 10 feet
above the waters level, enabling the
lookouts with powerful glasses to
sweep the waters for many, many
miles.
The arrangement of her decks is
such as 10 allow her guns the widest
possible sweep and range. She carries
two high powered motor boats. suf-
fciently large to carry hundreds Of
men. Her value as a scout or spy
cruiser would be enormous, especially
in the warfare Germany is at present
waging.
The Dresden and the Karlsruhe.
whose present duty is 10 scout around
close TO Sandy Hook until they can
pick up the Naterlsnd. IRE both rated
as 27-knot cruisers Both are heavily
armed and together carry nearly seven
hundred men. The Stuttgart is only
slightly smaller and less speedy.