Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-11
BRITISH CAPTAIN
LAUDS GERMANS

fired to enforce her commands. OF
| course we had nothing to retaliate
with, so had to stop, and on being
boarded by two officers they demand
ed our papers. After communicating
with the cruiser, which was the En-
den, they received instructions by
signal to get us out Of the ship as
quickly as possible, as they meant to
sink her and the day was drawing
to a close.
$50 within forty minues of being
boarded we were all out of the dear
old Lovat with what we could scrape
together-some with nothing beyond
what they stood up inland were put
aboard the Markonannia, Ham
burg American liner, which had ac-
companied the Emden from Tsingtau
as a o.lier.
"Then the work of destruction be-
gan. oh, it was pitiful to see that
lovely ship lying in sunset awaiting
her doom. Then the shelling of her
began. Ten shells in all were fired,
two missing her, until she had re-
ceiyed four on each side, but she
struggled hard, and l am thankful
that | did not see her end because
of the darkness, for [ loved that ship.
What sailor does not love his ship?
l felt a very choky sensation to see
my happy floating home being done
to death.
Treated with Kindness.
1T was not war 1t was ruthless
destruction, but, of course, they We're
quite within their rights in sinking
a transport. and 1t was well we had
not the troops on board, else there
would have been no rescuing of us
attempted, We should have all been
sent down with her.
well, to make a long story short
we were three days on board the
Markomannia, where we received
every courtesy and kindness we
could ask for, during which time we
saw three more steamers sunk. we
found the crews of the Indus, which
had been sunk the previous day, on
board the Markomannia when we
got there. -
On the night of the twelfth the
KILN of GLASGOW, and the kabinga,
were captured, and on Sunday the
thirteenth, at a. M, the KILN, coal
laden. was sunk and her crew put on
board the Kabinga which had the
captains wife on board, and so she
was spared. At noon on Sunday the
Harrison liner Piplomat was sighted
and sunk at p. m. before us all, thus
ending a Sabbath of destruction, and
right pitiful it was, | assure you.
sickened by Warfare.
"I never wish to hear a gun fired
again as long as ] live, for the sound
will ring in my ears until my dying
days.
on Monday, the 14th, at 4 p. M, we
were put on board the Kabinga for
to Calcutta, and just then
another steamer, the Trabboch, OF
Liverpool, was sighted and her crew
put on board with us and their ship
sunk, so we mustered All in all, apart
from the Kabinga's own crew, who
was sent back to Calcutta. We re-
ceived every courtesy and kidness
while in their hands, and the captain
of the Emden even sent his own
boats to ferry us to Lascars and all to
the Kabinga, as it was done in cy-
clonic weather, with a big sea rum
ming, so we had much to thank him
for.
What can we think of a daring
man capturing and sinking ships at
his will while our own men slept?
He was a brave man. When we
left them they were only seventy-two
miles from Calcutta, pirate grounds,
and it was his intention to go up
and sin the pilot and send the pilot
up with us in the Kabinga, but hav-
ing caught and released an Italian
steamer, Calcutta bound, on Sunday,
the thirteenth, we knew the game
was up so far, so he had to abandon
that ironical job. 1 wish he had car
ried it out as it would have awakened
the authorities. When l reached
Calcutta, wired for instructions and
was ordered home as quickly as pos
sible, so here we are on the p d o.
mail, due about the 18th inst.
Under the charter the British gov
eminent has got to give the owners
a new ship if sunk by the enemy,
and I dare say it will not be long
until I am afioat again, but l want
a spell at home, as it is two years
this month since 1 saw my home.
Il am well, but fell / want holi-
day after the strenuous two years
have been through.
II am enjoying my trip on this
boat, but I want job. The skipper
IF this boat seems to be able to get
her along without my help"
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