The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-12
TELLS OF CAPTURE
 OF APIA. SAMOA,
 FROM THE GERMANS
Former BridgepoFter Writes War
 News Letter to Friend Here.


 News that the allies have captured the German possession at Apia. Samoa on September 26, has been received the Stratheld hotel The news came in a letter since by Fritz B. Humboldt a former friend of his in this country. The letter follows:
 Apia, Samoa, Sept. 2S, 1914. My Dear Friend MahrioneI:
 Many thanks for your postal well as the letter. think it rather un- polite to answer so late l see by it, that you and your family are enjoy ing life in a right way. am here since May z7. left Honolulu on the 18th. got into Payo-Payo on the 25th and and crossed over to AApia. Since the war broke out thaaE little island has been in great state of rest1essnese. On August 29th, in the morning big clouds of smoke appeared on the horizon We thought first it was a German fleet, but it did not take long ] to find out that this was In1sta-ke. s They were British, French cruis- CTS troopship& There was no Ger man garrison and no fordficafion and any resistance wiuld have been sui eide They landed troops (1,5009 and lowered the German flag. The German governor was taken prls- Toner. Two days later the ships left the ltsrbor. Two weeks ago it was a nice clear morning. there. were steamanE in front of Apias I could hardly believe my own eyes, the Ger man cruisers Scharnhorst and Gueisenan; they were stopping rght in front of the town so to say and confidently I expected that they woulc ] open fire at once on the British camps They reraR1ned there for a couple Of hours and then united with the rest of a fleet of three cruisers Nurnperg T{7<A H1EaxT< not Received any supplies by steamers sfroxr New Zealand and AIlstTaha for two months but we are still get tins, stuff from the United States No doubt the German fleet is infhctlng serious damage to British shipping. not to speak of cutting cables and do- ing damage to warsaips
 In Rabaul, Deutsch New Guinea the small German, garrison retired in the bush, troops were landed from the Slding B.. A terrific battle ensued, In which thee black boys of 0. ". G. cleaned up the crew or me B. .lllp SIP kE,dang A crew who managed to come back to the ship and tell the tale Maybe tomorrow morning the shells will be whistling over Niinun. and 1soza where | live. All foreigners were warned not to violate the rules of neutrality At the time the two German cruisers arrived here thre were two American lumber vessels in the harbor. believe this was one of the reasons the ships did not open fire. But wait some day they will come back, then look out No quar- l ter will be given by the Germans or do not know. them. The German treasury is safely stirred at Payo- Payo, (U S.) 80 miles away from here. so everything in the money line is O. sSAfter all. the U.SS. is a good place for a man who wants to make d living. The petty auarrels of Europe have no place there ex- pect to stay here for a while yet. was employed at the cuatomhouse, but quit that job two weeks ago. l am : !, .,vu working for a German wholesale house T may go over to Payo-Payo GU. S A) 80 miles from here. Hop ing that these lines will find you and your family in good health as they leave me. I remain
 Very truly yours,
 E. HUMBOLDT.