The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-05-28
ITALIAN VESSEL ?.
. SAVED BRITISHER
FROM THE EMDEN
City OF Bristol, Here For Bunk
ers, Escaped Raider With
Cargo CT Tea
SKIPPER TELLS HOW a
I'M THE WARNING CAME
Sentiment Of Italy Towards Allies
Thus Shown Early In
Great Conflict

How an Italian ship warned him OF
the presence of tho German cruiser En-.
len and how nc, IN turn, warned ship.
!nng at CALCUTTA, resulting in its being
lied up for twenty two days, was relat.
cd By Captain J. Mayall of the British
steamer City of Rangoon, which called
acre yesterday for hunkcrs. She is en-
route 60 Eladivostok. -. -s....s
Captain Mayall had sailed from Cal
eutta september T. with tea valued at
80, $50, O0C. F." :
Out OF Calcutta, he was stopped by
signals from thC Italian ship Loredano.
He gave me a signal for a sailing
ship" the captain went on. 81 stop
ped, and then he hoisted this: Enc
my s cruiser in vicinity
Puzzled Ey Signal 2
THAT was hard for me to under.
Itand, for figured that anything that
VAS friendly to Italy, an ally of Ger
many. was an enemy to England, but /
waited for him. ~ In
" He came alongside, and spoke to
me through o megaphone. He said he
had seen the Emden sink four Britishi
ships the day before, and that she
was waiting for me and for the pilot
boat. / turned back and made post.
paste for Calcutta, and shipping was
tied M there for twenty-five DAYS for
fear Of the Emdcn." -
This warning Captain Mayall took TO
Calcutta was the first that had been
given British shipping, and undoubted-
" II saved many ships from being
caught by the Emden.
How did the Emden know YOU were
coming outf' Captain MayalI was ask.
ID.
Careless with Messages
" by wireless, he replied, "and it 3
'omcthing / cannot understand, why
they were so careless with their messag-
IS, After / had turned back and was
lying in the river picked up message
m plain English, being sent TO the vi
'eroyo that the Emden, could have pick.
I'd mp, as, easily as did"
Captain Mayall agreed with the com.
mpa belief that the. Emden 5 captain
was ar"goOd sport M
" lie caught the Britishlship Kabinga
but the captain s wife and child were
iboard; and he said he wouldn t send
a woman out in a ship IS boat So he
Rid tn the captain of the Kahinga:
This ship bc'ougs TO the German Kaiser
and not to Mr. Ellerman any more.
give her to yon. He also sent back on
he Kabinga about 400 persons he had
aiken from the four British ships that
re had sunk before l came along"
From Calcutta, tho City of Rangoon
ailcd for London, and then for Calcut I
IA again. From India she sailed foI
}oston and New York, which brought
her on Der present voyage through the
'anama Canal for Vladivostok.
taiisn Sentiment Shown
Tho voluntary warning Of the Italian
'hip showed how, even that carly in
We war. tho sentiment of Italy was for
he Allies and against Germany and
AUSTRIA. Mery by keeping silence, tn,
Loredano could have helped the Finder
immensely in her raid against British
hipPing IN the Orient She preferred
70 warn the city Of Rangoon.
When SIT" passed through the Sue2
ANAL February 20, the bridge of the
lily Of RaugnOn was protected against
bullets and shrapnel from the Asiati,
;idc, where tho Turks were, by sand
NRgS. The Steamcr saw British and
AustTaIian troops protecting the canal
hut th"r" was no engagement
Pilot Loses His Leg
A short time before she passed
Trough, however, Pilot Carew, in
barge of the Indian Marine steamer
1ardingc, had lost his left leg and had
uttered Il broken arm by a shell which
also killed two officers who were on the
bridge with him.
"And yet, he wanted to take the