Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-12

( ocean, destroying the enemy where
( we might find her
a want TO say that Sir Edward
+ Grey, the British premier, has been
/ Kind 20 us and that II Great Britain
I had been organized as well as we 10
] patrol the south Atlantic. we never
4 could have remained alive these many
months. Sr Edward Grey sent us
those two big guns on our after decks
/ lie sent them to us on the British
/ La Correntina. on October {. and
+ when We got those 4-inch guns we
( felt pretty SAFE
British Vessel HcInlcss.
Ia correntlna could not use her
guns because she did not have any
ammunition. We did not give her
battle because she was helpless, but
after we took her guns and what OF
her cargo we wanted, we put some
bombs into her and down she went.
We made ammunition for her guns on
board ship. Some Of the merchant
ships we sank with our own guns,
some We blew up with bombs and In
some cases we were compelled TO ram
the ships also.
Sir Edward Grey was also kind to
ps in sending Us coal, for we took on
Loard from enemy ships during our
voyage moro than 10000 tons.
We were a peculiar looking crowd
until France came to our rescue with
the uniforms we wear We made the
uniforms for all our merchant crew
FROM cloth captured from the French
steamer Guadeloupe, February 2s.
French Cloth Good
The color is not exactly German,
but the cloth X good We wanted
Dart HIM lfit nnft1I TnIx 80
gray blue and SO you see wo are
strange looking German sallormen to-
day. From the Guadeloupe we also
got shoes, leather and thousands OF
collars worth OF things which we're
on their way for the French army. l
tell you the sinking Of the Guadeloupe
was bad stroke for the French"
When or the Bermudas.n he
said. "the British cruisers Bristol,
Suffolk and Berwick came up and
we were forced to run. While tho
Karlsruhe was engaging the Bristol
we were steamlng straightway We
made twenty-six knots Ia that flight
and we never heard from the Karls-
fhho after that except once.
Lieutenant Werneke was asked il
the Kronprinz Wghelm had not hoped
to get help from the German steamer
Odenwald, held up BY the United
states at San Juan. Porto Rico, sew
eral weeks ago, tfe made no direct
reRly but declared the action on the
part of the United States In denying
clearance to the OdenWald was the
worst thing America had DONE
Why did not YOU Americans give
clearance to the Odenwald2H ne
asked. "We heard all about it by our
wireless We did not need any news
papers We had good Wireless APP
paratus aboard all the time and Sir
Edward Grey kindly sent us several
new sets when we needed them. The
denial Of clearance TO the Odenwald
was the only bad thing America has
lone
lands Hundreds Of Prisoners.
Lieutenant Werneke said that most
Il the passengers and sailors taken
rom British and other allied ships
we're sent from time TO time hy Ger
nan ships 10 Buenos Aires Rio de
laneirO, Pefnambuco and Santos.
fhroe hundred ana sixty FROM the
french steamer Gaudeloupe were sent
ishore nc Pernambueo
Several weeks ago. the officer said.
he Krpnprin2 Wilhelm was getting
hort Of coal and supplies and soma
Il her crew and prisoners were at
lleted with bert~befi, caused by iack
Il vegetable food. The Germans had
loped TO get supplies from the Ger
nan ship Macedonia. which Yves re-
ported TO have escaped from Las Pal
nas several weeks ago. This vessel,
hey learned. however. had been
aptured by british vessels. This
This hope gone. they steamed north
through the middle Of The Atlantic
md were IN touch with events tram
'piring regarding the Prinz Eitei
Friedrich. II was repsvted tonight
hat the cruisers original destination