The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-12
men, took on more coal and provisions

"We made for the South Atlantic and
the first eship we encountered was the
British ship Indian Prince, which We
sank September 4. 1914. From that time
on we remained on the ocean, destroy.
ing the enemy where we might find
her.
II want to say that Sir Edward Grey
the British premier has been kind to
us and that if Great Britain had been
organized as well as we were to patrol
the South Atlantic we never could have
remained alive these many months. Sir
Edward Grey sent us those two big guns
on our after deck. He sent them to us
on the British La Correntina, on October
I. When we got those four-inch guns
we felt pretty safe. La Correntina
couldn't use her guns because she didn't
have any ammunition. We didn't 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 guns, some we blew up with
bombs and in some cases we were COM
PEELED to ram the ships also.
"Sir Edward Grey was also kind to us
in sending us coal for we took on board
from enemy ships during our voyage
more than 10000 tons.
We were a peculiar looking crowd
until France came to our rescue with
the uniforms we wear. We made the
uniforms Tor all oIr merchant crew with
cloth captured from the French steam
ship Guadaioupe February 23 The color
ls not exactly German, but the cloth is
good. From the Guadaloupe we also got
shoes, leather and thousands of dollars
worth OF things which were on their way
for the French army. | tell you the sink
ing OF the Guadaloupe was bad stroke
for the French"
Lieutenant Warneka was asked if the
kronprinz Wilhelm had not hoped to
get help from the German steamer Oden-
wald, held up by the United States at
San Juan, Porto Rico several weeks
ago. He made no direct reply, but de-
clared the action on the part of the Unit
ed States in denying clearance to the
Odenwald was "the worst thing America
had done"
Lieutenant Warneka said that most
of the passengers and sailors taken from
British and other allied ships were sent |
from time to time BY German ships TO |
Suenos Ayrcs Rio De Janerio. Pernam- |
buco and Santos. Three hundred and |
sixty from the French steamer Guada. |
loupe were sent ashore at Pernambuco.
Several weeks ago. the officer said the
Prinz Wilhelm was getting short of coal |
and supplies and some of her crew and |
prisoners were afflicted with beri-beri,
caused by lack of vegetable food. The
Germans had hoped to get supplies from
the German ship Macedonia. which was
10 have escaped from Las Pal
mas several weeks ago This vessel.
they learned, however, had been cap
tured by British vessels. This hope gone,
they steamed north through the middle
Atlantic and were in touch with events
regarding the Prinz Eitel
Friedrich.
Although officers would not admit il,
.he Wilhelm is declared 10 have been
waiting far out in the ocean off this
Dort until the Eitel Friedrich was in.
erned. As soon as this news reached
ier, she was ordered 10 creep in through
he allied ships off the Virginia coast
hould they remain there That four
we're off the capes last night was as
erted by several OF the PrinZ Wilhelm's
ulcers. One Of them declared they
we're SO close that the sputtering OF
he wireless on the British and French
hips could he heard about 3 o'clock yes.
erday morning
A member Of the crew of the Prinz
Wilhelm, who were formerly in the Unit
d States navy, described the dash of ,
he Prinz Wilhelm into Hampton Roads /,
: follows;
after We had arrived of the Virginia !
apes. little 10 the north, ! think, we ,
urned due west, and put on all possible
team. We started about seven O'Clock \
aturday evening. From that time until a
our o'clock yesterday morning. We =
loughcd the sea AZ a rate variously es- I
mated from % to p knots. All lights {
ere out and IL was an anxious time for 7
:. All hands were on deck. and the )
rev az the guns. We had heard of the n
iternment of the prinz Eitel and We
ldged that the enemy off the capes :
light not be 30 yigilant. In fact We
card that some Of the ships had steam. a
4 south. but a. we got nearer the wire :
IS told us that they were still in the z
icinity" Y