Mountain advocate., 1915-01-01

trio torch. ard we both agreed that
few ships would now come up the
channel. That sentence about divert
ing commerce to safer routes couid
only mean that the ships would Z"
round the north Of Ireland aud unload
at Glasgow, Oh, for two more ships
TO stop that entrance. Heavens, what
would England have done against q
foe with thirty or forty submarines
since we only needed six instead OF
four TO complete her destruction.
After much talk We decided that the
best plan would he that | should dis
patch cipher telegram next morning
from a French port to tell them to
send the four second rate boats To
cruise off the north of ireland and
west of Scotland. Then when | had
done this | should move down chan
mel with stephan and operate ut the
mouth, while the other two boats could
work in the Irish sea Having made
these plans, | set Off across the chan
mel in the early morning. reaching the
small village or Etretat, In Brittany
There | got off my telegram and then
laid my course for Falmouth, passing
under the keels Of two British cruisers
which were searching for MS.
Halfway down channel we had trou.
BILE with n snort circuit In our electric
engines and were compelled to run on
the surface for several hours while we
replaced one 1T the cam shafts ana re
npvrd some va hers. IL was TICK
fish time, for had torpedo boat come
upon us we could not have dived. The
perfect submarine OF the future VIII
surely have some alternative engines
for such an emergency. iioWeNer' 10y
the skill of Engineer Moro We got
things going once more. All the time
we ny there | saw II hydropiane hoat
ipg between us aud the British coast
| can understand how n mouse feels
when Il is In II TUT of grass aud sees
n hawk high up in the heavens, How
ever. MI went well. The mouse he
came a water rat; II wagged It's tan
in derislon At the poor blind old hawk.
and IL Owed down into a nice, saie'
green, quiet world. where there was
nothing to iniure II
II was on "Wednesday night that the
lota crossed TO Etretat II W1s nday
afternoon before We uvI reached our
new cruising ground. Hu} 'n" large
steamer did l see upon 'Hr NhN Tue
terror we had caused had cleared the
channel. Ths big boat had clever
captain on board His tactics were
excellent aud took him IN SAFETY To
th. Thames lie came ZigZasglng M
channel at twenty five knots, shooting
of from his course al all sorts OF IN.
cNpeyted angles with our SLOW pace
we could not catch him, nor could We
calculate his line SO rs To cut him on
or course he had never seen US, but he
Judged and Judged rightly that wher
ever We were those were the tactics by
which he had the best chance OF get
ting past. lie deserved his success
But Of rour,e il is only IN a wide
channel that such things can be done
Had met him in the mouth OF the
Thames there would have been dlf
ferent story to tell As ! approached
Falmouth destroyed 300 ton boat
from Cork laden with butter anc
cheese.
Thai night urilrv, April rs, called
up stephan hat received no reply Al
was within few miles OF our req
dez,nus az - ne would not he cruis
ing alter DART. MAS puzzled 10 az
rouut tor ui~ >llyure could only
Imagine tIai M, wireless was derans
ed Ha.t. a'a.. was soon 10 nnd tbs
true reas,u nom a copy uf the west
err Moruins News. which obtainee
from a brtxham trawier.