The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-01
Tale of German Sea Rover
Most Enhancing of War
Cruiser Emden, Like a Privateer of DID, Played Havoc
With Allied Commerce in Eastern Seas, Sinking
Fighting Ships and Traders in Her Short Career.


This II the story OF the German
cruiser Emden. II begins AT Tsing-Tao
and end at Constantinople. There Is
adventure In Il there Is fighting In II:
there IL bravery. daring. risk and vic
tory. Neither inside nor outside OF hc-
ton. II Is reasonable to say. is there a
story that equals II. For two months
the Emden. the scourge Of the Pacific
sailed the seas, destroying British COM
merce and dodging scores OF pursuers.
some fifty Of her survivors. by luck that
seems miraculous. Communicated a
schooner and escaped.
! When Japan Joined the Allies the En-
den was lying comfortably at Tslng-Tao.
With her were two armored cruisers.
two light cruisers, two torpedo boats
and Ave gunboats. The cruisers slipped
away and went TO the South Atlantic,
which Is another story. The Ave gun
boats and the two destroyers were sunk
by the Anglo-Japanese fleet. TIL En-
den escaped
She stole out Of Tsing-Tao with n
horseshoe Of good luck hanging at her
foremost and began n two months
cruise of excitement, adventure and de-
struction. Her commander was capt
Won Muller. Forty-four men. four Off
GERS and one surgeon arrived safely at
c~onstantinople in May. The Others
either died OF illness or were killed.
Some were made prisoners and are now
In concentration camps In England. The
two months cruise cost Great Britain
10000 tons OF shipping. The cargoes
destroyed were valued al many millions
Of dollars.
The story begins at K~iao-chow.
There occurred the first adventure, and
there. perhaps. the Emden's commander
performed the neatest of "A cl.HI many
bits OF trickery. A heavil} 'I'norcd
Japanese cruiser vas lyi.H .r'aide
Kiao-chow. II would nave l.'' ur,a-
mess to attempt an encount.. with this
warship. Long before the Emden's
guns could have been brought within
range the Japanese would have pounded
the German cruiser INTO bits.
Fools the %Japan~se.
Down came the German nan OF var
ensign and up went the British white
ensign IN it's place. Up went. as well.
n dummy funnel. making Of the Linden
a four funnelled cruiser. Smudge was
burned under this funnel TO accentuata
the reality Of It's appearance, And as
the Emden sailed jauntily past the Jap.
anese cruiser, her crew lined up at the
rail shouting British cheers, there was
not the ghost OF n suspicion in the mind
Of the Japanese commander. who or
dered a salute and sent forth n mes
sage of good will TO the escaping enemy.
From that time on the Enden rOved
the high seas, doing IA much damage
' as opportunity afforded, which was n
good deal. and always on the lookout
to do more. 1t was early in September
that the cruiser stood on Madras. when
a sailor volunteered the information,
gained from a previous residence on
the island, that a number of oil tanks
, stood jus, within the harhor, \ de-
cision was made quickly by the En-
denis captain. NiEhtfall came. The
cruiser slipped into the harbor. opened
fire on the oil tanks. and was away
again before the shore batteries got
into action. Several million gallons of
oil were destroyed.
II was a month later. about October
10, after several more commerce ships
had been sunk, That the Linden came
within sight OF the British Island Diego
Garcia. There were only thirty-hve or
forty Europeans on this island and some
thr.. or four hundred natives. II Is
situated IN the Indian Ocean about half
way between tn. coast OF Africa n
I Sumatra. The Linden was badly IN
need OF provisions, 50 in the hope that
news OF the European war had not
yet reached this cut of the way place.
/ Capt Won Muller sailed his cruiser into
the little harhor.
Luck was still with the Linden, The
old. white haired man who acted as
Governor Of the island not only knew
nothing of the war but had not yet
heard of the death OF Pope Plus. A
small crew was sent ashore to estab-
l!sh friendly relations with the British
inhabitants, and meanwhile the Gov
crnor paid "A visit TO Capt. Won Muller.
extending To him the courtesies of the
island. There were plenty of provisions
to be had, and for three days the
l.mden's crew stored away new supplies
whilc the Captain and the Governor be-
came the closest of friends.
"tcting with the British"
As il Was necessary to make some
explanation Of the presence of "A Ger
man cruiser without supplies in that
vicinity the British inhabitants were told
that the Emdcn was participating in
Joint manTuvres with a British squad
ron.
Late in October the Emden approached
Penang, The dummy funnel was again
put in place and as the cruiser nrared
the harbor a Russian cruiser and "A
large number Of small merchantmen
were sighted, AT n distance OF seven
hundred yards, the Russian crew having
nc suspicion OF the Emden's identity.
two torpedoes were fired. The warship
wac sunk before she had a chance to
fire a shot. Several OF the small mer-
! chantmen were then sunk by shell FIR"
and the Linden sailed away seeking ne
adventure.
| Only :~nrty-hve miles from Penang
the French destroyer MousQuet WIS
sighted and aunroachrd, The dummy
funnel and British ensign still, acted as
An enectual disguise and at "A range of
only $500 yards the Emden discharged
a salvo. The Mousquet sank within a
few minutes. Thirty-five of her crew
were rescued by the Emden. At this
moment another destroyer was sighted
making rapidly for the Emden from tho
| direction o( PcnanG Full ateam ahead