The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-03-12
Crew Of Auxiliary Cruiser 'PriNz
/ Eitel Friedrich Ignores Stars
and Stripes, DOrhps Cargo
and .Dylnlasnitss VIM. ?, Frye
SEIZURE OF WINDiAMMER
WAS DRAMATIC INCIDENT
Destroyed ship and Its Master
f Were Wei Known IN Honolulu
" and Her destruction Is Being
Investigated by Washington
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WIAsHINGToN, March l1.-News
" brought TO the United States
hyAthe German auNiliary cruiser Prinz
EJtel Friedrich, which arrived at New
pott Newsysstefdas ihsneed Of repairs
and, suppiesy that she had captured
and SINK the Ameriean ship Wm +.
Frye in the South Atlantic on January
u; is the sensation iniloeaI oIieisF or;
cles, and the result on the ihsideAt nay
be far-reathihg. Lacking q full re,
port, the state depaftnieht ,OFiNialst and
otAr.k decline 10 make any comment,
bta II is known that the 7rep0rt OF,
eaptain 5Kielne rs being eagerly
awaited 81 i - SfiI tBsc,3 !
{. i, The PrInl Eitels Friedrich sIiel,sd
port, at Newport News yesterday morn
ing, bringing three hundfed persons I In
addition to her crew, these represent
ing the officers aud crews of the various
ships she has eaptGrsd and sunk since
January %, on which day she sent the
American ship TO the bSttoh. On all
since Jandafy ~, she has raccouptsd
for eight ships seven Of them sbeipg
OF British register. g.. rSr,. Nv
c.ernans Invited oAboan, ~ - g.,
The Vim. r: Frye sailed from Seattle
Cor QueanstoWnB IrelaRd, ON November
6,the windjammer being well sHotih ~
the Hora when ossfhauled by The Ger,
man eommerce , Destroyer Captain
Kielne, who was accompanied BY his
wife, made, according 10 his own a..
seription Of the incident since landing
At Newport News, strong protests to
the German captain against having his
ship seized and the Americas Gag
pulled down. >-s, ,,4s. .Es,S3 ,.4Ss 81
sfAs he,relates the story the seizure
Of the dfye was a most dramatic Incl.
dent. lnRTesponse to the eoInmand OF
the German warshiP to heRye to, Gap.
tain XII }lns ran up the Stars and Stripes
confidently and invited the Germaas
aboard. Q. = ceepting his invitation, they
hoardea the ship, and after lsRrniag
from the ships papers that she, had
q cargo Of foodstuff for a British PSrt !.
ANNOUNCED that she was seiaesi as u
prize Of war The American Skipper
-PrOtest,'d vigorously, without avail
Ship Na3 Dynar,ited a.N-l4..t .!t,I \
1Eaie ahd bis, wife and the mepbeFs
nj the Eercw were, transferred 10 the
PTiRz Fitch after which his cargo of
wheat was dumped overheard. 4, Then
charges of dynamite, were "a, placed
against the vessels iron hull apdaAE4
ploded, the splendid ship going down
almost at once S,.
, The Vim. ?. Frye and her cargo were
valued nj $260,O6O, the value Of the
wheat ,being 100000. In the gove5a,
ment war risk insurance bureau .ths
hull of thu Frye was valued at 600, oe0s
on which the government had ISSUED u
policy Of til $50 rs a war risk. sRl !,
% The government officials are interest.
ed wholly In the International side Of
the question of the sinking of, this
American ship. If the cargo of the
Frye eau be shown to be, entirely free
OF cont c''Eand, the action OF, the Ger
man commerce destroyer is held clearly,
without Justification of intsrnational
law. B.. p u .@,c,tfE,
% EmphH sis is laid on the fact that tha
chip was seized and destroyed two
months prior TO the British declaration
that iOohstUifs would not be allowed
10 enter dt rmaH1 ports in neutral bot,
toms and at a time when wheat WAS
ct considered eoDtrabHnd by; 5any,,of
the bell ,gerentS. The Seattle manifest
shows thrt wheat alone was carried. " (
y SeeretaFy Daniels has ordered Ad,
,miral Bfatty, commandment Of the Nor.
folk navy yard, TO make q, thorough
Investigation Of the eireums stances sur
rounding the sinking Of the Fryer 5g
" The .pri't2 Eitsl Friedrich will TemaiA
In port "a Newport News, making re-
pairs, 80 ~ atever5 length Of time The
,Amsrie|r aeSt officials and the navy
department may permit, in the mean.