New-York tribune., 1915-03-22

stroom, and she was ordered to fol
low the submarine. She returned to
where the Batavicr V was waiting.
The submarine commander gave this
order. "Follow me TO Ieebrugge,' and
proceeded thithcr, ( .llowed by his cap
tivcs.
A member OF the crew and some
passengers say that they arrived Mt
1880 o'clock, and at once the task OF
unloading was begun, the Germans
making a bee line first for the fresh
meat. The passengers were treated
civilly, but not allowed to speak to
any one on shore except German sol
dicrs. There were on the Batavicr v
fourteen Belgians OF military age and
two priests. all being taken prisoners.
placed under an armed escort and taken
TO Bruges. The women, children and
Dutch passengers were allowed to so
free.
On board the Zaanstroom were n
crew of twenty-one persons and "A
cargo consisting Of three hundred tons
Of eggs. The captain and pilot of the
Zaanstroom, who had been summoned
on board the submarine when first
captured, protested. but the commander
Of the submarine remarked: ut is
war. Your cargo is provisions for Eng
land. and the Germans can use food
just as we'll as the English"
OF the crew of Batavier V, the cap
tain. first and second officers. engineer
and seven others were detained. They
and every ono else were kept isolated
from the ordinary population. The re
maindcr were put into the train ana
transferred, with blinds drawn, IN
closed carriages to Ghent, where they
remained short time, and then were
sent on to Terneuzen, Holland.
One lady passenger said that at
Zeebrugge the food they were given
included unpalatable black bread, but
the German officers were eating it. An
other passenger said:
"Whcn We approached Iecbrugge We
were all struck by the tremendous for
tifications carried out by the Germans.
The harbOr walls and quays have been
transformed by heavy cement works
into veritable fortresscs. All damage
done by the Allies aeroplanes a short
time ago have been repaired, and we
saw quite three hundred men working
on ard strengthening the defences.
The submarine base which we saw also
seemed completely restored.
Aeroplanes Seen 10 Return.
While there the passengers saw two
aeroplanes return from what was said
TO have been a raid on England. One
had been damaged by bullets, and one
man added: ave were told that sew
eral aeroplanes employed in the raid
had not yet returned. German soldiers
with whom we conversed on the way
from Zeebrugge to TerneuZen were IN
high spirits about their prospects,
Owners of the Zaanstroom state that
they regard the capture of their vessel
absolutely illegal. They have made
representations to the Dutch govern
ment, which is busy making investiga-
tions. That the capture of these two
boats is part of carefully considered
plan of the German government has
leaked out from Vienna. The Ham
burger Nachrichten" prints the follow
ing message. telegraphed from the
"Neuc Freic Pressc":
"The Gefmans have got submarine
boats which We might almost call sub
marine cruisers. Doubtless, when Ger
many has the use of a good number of
these boats then the blockade of Eng
land by submarines will take quite
another aspect than that which is in
effect now"
That'the UPS is very fast boat was
unanimously declared by all the men
of the steamer Leeuwarden, one officer
stating that she Overhauled like a mail
boat.