The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16

In his book From the Trenches
Mr.. GEofFREY WINTHROP YOUNG, an
English correspondent. says: WAR.
the war Of Ilium. Of Agincourt. OF
Waterloo. used to be a brilliant az.
lair. Death harnessei to a g~litterin.
car OF Juggernaut. Men went under
the wheels in the rush and flame II
colors. aud to the sound Of bands and
the applause Of multitudes. The car
II now hidden in a dull. deadly roll.
Ing cloud. We can only hear the
rumble Of the hidden wheels. Our
sons and friends move into the dark
ness. OF many Of them all we shall
ever know is that they have not re.
turned" Glory has vanished from
war as now conducted. and the story
OF the continuous " rformance called
a battle Is a story OF sickening
slaughter. from which Il seems
a miracle that any man can escape.
a mathematical calculation Of the
effect Of howitzer. machine gun AMI
magazine rife fire would copsicn
every combatant to the common grave
or the operating table.
But II there is no glory in the
shock Of armed battalions behind
"the dull. deadly rolling cloud We
may still catch a CLEAN Of romance In
the strange adventures Of minor ac-
tors like Lieutenant Won MuEcKE and
his sturdy men who six months ago
escaped from the scene Of the En-.
den's destruction of the C'ocos
Islands In the ndeered scbool,.
or Aysha. Lieutenant yoN MUEcKy
has now turned up ut Damascus
among the Turkish allies. and We
hope that he has the pen 10 do jus
tlce TO the audacious chances. the
hairhreadth escapes. tho privations.
the amazing fortitudc and the final
happy triumph against %incalcnlahle
odds which make the experiences of
these German sailors one of the won.
derful stories in naval annals.
In the long struggle, at last
crowned with success to evade can.
ture or internment and continue TO
play a part In the great war for
Emperor and Fatherland there Is a
heroism that the Iron Cross will no
doubt reward. When Lieutenant Won
MUEcKE and his landing party seized
the schooner .Aysha in the Indian
Ocean their venture was the forlorn.
est OF hopes. They had to obtain
supplies by stealth. to live of the
sea. as 1t were: a sea in which there
was no friendly sail. All ports Of
CALI were either In the hands Of the
enemy or OF the neutral Dutch or of
semi-savage people who could not he
trusted. There was nothing to do but
70 make for Arabia II they would be
free men.
The way was long. the route must
he devious. and how to survive the
ordeal was too deep a problem TO
waste much gray matter on. Now
and then the veil behind which the
a%dventurers were tempting their fate
has been lifted. perhaps by romancers
whom the mystery fascinated, It
was reported that the Germans raid
cd Padang, Sumatra, a Dutch posses
sion. for stores: and that the .Ayshl
foundered In n storm when they nut
out from Padang, the Choosing. n
North German Lloyd steamship. an.
pearing In the nick OF time to take
Won MUEcKE and his men OF. IT was
even said that the adventures preyei
upon enemy commerce. At any rate,
they ran the gantlet through the
Indian Ocean, where only hostile
flags and the colors Of unsympathetlc
neutrals ware to he seen. and, mira.
bile dictu, got by British Alden into
the Red Sea, going ashore at HodeIda
"a Yemen early In February on the