Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-05-07
Polite TO VICTIMS
Sea Raiders Are Ccurte-
Gus and Generous.
British Shippers Tell Of Kind Treat.
ment Received From Commanders
! Of kliscr's Submarines-Are
Given Wine and Cigars.

YL.ondon-The commanders Of the
4 German sea raiders are treating the
4 victims Of their raids with excessive
courtesy and even generosity. have
just obtained from Capt. Leonard Mai
ley Of the Ellcrman liner Andalusian
some further details Of his meeting
with the famous Lieut.. Otto Won We'd
digen, who, by sinking four British
w%arships, has made the most success
full record of all the undersea chiefs.
He now commands the U-29, which at.
tackled the Andalusian off the Scilly
Islands.
In leaving his vessel Captain Malley
painfully injured his side. Won We'd
digen ordered him taken into the cabin,
where his hurts were bandaged. The
cigars and port wine were set out and
over these the British skipper told the
German as politely as possible what
he thought of the Won Tirpitz policy
concerning merchantmen.
1T is our duty" replied Lieutenant
Won Weddigen simply. AT the same
time we do not want to take civilian
lives. 1t is the ships we want to kill,
not the men"
Up to this time Captain Malley did
not know the name of his captor. He
now thought he recognized the German
commanders face from pictures he
had seen in illustrated weeklies and
asked him: aren't you the man who
sunk four British cruisers last au'
tumn?"
EYES," responded Won Weddigen,
without emotion. Il was commanding
the U-9 them"
They had a conversation Of about
an hour. The lieutenant said that his
boat, one of the latest type, was fitted
with two machine guns instead Of one,
as in the case Of older submarines.
Travelling awash he could catch any.
thing up to II knots.
Speaking in general Of the war, he
expressed deep regret that it should
have proved inevitable. .
ut is an awful business" he re.
marked with feeling. ut is my per-
sonal hope that 1t may soon be over.
Britain and Germany ought not to be
at enmity; VIZ ought to be allies. Just
think of it-Britain as the worlds
greatest sea power and the great Ger
mar army together; we could com.
mand the world"
In the meantime the crew OF the
Andalusian had been taken from the
boats. These the submarine took in
tow and the British crew were massed
on deck. The men, to whom the Ger
man officers handed cigars, were
packed tightly together and had to
stand up. Two Of the submarine crew
stood by with revolvers in their hands.
When they parted one OF the officers
waved his hand and said: BE good
enough to give u respects to Mr..
Churchill'-Winston Churchill, British
first lord of the admiralty.
Captain Williams of the Indian City,
whose craft was torpedoed off the
Settles, was invited on board the sub.
marine. The captain of the raider
brought out a box Of cigars and a bot.
tie of wine and conversed with the
British sailor while the ships boats
with their crews were being towed to
the islands.
Suddenly two British patrol boats
were sighted. Captain Williams was
politely ordered by the German com.
mander to get into one of his own
boats. The submarine then made off.
The patrol boats chased her and fred,
but the submarine was too fast for
them and easily got away.
The Adenwen was also torpedoed
by Won Weddigen 25 miles off the Gas.
quets. The captain asked the German
to spare his ship, but the commander
replied that as wal was war he was I'm.
able to accede to the request, adding,
Il am very, very sorry to have to sink
your ship"
The crew was allowed ten minutes
to launch their l%ifeboats. The Ger.
mans gave the British a box Of cigars
and wanted to know if they had enough
to eat.