The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-01-22

Crleutal SEA- anu Gays tho narrator
OF November IL. nothing has been
seen of them since"
Opportunity for Adventure.
But could men with such an oppor.
tunity for adventure put 1t aside?
Could the sons of the old sea kings OF
the Baltic. with thousand years of
the legends of the DanZig, Violin.
Greiswald and the stormy shores OF
Arcona urging them on, be baffied
simply because their shipmates had
sailed away to their death, leaving
them on a coral island to carry on the
mission of the Emden? The soft sea
air, the perfume of a thousand name
less flowers, the broken head of the
| old volcano Krakatoa towering
through the night sky on North Keel
ing island and defying both the earth
and sea, could but lead them on. The
romanticism of the Orient was in
every wavelet against the sides of the
old ship and in every whisper of the
night winds blowing off the atoll.
| Terrific storms sometimes break over
the islands and scourge these seas
and the schooner might become their
coffin, but they were sailors Of the
Fatherland, and Deutschland ueber
Alles!" Cocos island saw them no
more.
Survivors Continue Raids.
But December 16 came this telegram
from Manila. Philippine islands:
Forty men of the crew of the Ger
man cruiser Emden, who were left on
Cocos island when the Australian
cruiser Sydney discovered the Emden
and chased and forced her to run
ashore, some time ago. have captured
collier and have mounted two
Maxim guns on her and are now raid
ing commerce in the Pacific, accord
ing to a report received here. The
| report came through officers a the
British steamer Malacca, which has
arrived at Jolo. The men of the En-
den had gone ashore on Cocos island
to dismantle the British wireless
When the Sydney put In an appear
| ance they fed, but were unable to Join
| their ship. The German party, which
is commanded by Lieutenant Won
Muecke, left Cccos island with a COM
mandeered schooner and plenty of pro-
visions and also their own armed
Runch and two boats. Where they
captured the collier is not stated. The
Malacca reports that she steamed to
Jolo without showing lights at night. "
Fresh Romance of the Sea.
And now comes, under date of Paris,
December IS, the announcement that
the British auxiliary cruiser Empress
Of Japan had captured the collier Elk
ford having on board the three off,
GERS and 40 men of the Emden.
Apparently all the Emden's bravery
did not go on the rocks at the behest
of the Sydney guns. To be "raidins
commerce in the Pacific" on a collier
which they had captured, armed with
two Maxim guns" and the rifles and
pistols of the landing party, has q
dash Of something about 1t that makes
one remember that the days of ro-
nance and adventure are not all over
yet.
The London Times said when the
Emden was destroyed: 1--WE rejoicc
that the cruiser has been destroyed
at last, but we salute Captain Won Null
Ter as brave and chivalrous foe. We
trust his life has been saved, for II
he came to London he would receive q
generous welcome. Our maritime race
knows how to admire a daring and
resourceful seaman, and there are few
episodes of modern naval history more
remarkable than the meteoric career
of the little Emden."