Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-30
HOW GERMANS DISCOVERED and
DESTROYED BRITISH SUBMARINE
OPERATING IN SEA OF MARA0RA

Corst..ut,uulH. Dee. 2"-(C orreSpon-
Geu,c q he Associated Press The De
s,rg.tioa few days ago Of 4 British
sgUr-ar,gr Of the cruiser class was due
erctlv ~ the fact that on a capture
Trench Submarine, tiY Turquoise. were
folsd certain secret instructions concerto
al .hr operations Of The allied sublna
ra nttt iH the Sea of Marmora. These
documents. besides naming tae NarmorA
rasS, pouis where supplies could be OBJ
,ta,l Hv thc allied submarines. also
threw . naht on tho movements of these
yts,e)s IN pursuance of the information
,aus ob,a.nrd the German submarine L.
4 ~ wa}lad the British undersea
"srGIscr' and sent a torpedo into her
SIDE Twenty-four men were drowned.
while the crafts three officers and an
other IKE Of the crew, most of then,
wounded were made prisoners.
That the allied submarines i'll the Mar
nora we've being supplied with necessities
in the lake itself had been the contention
OF the ottoman authorities for some
tine l. had been impossible, however,
10 obtain accurate information. since II
was felt hat an end had to lie put TO
this eta;e Of affairs, the Turkish govern
men, declared the entire Marmora coast
a closed 2CnC," into which no ship OF
ally sort could venture without spe-
cal hermit and :; representative of the
ottoman martrc department aboard. New
erthel,ss a large number of creeks In
some cases also Turks, ventured into the
'orbi4den waters. Heavy sentences OF
PENAL >crvltude. in some instances terms
Of eight years, We're imposed upon them.
Notwithstanding this the traffic conttn-
Jed Will quite recently.
Use Coal as Fuel
The papers found on the Turquoise
also show that the newer and larger
types of British submarines use coal as
fuel In the list OF bases in the Mar
nora sen are several places where could
could he obtained. Turkish patrol boats
lad reported that they had seen sub
marines from whose tunnels coal smoke
isSued At the time this was not be-
lieved 1t has been learned since then
that the principle of locomotion, ABOVE
and below the surface remain the same
with the difference that the submarine
50 obtaining its power must, while in the
,oUe Of the enemy, replenish its electric
Storage batteries at night when nothing
but sparks from the funnel could reveal
It's presence.
Ii connection with the efforts of the
Turkish authorities to restrict military
activity on the Sea of Marmora,
rather amusing incident occurred last
July. The officers of a certain German
submarine were in the habit OF dinlhs
AZ one Of pera'5 best hotels. SO dld the
eificerS of an English submarine Oh
az least one occasion. At that time the
Turkish government, as it does even
today, permitted the subjects of hostile
governments to move freely ABOUT
ConStantinople. Dining one day at TINS
Motel. the commander of German
submarine was given by the waiter
letter which bore his full name ana
address. The waiter said that On the
previous evening the letter hau peeH
eft by "a party Of five. one OF whom
seemed 10 be an American.
The letter contained greetings from
ne officers Of the British submarine
% tn officers Of the German Suphi"
Fine Il was couched in friendly terms
showing further than the sponsors Oh
The letter were of a sportive turn OIL
mind They would meet some DAY,
loked the writer of the message. an"
Then they would see who would get
The best of it.
Whether or not the waiter was right
N his assertion that an American hau
0een in the party, is hard to say. ~
any rate the Turkish government ne
gan to keep close watch on the United
states stationship scorpion. While the
vssstl still lay at its mornings Oh
Aabatash. Turkish motorboats patron
'Fd The adjacent waters constantly.
mile al the jetty. which the crew anu
Visitors of the Scorpion had to use
FVi.ce officials inquired closely into the