The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-03-18
PiINZ EITEL WILL RAID AGAIN
Eantain OF German Cruiser Declares
He has Had Luck.


|, adventures
The commander was asked if his
raid OF the seas was over. Fest welt
er," he exclaimed in German. mean
ing as he explained. we haven't Civ
Ell it up by long way" The Of
ticer emphasized his statement with
slam of his fist on the coffee table
and continued:
We had luck and We shall have
more, | hope
AS you know" Commander THE
richens continued, I'VE cruiSed for
days without seeing a thing off Chile.
Our coal was almost gone. We we're
really in a bad way. Then one day
we sighted a sailing ship. A squad
went aboard and demanded that she
show her colors She admitted that
she was the French ship Jean.
Plenty of Coal.
When we read the signal wig
wagged back by our boarding crew
it was as if roast pigeon were to
fly into the mouth of starving man.
French ship Jean, came the mes
sage, loaded, with best Cardiff coal.
There was a heavy sea running
and we didn't dare come alongside
So | gave orders that we sail her to
the nearest place. found an ideal
place called Easter Island on an at
las. Our crew took her, but later |
offered the French a chance to sail
their own ship under our orders with
pay and they accepted.
But this was too slow, so we took
her in tow. When We were under
way again We sighted the English
boat Kildalton and took after her
with our tow line jerking along be-
hind. We soon finished her and
then proceeded till we reached Easter
Island with our prize We landed and
when we found there was no particu-
lar danger we rested and quietly
coaled. 1t was like feeding a hun
CRY man"
The captain explained that before
he landed the crews of the Jean and
the kildalton he ascertained that an
Englishman s yacht was in the harbor
and that word could easily be taken
for their relief.
Next to coal the greatest need the
Eitel felt in her long journey, the
commander said, was water. Because
of the water shortage, he said, the
Eitel anchored in the rain belt near
Pernambuco, and spread all sail
not perpendicularly, but flat-and
waited. and for forty-eight hours the
rains descended and the tanks were
filed.
We were out of the track Of
liners" said the captain, 'and could
hardly believe it when we saw the
French steamship Floride appearing"
Here commander Thierichens paus-
ed to give word OF praise for the
Floride's captain.
There is real gentleman, he
said. referring to Capt Moission. AT
first his patriotism made it hard for
him to compose himself on our boat.
but later when he had accepted the
situation he bore his position like
a true gentleman.
The commanders glance fell on a
few sprigs of wheat growing from
box in his cabin window.
Sight of Growing Wheat.
You can't imagine what that lit
tie growing green meant to u.s." he
said. Even in the cities you can
look into a florists shop. But through
these months on the sea we yearned
for it. So when we reached Easter
lSidio VIC lliIeu DdShSlS Will cal ILL.,
All we had to plant were beans and
peas and we soon found that they
We're not growing. We were just
about ready to give up our window
gardens when there came a wheat
ship. We planted some of it and YOU
see it is growing"
Easter Island was a bright page in
the Eitel Friedrich's history and a
strange little Christmas tree at the
captains elbow. still bearing its gold
and candles. was relic. the officer
said from last Christmas's celebra-
ton.
Lying on the table were photo
graphs which the captain displayed
as his "farthest south" record. They
showed two great icebergs and wide
grey ice-ield.
We went far south of the Horn"
the officer explained. For it was after
the battles on the coast and We were
afraid of the straits. Then we were
up in the tropics. shooting sharks.
Despite the changes of weather