The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-02-04

stopped nW tng0tnk cnrko suiP. trvW
coming up channel. but unfortunately
there h evidence that az least two OF
the euemys submarines are In the
west. -Four cattle ships from Dublin
TO Liverpool were sunk yesterday even
ing. while three Bristo, bound steam
era. the HIida. Mercury aud Maria
loser. were blown up IN the neighbor
hood Of Lundy island. Commerce has
10 far ss possible been diverted into
safer channels, but In the meantime.
however vexatious these incidents may
be and however grievous the loss both
to the owners and to Lloyds, we may
console ourselves by the reflection that
since submarine cannot keep the sea
for more than ten days without reit
ding aud since the base has been cap
tured. there must come n speedy END
to these depredations
50 much tor the Couriers account OF
our proceedings. Another small para
graph was. however. more eloquent
The price OF wheat" II said. which
stood nj IS shilungs q week before the
declaration OF war. was quoted yes
terday on the Baltic at g. Maize has
gone from ~ TO 81. barley FROM ~ to
IS. sugar foreign graduated, from ~
shiliings and threepence TO 10 shillings
and sixpeDce.
Good. my lsdsr' said ! when I read
u 70 the crew ~ can assure you that
those few lines win prove to mean
more than the whole page about the
fail Of Binnkeuberg. Now let rs get
down channel and send those prices
up a little higher"
All traffi, had stopped for London
not 50 bud for the little iota we
did not see steamer that was worth
q torpedo between Dungeness and the
Isle Of wight There called stephan
up by wireless. and by 7 O'Clock We
werp actmliy lying side by side In
smooth Ruling sea Hengistbury head
beariug y y. W. and about 6ve mile
distant The two crews clustered 90
tue whniebarks aud shouted their ~,
~ s,+inr friendly faces once uorr
Stephan Ind done extraordinarily well
had. ut course. read In the Londn
raJ-i OF his four ships on Tuesda,
I,ut he had sunk no fewer than seven
since. for msny of those which sbou'd
nav. come To- the Thames had tried
make Southampton or the seven. "ir
was ~ HIiHD tons. grain ship fruu
Aniericu " second was grain shii'
trun th.. l.lark set. aud two other
were great liners from South Africa.
l congratulated stephan with all my
heart upon his splendid achievement
Then. a. we had been seen by destroy.
or whIrb was approaching al great
pace. we both dived. coming up again
Oh the Needles where we spent the
night 10 company. We could not visit
each other since we had no boat. but
we lay 81 nearly alongside that we
were able. stephan aud l. TO talk from
hatch to hstrb aud so make our plans.
He had shot away more than haif
bis torpedoes. and So nad l. aud set We
were very aVprse from returning TO
our base 50 long as our oil held Out.
I told him VI my experience with the
agreed to sink the ships by guntire In
future 50 far as possibie. I remember
old Horii saying. What use Is a
gun aboard a submarinef We were
about TO show read the English pa
per to Stephan by the light of my eler'
tric TORN. and we both agreed that
hsa
channel That sentence about divert
Ing cOmmepe 10 safer rUutes could
only mean that the ships would go
round the north Ut ireland aud unload
at Glasgow On. for two more ships
to stop that entrance. Hes what
would England have done against a
foe with thirty or forty submarines
since we only needed six instead OF
four to complete her destruction!
After much talk We decided that the
best plan would he that I should dis
patch a cipher telegram next morning
from French port 10 tell them 10
send the four second rate boats "
cruise Oh the north OF ireland and
west OF Scotland Then when ! had
done this 1 should move down chan
nel with stephan and operate az the
mouth. while the other two boats Gould
work in the Irish sea. Having made
these plans. I set OF across the chan
Del In the early morning. reaching the
small village OF Etretat In Brittany
There l got on my Telegram and then
laid NV course for Falmouth. passing
under the keels VI two British cruisers
which were searching for us.
Halfway down channel We had trou
BILE with snort circuit In our electro
engines aud were compelled TO run on
the surface for several hours while We
replaced one Of the cam shafts and re
newed some washers Il was tick
/ ush time. for had a torpedo boat come
upon us we could not have diyed. The
perfect submarine OF the future VIII
/ surely nave some alternative engines
for such au emergency. However. by
the skill OF Engineer Moro We got
| things going ONE more All the time
we lay there I saw hydroplane nOat
ing between Us aud the British coast
4 can understand now mouse feels
when II l. IA a tuft OF grass aud seer
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