The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-01-15
EXPLOITS OF
The EMDEN
Career of Destruction Reads
Like Romance.
Greatest Sea Pirate Admired by
the English Marines Be-
4 cause Of Bravery.

Sydney. Australia. Jan. mo
phase of the world war has been
more filled with the flavor OF ro-
nance and has more touched the
Imagination than the desperate ser
les of adventures OF the German
cruiser Emden, her destruction OF
SI5.OoO.OOO worth of hostile ship
ping The Smelling OF Madras, the dar-
ing raid into the heart OF Penang
barbor where a Russian cruiser and
q French torpedo boat were sunk,
the last fight with the Australian
cruiser Sydney near Cocos Island.
and the forlorn hope of the 40 men
aboard the crazy old schooner
Ayessa.
Even the London Times is moved
to say:
1--WE rejoice that the cruiser has
been destroyed at last, but we salute
Capt. Won Muller as brave and
chivalrous foe We trust his life
has been saved, for IL he came to
London he would receive generous
welcome. Our maritime race knows
how to admire a. daring and re-
.sourceful seaman. and there are few
episodes of modern naval history
more remarkable than the meteoric
career of the little Emden."
Il is now possible for the first
time TO patch together the tale of the
Emden. Her career of destruction
started the day war was. declared
against Russia. when she captured
a MuscovitA cruiser near vladivos-
took and took her to Tsing-tao. the
tHrman Chinese colony. The Emden
imme diateIy sailed south from travel
about Southwestern Asia. There she
haunted like highwayman. destroy
lug 90 ships in IA weeks. The total
KAs this 3,5OO-ton cruiser occasion
ed TO allied shipping cannot be esti-
mated accurately. but 1t was prob
ably around $15.0o0.ooo. In the
great insurance exchange of Lloyd's.
London the Emden was the great
topic of discussion, and at each new
exploit OF Capt. Won Muller the rates
for Insurance took a bound.
Her First Deed.
One fine morning she appeared on
the great seaport of Madras. on the
east coast of Hindustan. Shells be-
gan TO fall upon the town and the
great oil tanks were set on fire. Grip
pling the British severely. Then she
was away like the will-o-the-wisp
and few days later was heard from
a thousand miles distant.
AT least 40 warships land prob
ably twice that number) Russian.
French, British, Japanese and Aus
tralian searched high and low for
her She was never found. her final
destruction being due to a ship not
engaged in the search.
On the morning of Oct. rs she
performed feat of valor only par
allied by Farraguts dam the tor
pedoes" and Deweys entrance into
Manila harbor. In the harbor OF Pc
nang, a city of about 100000 popu-
iatiSn on the west side OF the Malay
Peninsula, were lying the Russian
cruiser Jemtchug, on paper more for
--midable than the Emden; the French
torpedo boats Mosquet. Fronde, Pts
toilet and the torpedo boat destroyer
D'Iberville.
The captain of the Emden rugged
up a fourth funnel dummy out OF
canvas, and. according to some ac-
counts, few the Japanese flags, al
though this is denied by the Ger
mans.
The Mosquet was patrolling the
entrance to the harbor, but In the
darkness of early morning the EN-
den slipped by her unobserved. The
Jemtchug lay in the center OF the
harbor, while three French small
craft were alongside the piers.
The captain of the Jemtchug was
spending the night ashore. and her
decks were not cleared for action.
AS to the three French craft none
of them had steam up, their decks
weke not prepared for an engagement
and a large percentage Of the officers
were ashore.
A Daring Attack.
As the Emden steamed full speed
Az Uspotchus the Ruaaiau Offic-