Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-01-07

oriental sea, "and," says the narrator
Of November L, nothing mas been
seen of them since"
Opportunity for Adventure.
But could men with such an oppor-
tunity for adventure put it aside?
Could the sons of the Ole sea kings Of
the Baltic, with a thousand years Of
the legends Of the Danzig, Violin.
Greiswald and the stormy shores Of
Arcona urging them on, be baf1ed
simply because their shipmates had
sailed away to their death, leaving
them on coral island to carry on tbs
mission Of the Emden? The soft sea
air, the perfume of q 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 of 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 Is 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
a 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 of 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 Cocos island with a COM
Wandered schooner and plenty of pro-
visions and also their own armed
launch 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 Ex-
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 'raiding
commerce in the Pacific" on collier
which they had captured, armed with
two Maxim guns" and the rifles and
pistols of the landing party, has
dash of something about it that makes
one remember that the days Of TO-
nance and adventure are not all over
yet.
The London Times said when the
Emden was destroyed: eve rejoice
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 If
he came to London he would receive a
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"