The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-03-11
Prinz Eitel Enters Har-
Dor at Newport News
Early Today.
MAY BE lNTERNED
". S. Navy Officials Declare
the Eitel's Exploits Without
Precedent in History.

Newport News, va.-The German
auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Frie-
drlch arrived here today, presumably
for coal and supplies. She also is
said to be in need of repairs and may
inferno here. She is reported to
have 32e French and Russian pris
oners of war aboard.
The Prinz Eitel, sea rover and
commerce destroyer, presumably
eluded the British and French cru;s-
ers along the coast, and slipped into
port early today. Last night she
appeared OFF Cape Henry, but did not
enter until day break, when she pass-
ed quarantine and dropped anchor.
All her officers preserved the strict
est silence. Her captain Immediate
| ly dispatched message telling of
his arrival and the condition of the
ship. to the German embassy at
| Washington
The United States coast guard
ship Onondaga went alongside, to
see that the neutrality of the United
States is preserved, until the officers
lat Washington decide upon tho ac-
tion they will take in the matter.
1t is reported but uncontirmed shat
the Eitel was chased to the three
mile limit by British cruiser.
Can Make Repairs
Washington, ID. C.-According to
the doctrine laid down by the Ameri-
can government in similar cases to
that of the Prinz Eitel Friedrich, the
collector of customs at Norfolk must
give the commander of the Eitel "a
hours from the time of her arrival
TO take coal and provisions.
Ii the ships needs repairing, how
ever, she has a longer respite. The
naval constructor of the port may
make an examination and report
what would be IA reasonable time to,
make the necessary reapirs and the
German ship would be given "a hours,
in addition to that time In the mean
While, the American government
must keep the time of her departure
secret so no unfair advantage might
accrue to hostile ships, which might
gather in wait for the Eitel.
Officials here are of the opinion
that the presence of British and
French cruisers along the Atlantic
coast might influence the German
commander to decide to inferno his
ship.
Vessels Record Unprecedented.
which they said was absolutely with
out precedent in the history of pri-
watering, even exceeding the dura-
ton OF the remarkable exploits of the
German cruiser Emden.
American officials are awaiting Of
fetal information before announcing
any action.
Naval officers made no conceal
ment of their admiration of the re-
markable cruiser of the Germa nship,
The Eitel started out on her career
as warship from Tsing-Tau. She
was formerly a regular line of the
North German Lloyd. She reached
Using Tau shortly after the outbreak
of hostilities and the German marine
authorities there equipped her with
naval guns and turned her into an
auxiliary cruiser.
She sailed from Tsing-Tau before
the japanese attacked there, and
earlyy in November was reported off
the western coast of South America,
where for several months she has
been described as searching for the
Eitel persistenely, but they never
could find her.
With this German cruiser deilnitel.-
located in an American port. there
remain at large on the high seas out
side OF German waters only three
ships of war flying the imperial flag
of Germany These are the Kron-
!