South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-12
Commander ThieriChenS of the
German Cruiser, Prinz Ethel
FriederiCh. Says Nearly a
Month Is Needed.
WILSON MAY INSIST
VESSEL BE INTERNED
Captains Sworn Statement
Says Sinking of American
Ship. William Frye, Was
Justified by Law.

WASHINGTON. March e--There
Ils no doubt whatsoever that the Prinz
! Eitel l'riedericn viii bc interned.
[ said Asst Sec'y of the Treasury
1 Peters after his conference today with
I Pres't Wilson The inference gained
from this statement was that Prest
= Wilson is determined that the Ger
, man raider shall De intcrned.
( NEWPORT NEWS. VA. March o.
I 1-Commander Thierichens of the Ger
man auxiliary cruiser Priuz EiteI
1 Friedrich today requested that ne bc
permitted To keep his ship here three
: weeks. He stated that necessary re-
pairs could not be made inside that
! time 10 render the cruiser seaworthy.
Following communication between
/ Collector Hamilton and Washington
. il WAS determined for the present thar
( the mted states naval authorities
I will not he called into The controNers.
regarding 10 the length or the Ger
man ships stay
That the sinking OF the American
ship, William =. Frye. 10y the Ger
man auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel
! Friederich was justified In the asser-
ton made hy Commander rh.erichens
! in "A sworn statement presented To-
Collector Hamilton The statement.
which il complete defense OF I'm,
German ships action was forwarded
TO Washington today hy Collector
! Hamilton.
Text Not Made Public.
The communication was IN German
and its text was not made public here
! bat II is understood that the German
commander takes the stand that h,
acted within the limits Of mtcrna-
tional law because tho FRYE carried
yellow maize. which i~ at least con-
dluOnal cOntraband when consigned
10 the port OF "a belligercnt nation.
According 10 Commander Their
iChens the nature of the EryeS cargo
made her legal prey for The Prinz
Eitel 10 rs said that this opinion of
the naval officers Is endorsed by th.
German embassy.
While the commanders defcn~e
was on the way tp the assistant soc
Tetarl of the treasury. work ou tb,
Eltcl was being rushed I'M dry dock
officers OF the Prnz Eitel admitted
today for the first time that they fear
ed the cruiser Karlsruhe had been
sunk in West Indian waters Tn
Prinz Eitel has heard NOTHING from
the Karlsruhe iD many months anG
because Of the absence of news DO,
officers think she met the doom
which The PrinZ Iit,l escaped duriu-
Confronted NiUh Problem
The local immigration authorities
We're confronted hy "a puzzle today .n
the hundred or rtore third class pas
Sengers taken from the French liner
Floride by The Prinz Eitcl before The
liner was sunk. Mauy of these per
sons have been refused admission be-
cause of their failure 10 meet financial
or physical requirement. The captaI9
Of the Floride declares that those
passengers were brought here by tht
Prinz Eitel and 81 is therefore "up to-
the German commander to see they
are provided for
The French consul st Norfolk A
.. BAILEY, has been summoned here
10 look into the matter and devise
means 10 send the detained passen-
gers on to Eueno~ AEre~. their destin
alton.
The undesirable passengers are still
on board tho Eitel. The baggage Of
the first cabin passengers was
brought ashore thi, mornine and thes
may leave here at amy time they wish.
CAUSES PAINFUL IMPRESSION.
LONDON March 12-"News Of tn.
sinking OF the American ship. william
p Frye says 70 dispatch from th.
Amsterdam correspondent OF the Tx
change Telegraph co.. "has caused
most pdihlul impression Doe German
official quarters whore is b. ascribed
90 tho unfortunate zeal of an eXcitable
captain.
40 representation has scr been re-
ceived from the Washiugtou cabinet
which is understood t0 be- waiting au
o iCial report. ft is said ~trrug rep
re entation Will Doe made. The Ger
man foreign office viii meet these in
"a couciliatorv spirit because the SINS
ing of the ship WAS uuWarrdnted.
The press is not vet allowed fo
mention the incident"
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