The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-04-29


have both the false flag and the ct.
tack under IL:
"The same evening the collier Row
tor, disguised as German steamer
by X feet, left the harbor with an
officer and signalman from the feet
on board and x torpedo boat dashed
along her starboard side" The &C
count then goes on to describe how
the torpedoboat was twice slipped to
make attacks on blockading cruisers.
The torpedoboat then returned to
harbor. The Rowter proceeded to
Navarin. to which place she had been
ordered and dispatched telegram
thence to the commodore Of feet
prince Louis of Battenberg) report
ing all that she had observed Of the
dispositions of A and B." She then
returned and her disguise even de
ceived the officer of the guard of his
own fleet, "who addressed the mas
ter in German when he boarded her"
Prince Louis subsequently escaped by
the clever ruse of making decoy
squadron carry double sets of navi-
cation lights, and also firing rockets
in the hope of confusing the enemy's
rocket signals. Another clever ruse
in the Mediterranean was published
in the press in 1905, when blockad-
ing squadron got two destroyers into
an enemy's harbor by sending them
in with a cruiser in chase, the idea
being to get them inside before they
were identified as enemy vessels.
Tempting Bait
The American civil war showed
several cases of how a resourceful
man can turn the tricks Of his oppoD-
ent. The best instance l know of
was when the Sumter was blockaded
by the Iroquois in the neutral waters
Of St. Pierre. Her captain became
aware that an arrangement had been
made with a merchant ship to signal
| WIFI lSutS IL lie Bot uhuSi way uui
ing night time. One night he moved
off as IL to go south, under the high
land, to one end of the bay. The
lights were displayed and he saw the
Iroquois racing to the south while the
Sumter was shrouded against the
land. The Sumter then made off t
the north.
II should always be remembered
that what Is valuable as information
is also the most useful to mislead
Material thrown overheard from ship
often leads to inferences-e. g., sta
BILE litter, ETC., that transports hav,
passed-and 1t is a fair inference
that when transports pass more WI
follow. Following a gale, 1t woul'
be fair game against submarines 70
an armed merchantmen to DISCUS
herself as a derelict.
In conclusion It is well to insis
that our command of the sea give
us entire scope for the preparation
of all forms of traps or ruses, an
usually the best are those which o
fer the most tempting bait. The ma
who is always thinking in terms c
mere muscle and material is quite III
: fitted for command In modern war
Against a submarine the bait is ea
Ter to prepare and the trap easier
/ conceal, on account of the defectiv
. eye afforded by the periscope. TIL
/ matter is very much simplified by tn
y fact that with the exception of a fe
{ attempts at mining, the submarine
S are the only enemies who go to sea
l. Without a blow wholesome idt
e of risk was instilled into the mind
J. the German higher command In r
l. gard to destroyers then light and a
e mored cruisers and finally bait
g cruisers. Zeppelins have feared Il
h North sea weather from the first, al
e having worked up enough courae
4. have persisted by it,. Consequent
h. the whole ingenuity Of our navy
n. turned against the submarine, and
u have no doubt whatever as to the !
- suit Commando Carlyon Bellai
R. NJ, NJ. p, in the Philadelph