The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-07-14
GERMAN MONSTER
SUBMARINE Lands
TEUTON's UNDER SEA CRAFT Is
SAFELY DOCKED AT
BALTIMORE.
ELUDES MEN OF WAR
Is British Blockade Broken BY This
New German Way of Navi-
cation?

! Baltimore, July 10.-Upon deliver
ing his ships papers to the Office of
the North German Lloyd line today,
Capt. KONG, of the submarine mer-
chairman Deutschland, which reach
ed Chesapeake Bay yesterday from
Bremen, issued formal statement
declaring his voyage across the At
lantic had broken England's rule of
the seas.
At the same time the captain dis
posed finally of the report that he
carried message from Emperor
William to President Wilson, saying
there was no foundation for the
story.
The statement, typewriter on the
stationery of the Deutche Ocean
I Rhederei G. NJ. B. H., Bremen, an
nounced that the Deutschland was
the first of several submarines built
for the transatlantic trade. and that
she would be followed by the Der
lin"
All during the night a considera-
BILE part of the Deutschland's crew
had been astir and small search
light played almost constantly upon
a newspaper yacht anchored near by.
The tug Thomas F. Timmons. con-
voying the submarine, also kept the
yacht under close surveillance.
Captains Statement.
| Following is the statement:
THE submarine Deutschland,w which
/ have the honor to command, is the
first of several submarines, built to
order of the Deutsche Ozean-Rhederei
! G.. M. B. H., Bremen. She will be
followed by the Bremen shortly.
Cargo Of Dyestuffs.
"we have brought a most valua-
BILE cargo of dyestuffs to our Ameri-
can friends, dyestuffs which have
been so much needed in America, and
which the ruler of the seas has not
allowed the great American republic
to import. While England will not
allow anybody the same right of the
ocean, because she rules the waves,
we have by means of the submarine
commenced to break this rule.
Great Britain, cannot. however,
hinder boats such as ours to go and
come as we please. Our trip passing
Dover across the ocean was an un-
eventful one. When danger APP
preached we went below the surface,
and here we are safe in American
port. ready to return in due course.
: 81 am not in position to give you
full details regarding our trip across
the ocean, in view of our enemies.
Our boat has a displacement of
about 1000 tons and a speed of more
than fourteen knots. Needless to
say that we are quite unarmed and
only a peaceful merchantmen.
Will Garry Mails.
"Our boats will carry across the
Atlantic the mails and save them
from British interruption.
1--WE trust that the old friendly re-
lationship with the United States
going back to the days of Washing
ton, when it was Prussia who was
the first to help America in its fight
for freedom from British rule, will
awake afresh in your beautiful and
powerful country.
"The house flag of the Deutsche
Ocean Rhederi is the old Bremen flag
red and white stripes, with the
coat of arms of the town the key in
the corner. This key is the sign that
we have opened the gates which
Great Britain tried to shut upon us
and the trade of the world. The
gates which we opened with this key
will not be shut again. Open door
to the trade of the world and freedom
of the oceans and equal rights TO all
nations on the oceans will be guar
anteed by Germany's victory in this
struggle for our existence.
Avoided Men-ofWar.
1--WE did not on the entire trip
come into close proximity with any
man-of-war. We avoided them all.
II was very simple.
From the North Sea we went
straight through the English chan
mel, which is alive with warships.