New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09
Correspondents Visit Base
Where Ships Keep
Silent Wig
SCARED ARETHUSA
LEADS GREY LINE
While E.BOatS Start Seaward
Toward the Baltic and
B0SpOruS.

London. Jan. s. Under cscor; OF OIL
ic.rs ASSIGNED hv the Admiralty. cor
rosnon6crt ~ The Associated Press
and a marty Of foreign journalists were
,iven m first opportunity 60 visit one
Of the Great naval bases on the coast
whore cruisers. Gcstroyers and sunma-
,;rcs a~o assembled for their watch
over the N5r.a Sea and from when
noint big ocean-Coing submarines are
sent on forages 20 the ba'ue """ '"'
Dsrdane..es.
Il was am Impressive S'N''' - -.
centrated power ana a','' '''''',.
with long "-es OF -,
cruisers sire ching SeaWaI0' "''" '.' '''
"a ~, 3D.. famous Arethusa; back Of
r...,i. &c 5os.rcvers. then
'H'" N"S' .u...,.. %
e countless nJmner OF s"""."i .'''
.le latest u and l. types, which nave
-..,.. ...~s,,..c5 such brilliant work
i'''''' ..,... 80 .bo posnorus
from the ""'""'.'''O
ana 'htouE"'"- '''' 49,.
Go ,,,. ovnoriencinc
.
N :he North sea, WIN ram P''''''T
sailors in oilskins "a north wind cutting
-. ,,.. To,,, and seacul!s every
''e 49,. ,.;,lo,.e on
where Inc 4',''
the coast had been Transformed d! inc
var into n vast naval rendezvous, with
..ho..s., ..r.,cbinc half mile.
......, 90, .r,,oda and
send il back TO sea within two hours OF
.....l
us ARRIVAL
Mother" Ships Wait Offspring
49,. ...,o.b.r" sbins
Here also were '"0
ranged IN long '"'S ans -
ready 10 receive back ,heir heh''hg
children each time they came from
raid or a battle.
The huge establishments was NloI"'
ing with energy, and IN me hSIooI iil.t.1
sweepers were coming PACK rom M
work. hydro-acroplanes were I.@"u .1i
wiring from the deck OF lhelI ga. go. go
black smoke from lhe i.""y'9 -
cruisers and desUoYefs 'o.u - on
readiness 10 dash out 10 Sc" "1'e' Oh
enemy craft. III. .-,,;sor
The Arethusa ana 'he t't"' -.
squadron had just returned rom 800
ing along the German coas1 :" 80
of a German fleet wnicn was sa'u ~
have yenturad out from the hlel lanai
Nothing had been seer o. ms 'e' La
sbins and the British Oihcers-the same
vino rad now received ;he'r stars IN
tho famous lights under Nlce-AoIlITal
Sir DAVID Peatty were derlSi'e d. .ne
idea that the Germans would Neh'uFs
forth.
one Of the officers was IN command
Of the torpedo TUBES WheH .net,
the deadly missiles whlch s'IucH Sns
German cruiser Blucher anu sc.0
Keeling 10 the bottom ln l.e 80 80
of last January lie pointed o.. -
eelfsame tubes and told no" 'heE "ao
worked. u,..
Tnhes That Sank the Butcher.
..r;.s. ,ro lot go that one" he said.
- .bis one. Il was this one
anu ~. .ho Rlucber amidships. She
'h"' .'. nr +borc about fifteen hun
20 80 'S!.ards The thing that impressed
mo sfter we hit her was the deathly
stiffness. II was terribly SUN uh'll 'ne
great big ship threw up Nor ''"'
turned clear over and sank.
Eyes. this is the one that dlc ~ anu
ne pattcd this terrible death GealiIe
engine atfcctiouatcly. as though u were
his child, Is ln uuih ~ mas DeeH SIM
ne laid tho Butcher low. HCaiS On
battle were all over the SNIP "n,'h ,"v
officers poInted out WIN ne pIlqie 'n az
Heidelberg student ois il"}s "'e ~, Nv
EXHIBITS hls WOUNDS. UeSH go. .,.S
amlcshins haa D'SH .I..',.l go ,,io'S ~ -
meieniie smell HAVING 80 .to
I ms had Deeh I'ou..' .. t.t,, as
slde aIinoi was po',.. -. ,,.orl,s '.ere
WaShoo"l ne INK sbron~ol but