The Ordway new era., 1916-07-21
Story Of Voyage Of German U-
Boat Across Ocean Out
rivals Fiction.
HOSTILE SHIPS ARE DODGED
Submarine, During Hazardous 5000
Mile Run, Submerged Many Times
to Escape Possible Attack
From Enemy.

| dll the pages of Jules Nerne'S "'rwcnty
| Thousand Leagues Under the Sea-" are
.allcd up by the amazing story of the
| trip of the German U-bOat Dcutsch- =
and across the Atlantic ocean-a voy-
age that has been pronounced the most
larinS in the history of the sea.
The story of the remarkable voyage
made by this Submarine-the first to
cross the Atlantic ocean-through
maze of hostile warships. has been told
simply by Capt. Paul kocnig, com
llander of the undersca craft
| kocnig WIS modest about it all. He
| had few words of praise for his
crew and none for himself. When he
spoke of the fatherland his eyes spar
klcd and his whole body twitchpd with
eaSerneSs. When he talked of "juSt
dropping down when lie saw de-
stroyer" his voice was calm.
Would He Surrender
Just once did he display real emo
tion. That was when toward the end
| of the interview this question was
suddenly shot at him:
| suppose on your way back, Just
MS you left the Virginia capcs, you saw
destroyer bearing mercilcssly down
upon YOU. Suppose there wasn't time
to dodge. wasn't time to submerge,
what would you do? Would you sur
| rendcr?"
The undcrsca skippcr's face turned
sudden red that looked queer under
his thick weather tan. His hands
| clenched. his eyes flashed. then slowly
each word painfully thought out, came
| he answer:
"WOuld I surrender? I-couldn't
tell about that-positively I can't.
don't know-surrender? | think the
moment would bring the decision. Yes,
that moment would carry its own de-
! ciSiOn."
That was the spoken reply but in
every bit of the mans tone. in every
set line Of his face could be read the
real answer-Capt. Paul Koenig has no
Intention that the Deutschland shall
ever fall into enemy hands,
Fears No Enemy Warship.
And he has every confidence that
he will take the Deutschland back to
Bremen loaded with the rubber and
nickel that the Fathcrland so Graves
for its munitiOn factories.
| "SiN. ten, n dozen. twenty cruisers
outside will not stop u.s." he exclaimed.
ave will go back; we will go back
easy. And we will come again, and
others will come and trade will go
back and forth. and the British block
ade-that will be a thing to laugh at.
"Thc future of the submarine has
now been proved to be unlimited" he
asserted. "Thcre is practically no
| maximum to their capacity: their
mechanism has been perfected: we
have shown that they do anything any
other ship can do. and more besides.
"About that am positive. The
coming of the Deutschland. $500 miles
TO America, and her arrival with n
range of almost ten thousand miles
| eft. with fuel and water and supplies
and everything for that much travel
still aboard. shows that you can go
with submarine simply where you
want to 60"
Koeug is Il small man. ordinarily
looking until he begins to talk. when
his force and personality become at
once apparent.
First Submarine Trip.
One of the first questions asked OF
lin brought one Of the most surpriS-
Ing replies of the interview. Request
ed to tell in detail of all the submarine
experience he had before being select
ed to attempt the crossing. he replied
quickly:
"But you see have not had any.
|
aboard. We practiced great deal.
| Navigation know. Submarines !
| think l know now.
"Wns 1t fun? Sometimes. yes. Most
| it was fun in the English channel.
| There we lay ten hours on the bottom.
snug and comfortable. Some of us
slept and some Of us read. and most
| of us listened to our graphophone play
ing beautiful song from peer Gynt."
while above us ragged the destrOyers
md cruisers that would have thought
rs the very choicest Of prey had they
but known what lny hidden there be-
| low them. 1t was not n lang ten
hours We drank little champagne.
and we ate and attended to the ma
chinery.
"No we didn't subrnerge because OF
any cruiser chasing us; not once We're
we chased"
How They Submerged.
Nothing nsHe vivid about adven-
itnre .sould be drawn from Koenig than
the detailing Of these times I'VE just
sank" As far as his words went, that
was all there was to II. A vessel was
sighted; the Deutschland was quickly
submerged; she rnn along under water
| for, time. and then-she came up
and opened her hatches toe fresh air,
|swhlte udlcers and men went about.