New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-04

board the Appam. but Mrs. Denham
Smith. Of Sierra Leone. pretty young
woman with the best complexion New
port News has seen in these many
wears. declared many OF the passengers
had been deprived OF persona! belong
ings by their captors.
when they took US on board" she
said. "they promised Us faithfully that
everything they took from US would be
returned intact They have not kept
their word. Some OF US have not yet
received the cameras they took from
US: several Of US have not had our
binoculars returned, and revolVers
taken from US have not been gwen
hack. There may be some excuse for
keeping the revolvers. hut there can he
none for giving us back empty oinocu-
lar cases. There must have been
enough binoculars taken from MS and
not returned, from what hear, TO give
every German on the Appam pair.
81 did wish they had given me back
my revolver. II could not be Of much
use 10 "A navy man, for 1t was only a
little silver plated thing.
"Nor was there any excuse for spoil
ing all the films in our cameras. Every
camera was opened and the films eX-
posed to the light | had some dandy
pictures. too. and ! am sure there must
have been lot OF films the owners
would have valued as souvenirs OF the
most interesting experiences in our
lives, but suppose the Germans were
afraid there might be something in
the films they would not like to have
the world know about. That is the
only excuse ! can imagine they can
make.
Didn't Act So Badly.
an other ways. don't think the Ger
mans acted so badly, even II they did
not give us enough to eat. They could
not give us more, for they did not have
il for themselves. Why, one day all
we had for dinner were three tiny bis
cults each. Oh, don't mean what you
Americans call biscuits. ! believe you
call them crackers little things, not q
mou'hful in the three.
"The only thing they gave US enough
Of was cheese Stilton cheese Is all
right, but when you have to live on II
il becomes rather "a bore, don't you
know. This, WAS told, was part of
the Appam's cargo.
IL know that the German officers did
not have much more. for ! used 20 see
the food sent up TO them and It was
lust like ours That IS. except on one
DAY when the lieutenant had guinea
hens for his meal. He invited the cap
tains of the sunken ships and Captain
Harrison of the Appam TO dine with
him You see, the hens were Captain
Harrison's private property. He'd ex-
pected to eat them all himself, and !
suppose the Lieutenant thought he
ought 10 have at least q wee BIT OF
them.
"The worst thing the Germans did
20 Us was 10 conceal from US all news
Of our whereabouts from the rest OF
the world II was bad enough for Us
not to know what was going on in the
outer world. but 1t was Just horrible
90 have TO think our folks at home
thought we must be drowned when our
ship dropped out of sight. You know
how the folks will worry under those
conditions.
"Of course the first thing they did
when they came on the Appam was 70
take down our wireless 1t stayed
down while the raider was by. Their
IL was put up again. but our Marconi
man was not allowed anywhere near
his Instruments. We could hear them
working the radio and we knew. Of
course. that they were taking mes
sages, but never a whisper Of news
came 10 w.. They never would even
hint where We were going and every
once in a while when they would speed
I'd ship we would wonder II we were
being pursued or were pursuing some