The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-08-10
FEAR MERCHANTMEN
MORE Than WARSHIPS

n reporter over the railing of the
Neckars upper deck today and talk
ed for well nigh an hour Of the T.
boat Dcutschland's wondrous trans
atlantic trip, will meet with the in
terviewer again and give him his
name lie said so himself before he
put out his hand in parting and, with
n hearty handshake and confident
"Auf Wiedersehen,' took the steep
stairway to the lower deck of the big
North German liner in two leaps and
disappeared swiftly across the gang
way leading aboard the title block
ade runner to whose crew he belong
ed.
On this, the first visit of the his
tory-making stranger, interviews and
names are taboo for reasons best
known to the "old man." Capt. Paul
Koenig, who gave the order. And IL
certainly was not an interview, not
at least, 30 far as the Deuschland's
man was concerned. Gazing most OF
the time dreamily upon the muddy
waves OF the Patapsco. this young
man talked In his native tongue. as
II filling in some pages OF mental dia-
ry. Only an occasional question
stirred him into the realization that
he was not alone and then he did not
know he was talking TO a reporter.
"I'ye been with this green little
devil" he said. from the moment she
got her nose wet for the first time.
I've been with her on every trial
trip-and we've had many. many OF
them-and have been with her even
when she was put back into dock.
This In the first time I'm off and do
you know I'm homesick7 No, no,
not as you think. for my country and
my family-das It's yerbotcn on trips
like this one--but I'm homesick for
my little bunk there on the Deutsch-
land and for the whole OF her.
bad air? Olly7 oh, well. who
ever is bothered by such things bet
ter keep off u-boat and get Job
on the vaterland,
you get so attached to boat
like that and 10 the service on her
that you are unhappy the minute you
get away from her. ! suppose It's
much like the feeling ayiators have
when they are not plying. It's a
sort OF craze perhaps; II gets you and
stays with YOU for the rest of your
life"
~ noticed the old man told the re-
porters our trip was uneyentful. Ha! /
IIa!-Potztausend nochmal, there's
excitement In every minute, every
second. or course, that does not
mean that there is a warship lurking
overhead In every spot OF the ocean,
Anyway, warships are not our chief
In fact they bother us lit
tie. It's these damned merchant
ships OF all sorts and sizes that we
are worried about, And you know.
the meanest feeling about the whole
business is whan you see one OF
them glide by quite near and have
not got torpedo to send into her
bowels.
For you know full well II she
caught a glimpse OF you she'd head
.traIghf for Won and ran, Won and
have good laugh at the men strug- ,
Cling in the waters-that's what they 1
lid with the L-2s, wasn't Il? No. I
we're not afraid OF warships Nearly
All the experience Of U-boats In this &
war has shown that the British naval 4
officers and regular sailors are fair, d
rhey give YOU a change for life They
are sportsmen
But IFS these vendamate little S
and schooners and such q
'raft that We hate-yes and dread. !
Who wouldn't dread a ram death in I
, submarine-we call II faler Tod. i
"What is the hardest job on a sub I
nNflnet 'NtOkef
THE best, to be on guard in the S
'onning tower, still, that is in way ]
he hardest one But there isn't I
hat stifling heat that threatens any u
minute TO make you fall dead o
dause Tod and you won't have to r
20 any further down TO be punished I
or your sins in life, for there's a e
lell right around you; there can be I
lone worse a
But in the coming tower, Ha! o
hats different You see II over there. u
Ion't you, that funny little hole that a
an just hold two men II they're not
90 fat? There you stand, legs spread a
ar apart so as to give you a firm p
old, your elbows on the sharp edges Il