The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-01
DEUTSCHLAND
ARRIVES AT
new LONDON
Continued from Page L.

The first intimation of the near ap- |
proach of the Deutschland came at
1905 O'Clock when she was picked
up by the searchlight of the dredge
Atlantic, which was working off East |
ern Point The Atlantic sent the news
by wireless to the T. A. Scott Co.,
who made arrangements to meet the
submersible with the tug T. A. Scott |
Jr. On board the tug were Capt. f.
Hinsch, of the Eastern Forwarding
Co., DR.. E. c. Chapman, city health
officer, DR.. r. E. Black, health in
spector, and jeremiah Dillon, con-
nected with the local customs office.
AS the tug drew near, Captain
koenig shouted a welcome and in
vited the party to come aboard. He
said his crew-four officers and rs
men-were in excellent health. Per-
mission accordingly was given to pro-
coed to the dock. All but two of the
crew were on the Deutschland on her
first trip.
The North German Lloyd steamer
Willehad, which had been at her dock
here for a. number of weeks, awaiting
the arrival of a German submarine
freighter, let her searchlight play on
the water marking the path by which
the Deutschland travelled to her
wharf.
Captain Koenig said that he had
expected to leave Bremen on October
1, but that his boat was injured in a
collision and forced to put back for
repairs which delayed her sailing for
ten days.
The captain and crew of rs men
were in excellent health and spirits
over the success of their second VEN
ture. The Deutschland carried clear
ance papers for Baltimore or any
Atlantic port
The boat was no sooner moored
than she was screened from sight
by a pontoon carrying high fence.
Her crew went on board the Willehad
where quarters were awaiting them.
A score of negro stevedores were
sent aboard the Wi1lehad in readiness
to begin breaking out the cargo of
the submarine at daylight or as Soon
as James L. McGovern, of Bridgeport,
collector of customs for the Connec-
ticut district had given the necessary
permission.
Captain Hinsch said that later in
the day Captain Koenig probably
would give out a statement regarding
his trip across the Atlantic.
Captain Koenig said that, except
for unusually rough weather. the trip
across had been uneventful. The
Deutschland's cargo is said to con-
sist mainly of chemicals and medi-
cines "
A return cargo for the Deutschland
consisting mainly of crude rubber and
surgical supplies, valued at more than
| $500, 900, has been ready on the pier
Of the Eastern Forwarding Co. for
several weeks. This cargo, made up
! in small packages, is slowed in a shed
of corrugated iron 400 by 25 feet,
| built at the waters edge on account
of the new state pier recently COM
| pleted, and leased by the Eastern For
| warding Co. for an indefiite period.
The Deutschland is securely berth
| ed here. The North German Lloyd
Steamship Willehad is made fast to
| cluster piling at a distance Of about
! so feet from the pier, the stern of the
ship hard and fast against the New
| London bank of the Thames river and
| in such a position that with the ship
| on one side, the pier on the other and
| the bank at one end, an open water
space SO by 385 feet for the sub
mersible is made enclosed on three
sides. To complete the enclosure, a
| floating gate built on pontoons is
| made fast to piling set to the bow
of the Willehad.
| The guards from the crew Of the
Willehad, and private detectives en-
ployed by the company keep all Wis
itors at a distance. To prevent the
submarine being reached by water
from under the piers, the piling di-
rectly around the reserved space is
heavily wired and the wires electric
ally connected with an alarm gong
in the office of the company. The
pier shed was constructed after the
departure of the Deutschland from
Baltimore, and the assembling of
cargo was begun at once.
Following rumors oft repeated, the
Deutschland made it's first appearance
in American waters at 1:45 in the
morning of July 9, when etched by the
vivid flashes of an electrical storm,
the craft was seen by a pilot boat as
she slipped into Chesapeake Bay, after
running the gauntlet of cruisers stand
ing guard off the Virginia Capes. Her
voyage of approximately 400 miles,
made without a stop at any port. es-
IbDILSIleO TeCOTO IOT CiEdHl VI lHo
kind.
The Deutschland was soon after
picked up by a tug and conveyed up
the bay to Baltimore where she
dropped anchor that night On the
first trip she brought a cargo Of dye
stuffs, the value of which was esti-
mated at from 100000 to 100000.
The arrival of the Deutschland at
Baltimore created new diplomatic
problems presented to the state de-
partunent by the British and French
ambassadors who set up the claim
that the submarine was potentially a
warship even though designed and
used as a, merchantmen. The very
nature Of construction Of a submarine,
it was held, made it impossible for
such a craft to comply with the re-
quirements Of international law. She
could not he stopped and searched and
the representatives Of the entente al
lies, 1t was asserted, must be regarded
as AN enemy warship subject to de-
struction on sight.
The state department, however, for
mally ruled on July Is that the sub
marine was entitled to all the rights
and privileges belonging to a mer-
chant vessel flying the flag of a belEg-
erent country in a neutral port. After
remaining in United States territorial
waters about three weeks the DeIltScf-