New Britain herald., 1916-08-18
Deutschland Chased.


 submarines with a submarine depo ship and a British cruiser chased tn, submarine merchantmen Deutschlanc after she passed out the Virginia Capes on her return to Germany, ac cording to information received from 8 source considered reliable. The sub. marines, it is believed, were built or this side of the Atlantic and assem-. bled at Halifax
 Whether the Deutschland escaped has not been made known. The crui- ser in the chase was either the Mon- mouth or the Cumberland, and the depot ship was the Adamant
 The chase began on Aug. 4, at about o'clock in the afternoon. The British vessels were lying more than 300 miles off the Capes and the Ada mant, with the two submarines, dis covered a third periscope some dis tance away. It was moving in a southeasterly direction and from un- derWater sounds that came to the Adamant through her microphones it was judged that the undersea travel Ter was large enough to be the Deutschland. The Adamant wirelessed hey discovery to the British war ves- gels strung along the coast, and the one that was nearest joined the chase. It lasted three days.
 Whether the British vessels got near enough to fire at the strange periscOpe has not been learned The Adamant was within range when she sighted it, but she was not sure of the nationality of the craft and did not risk sinking it. Also she did not kYow whether it was a German U- boat seeking her and her charges, until she made no attempt to get near her, but instead kept on her course.
 It is thought probable that Capt. Koenig of the Deutschland, saw the enemy boats near and that the Ger mans periscope quickly disappeared. It would have been easy for the pur- sued craft to have changed her course after dar kand elude her pur- suers.
 The chase must have been pro- longed one though, as the Adamant ran short of coal and is understood to have had her bunkers replenished by a British merchantmen. A Brit isls steamship was endeavoring to To- cate the Adamant at sea on Monday. This vessel concealed her identity when shore wireless stations asked her name.
 "Captain won't permit telling name of ship" was the wireless reply from her.
 She kept up a tireless wireless call for the Adamant, but received no re- nfw. probably because she used the continental code instead of the se- cret British code. The she came into the Capes for orders.
 Strange Wireless Call Heard.
 British merchant ships were in- formed by wireless from the cruisers of the presence of the strange under sea craft. The warning and answer ing messages came thick and fast and one merchantmen in sending for a "repeat" resorted to the Continental code. Her master received a sharp reprimand.
 During the exchange of messages between the Adamant and the cruis- CTS there came the call TT Z' over th4 sea. This is the strange call that was picked up one day at New London. It is believed to be a Ger man call and it was figured cne of the British vessels may have sent it out, hoping the Deutschland would answer it and thus betray her pO- sition.
 The present whereabouts of the Adamant and her charges arc not known, but it is thought they returned to Halifax for supplies The Adamant Is a vessel of 935 tons, 190 feet long and her maximum speed is fou, teen knots. The submarines with her arc supposed to have been no larger than the American undersea craft, other wise they would not have required the presence of a "mother' vessel.
 1t has long been suspected that there were British submarines near the American coast, but Ill such re- ports have been denied by the British authorities. It is considered possible these sighted off the Matte cast re- gently were British craft
 A British agent who was infor1nlr 2 Halifax of every move t"n DeGtach lesh1 made received a note on the day the German craft put to sea from the Chesapeake. It read:
 You have told thcn how we looked, but you have not seen inside Of US. We sail in face of al! the ships you have waiting to get us. We would sail if the whole North Sea fleet was waiting for us. We do not fear your ships-nOne of them. Only the mines cause us fear"
 The message waa signed ''Koenig," 7" but the British agent does rot believe the German captain sent it.