The Washington times., 1916-02-02

UNe DOuy.
the. long traverse which ended here
early yesterday.
The Appam had made but scant
dozen miles from her late captor. said
the. lieutenant. where over the seas to
them came the heavy bark which he
reecQSnized as coming from the throats
OF the MoeWes guns.
He headed back Immediately, and
after half an hours steaming raised the
hulk OF the Moeve. Near tho German
IN her death agony wHllowed the Aus
tralian freighter Clan McTavish. rlddled
and sinking. About her In the water
members Of the crew struggled. The
boats lowered from the Appam rescued
four of these men. Three OF them were
wounded. and the quartet was added to
the prisoners already aboard the prize.
Whether others OF the Clan NcTavish
crew were saved. the lieutenant did net
say
With meat from the Clan McTavish
added to her stores the ApDarl made
her second start for the United States.
SteaminE without lights and avoiding
the steamer lanes, the black painted
Appam. like a thing of darkness, began
the voyage which ended here yester-
day.
Day by day with vigilance unrelax-
ing. with provisions growing scanter.
and with the danger OF being over
hauled by a British watchdog Of the.
sea ever present. the Al,pam traversed
the breadth of the Atlantic.
During the last forty-eight hours Of
the voyage the young lieutenant never
left his bridge, and when they passed
the capes early yesterday there re-
manned aboard not sufficient food to
feed the prisoners another day.
Accordingly, permission was given to
the foreign visitor to restock. and when
this was done and the wireless antennae
lowered from the Inasts, the moment
Gus voyage Of the Appam was com
pleted.
Militarism rules the Appam.
That was the one thing that was ap-
Parent when the Appam steamed into
the ROads-the perfect discipline.
When nGwspapermen approacheu the
captured liner in Government boats the
prisoners were only toe anxious to tell
all about the happenings OF the voyage.
end lines of portfolios and many shout
ed oN er the rail-but only for moment.
Soung but businesslikc looking German
! sailors stepped up to the lo1uaciouss
ones. word or ivy" was spoken- and
there were no moro messages. 1t was
pouring rain, but the newspapermen
stood on the landing stage for minutes,
| trying to catch a word from the pas
senG ers. Then they tried to 20 aboard.
"VerbOten" Only Reply.
Immigration Officer Cohen cls'nbered
aboard after him half dozen reoCrt-
ers. Cohen was allowed on the deck.
! but as the others tried to follow, a Ger
man tar barred tho way with crossed
musket
But we're accredited by Collector
Hamilton" the reporters arrued.
There was only ono word IN the sail: "a !.
| he said after every protest.
| And. altogether, the Nppam iS the
most potent sYmbo; Of German mllItar-
ism: that Old FONT has peer-evnn more
SO then the Prime Eitel FREDERICK or
the Kronprinz Frederick Wilhelm.
| No guns TeCrCd forth from her decks
no lead -colored paint cloaked her hull;
there was nothing, really, to identity
| her as Q warshiIr save only the atmos.
phere. The British ships officers paced
! the decks IN their regular uniform. pas.
| sengers came and went almost at will
| bot always there were youngish deter.
| mined looking Germans watching To see
| that everything "Ncrhoten" was avoided
| The sailors themselves. taken indi-
vidually, were not such ferocious
| looking crew. FlaXen haired. clean
Bhaven, blue eyed and ruddy checked
| they looked, for the most part, like
| the good natured boys they were-be-
! fore the war. and individually they
| don't seem much changed. But there
| is a something-indescrib BILE. but APP
parent at the first glance-that has
connected these merry hearted young.
sters into one unlt-a cog in the
lighting machine.
And It is that, that makes their i'm.
preston. striding up and down the
| deck, musket on shoulder and bay.
| onet at hip. they look rather ridicu,
lous in the peaceful surroundings oi
| Hampton Roads. But taken collec.
! lively they appear for what they are
| an intregAl portion of a large sys'
| tenn.
Long Tapering Hull.
The Appam is as trim a ship as on'
could find. Her long tapering hui
is along what sea-faring men cal
sweet line and her entire appearance,
is indicative of sea-worthiness. Blu
on her starboard bow her plates ar,
bent.
She has a single funnel and tive
masts, with house running we'll FOR
ward. The hull ami funnel are painted
dull black. the super structure
white. In spite OF the long yoyag'
trim and splck and span.
Il No name appears on either bow Of
Il stern-and this lends color to thu
statement that her borrowed name
the Buffalo-was painted out afteI
the ship came within the three-mil,
limit.
At the stern, the paint seems mucI
blacker than elsewhere. On the lift
boats, IT is true, the name "R. NJ S
Appsm" still appears-but somehow
or other, that does not seem to lent
Identity to the ship. She seems, from
a distance, with her stark naked sidei
a ship without country. When on