Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-21
MERCHANT U-BOAT GUARDED
CLOSELY AS CAPTAIN PLANS
HIS DASH INTO OPEN OCEAN

day found the German merchant submarine
Deutschland still moored at her closely
guarded dock In Baltimore harbor. Her
captain Paul Roenig paced the bridge.
anxiousiy watching the mists that rose over
the Patapsco River.
A night Of tense activity and nervous ex-
element kept the strong force OF guards
that surround the submarine on edge ans
a misty dawn failed to bring the Deutsch-
land out from her haven of coal barges and
barbed wire The submarine. with her
cargo of nickel and rubber lay close be-
hind her ramparts, with the time OF her
departure still a matter Of mystery and
doubt.
Captain Koenig and his port advisers
were not yet ready to start the submarine
on her perilous dash through Allied cruisers
of the virginia Capes and Allied fleets In
European waters
Various reasons were assigned here to-
day for the failure Of the Deutschland to
make her expected start for Germany.
But none of them gained any official rec
ognttion from Captain Koenig; Captain s.
HInsch port captain of the Ozean-Rhe-
derei which owns the Deutschland. or Paul
Hilken, of the North German Lloyd Line.
These officials spent an anxious night and
an anxious morning arranging business
details, scanning charts and maps, and
getting reports from their observers who
have been sweeping Chesapeake Bay from
the Patapsco to Hampton Roads seeking
clear-way for the Deutschland's outward
voyage.
GOLD SHIPMENT WANTED.
Frorts have been made, II was learned
today. to obtain shipment Of gold coin
or bullion Paul Hilken admitted that
gold might be taken Some difficulty, how
ever, was encountered in arranging insur-
aace on gold in any amount and the enort
may be abandoned. It was planned to ship
ad n the Csnrman
Government. This plan led to the belief
that the Deutschland on her way to this
country carried American securities owned
In Germany. which have since been quietly
sold In the American market.
The supersubmarine will carry corre-
spondence seeking to re-establish trade In
German potash. Fertilizer manufacturers
In the United States have found their busi-
mes crippled by the lack of potash. and as
n result the farmers haveb cen unable
properly to treat their land. Letters al
ready aboard the Deutschland seek an
agreement, under watch potash would be
relased from Germany under guarantee
that It would be used solely for fertilizers,
I'd be consumed in this country.
Marine observers here today were In
cIined to the belief that the Deutschland
until weather conditions exactly suited the
commander. Meantime Captain Koenig was
plainly becoming worried and impatient at
the delay.
OTHER SHIPS WATCHED.
There was a Tightening OF the already
tense secrecy surrounding the Deutschland.
Guards were redoubled last night and every
craft that passed up or down the river was
scrutinized in the glare of searchlights from
the tug Timmins, lying at the mouth of
the Deutschland's slip. and smaller tug
lying alongside the submarine. A tug
with newspaper men aboard edged a little
too close to the barrier around the sub
marine Just before dawn and caused some
excitement The press boat slid silently UP
to the barges surrounding the submarine
before the Timmins sighted her. An excited
hail from the barrier, a flash of searchlghts
and arc lights inside the slip and chorus
OF German objurgations followed the dis
covery of the craft, and shouted threats
drove the press tug to deeper but safer
waters
The Italian frelghter AppolonIa, just ar
rived from Genoa, worried the Deutschland
guards The Appolonia came to anchor d.
rectly opposite the mouth of the Deutsch-
land slip. and her grimy black hull through
out the night loomed darkly Just beyond
the berth OF the Timmins. The Italian was
under the searchlights of the Timmins every
few minutes, and several times during the
night smaller boat was sent out to circle
the freighter.
Two members OF the crew of the Deutsch-
land who went ashore last night caused
wee small hours, and the guards did not
recognise them. Hans and Fritz fought
their way through 10 the pier, but not until
one of the submarines officers had turned
out dozen men to repel the supposed
invaders.
No official word was available today re-
garding the arrival OF the second merchant
submarine, the Bremen. but II was accepted
as probable that Captain Koenig would not
clear the Virginia Capes until he had re-
ceived some word from his sister ship.
WASHINGTON. July 21-Although no
formal objection to the clearance Of the
German submarine merchantmen Deutsch.
land from Baltimore has been interposed
by the embassies OF the Allied nations, there
are indications that after the American
Government has placed itself on record by
granting clearance papers the informal rep
reservations made by the British and
French Ambassadors soon after the Deutsch-
lands arrival may be supplemented by a
more definite protest.
U-Boat May Carry Four Million
NEW YORK, July 2l.-The financial