The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-06

selves saw many ships, but very sell dom did anyone see us, and we were never recognized. During the day we turned away from many steamers by changing our course. At night we went without lights and, when necessary, in a submerged position. Even the weather favored us.
 Once we noticed at distance an Eng fish auxiliary cruiser; it went zigzag In a certain direction We, for a long time, travelled parallel with him, during which time we also kept an eye on him, but the high sea, which did not even for him make the cruising a pleasure, kept us unobserved.
 At another time, in the dusk of the evening, a scout cruiser was in our neigh borhood. It had seen us and hoists the English marine flag, in order to trick us to make an attack, but when we calmly pursue our course it departs. The sea was probably bit rough for further activity for him. Other faster scout cruisers we escaped in good time
 A NIGHT ON THE BOTTOM
 Then the wind becomes calm and the fog sets in. We submerge and place our selves on the bottom. We are in no hurry; why should we not for once give ourselves a little rest? Our resting place was mighty deep, but therefore safer and caimer.
 This night on the bottom of the sea was truly a recreation for us all. One could for once take good wash and go to bed in peace, without fear of being startled the next moment with Hey -ar' in the speaking tube. But before turning in we had a regular banquet. The photograph was playing and glasses were raised, filled with French cham pagne. Our good Stucke, who was our it, VI work at the same time, served us in the same dignified manner as if he were still a steward in the dining room of the Kronprinzessin Cecilie; as if he had never been in French captivity for nearly a whole year, in order to develop his abil- ity in our company at the bottom of the sea.
 Again we come to the surface the next morning. The pump is working with a hissing noise as we climb upward. At 20-metre depth the boat loses it's stabil- ity. First we can see it on the mano- meter; then it is noticed on the depth rudder, which becomes more difficult to handle. And as the boat at times gives unexpected jumps we realize there must be considerable sea above.
 I now carefully rise to the periscope depth and proceed for time in this position, and am looking around. Noth- HE Ctu De SetI except d SlOTiIly army Ol white wave crests. This weather suits me exactly, as we need not be on our guard so very closely. The Atlantic gives us a rough welcome.
 I decided, therefore to rise to the sur face. But before this is done the boat must be placed across the wind as the long, heavy hull would not otherwise be able to climb out of the water At slow speed, we placed the Deutschland right R-- fully. It feels just as if the soul would shake out of it's body, but now it obeys the depth rudder and it's nose rises slowly out of the water When we were con- pletely out the ship makes the alarming motion of a pendulum all around the compass. Then comes the unpleasant moment when we have to turn the ship slowly into It's course. Protected by the thick coming tower windows, which the heavy seas are continually washing over and streaming down, with our arms and legs ready to withstand the sharp twist ings of our craft, I keep watch on all sides.
 WATCHES HIS CHANGE
 In accordance with the experience Of an old sailor, I watch for the spasm of three very high seas, after which comes a lot of many irregular but smaller ones. Now the third one has passed. I call to the steersman in the Central" then the prov bores itself slowly forward and we again find ourselves without too many seas in the old course.
 At best it is still hard work. The storm increases instead of diminishing, and we go slowly through the rough sea, and, in addition, many of the crew are seasick. The boats short humping is distressing.
 But the further we get the more we feel the undercurrents of the Atlantic The short humping ceases and changes to a majestic rolling. At a distance we can still see the English cruisers return ing from nightly expeditions. But we are too far away from them; they doHt mo- tice us, and disappear in the opposite