The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-07-13

cntire trip the vessel travelled sub
merged only about 80 miles.
Il have seen,' said the captain,
statements that we were forced to go
hundreds of miles out Of our course In
the Atlantic. because of British war;
ships. This is not so, why should we
so out of our course except to merge.
That is the simplest and most effective
way to get out Of our course. Besides
it is much easier to submerge.
1--WE came to Hampton Roads by the
straight course from the English chan
mel. We did not come by way of the
Azores. Altogether from Helgoland to
Baltimore we covered 5000 miles or
that distance so miles were driven
under the surface of the war.
in Excellent Health.
Throughout the entire trip the Of
ficers and crew We're in excellent
health and spirits. OF course. when we
We're under water for long spells the
air got very stuffy sometimes and there
was some Inconvenience, but 1T was
never serious. The Deutschland is built
to stay under water for four consecu-
i've days, you see we never reached
anywhere near our submersion limit on
this voyage.
1.-THE ship is much easier to ride than
torpedo boat destroyer, much stead
Ter Nothing can happen to her. she is
50 perfectly built. OF course she rolls a
little at times, but that is no hardship.
Any nation that can build ship
like the Deutschland can do what we
did"
The German commander talked with
the smiling enthusiasm of a child and
his eyes fairly glittered as he related
the principal incidents Of his record
trip.
There is little to tell of the trip"
he continued. I'VE left Holland on June
30 and steamed on the surface into
the North sea. Before sailing we had
trial trips and drills for the crew for
10 days or two weeks, having proceeded
had never been on a submarine voyage
and the training had all was received
in practice trips on the Deutschland.
Everything went without incident,
the first day, but on the second Gay in
the North sea in the zone of the British
cruisers and destroyers, we saw their
smoke frequently, but only dived when
we thought there was danger OF our
being detected. OF course we were diff
so low and our ship gave out no smoke.
flcult to see because we were running
We did submerge several times In the
North sea, staying under sometimes
two hours and sometimes less Every
time we came to the surface if all look
ed we'll, we kept on going. We saw no
British battleships in the North sea,
only cruisers and destroyers, or at least
we took them to be British naval yes
sells.
I'VE did not, on the entire trip come
into close proximity with any man of
war. We avoided them all. 1t was
very simple.
From the North sea we went
straight through the English channel,
the night of the fourth day we sub
| merged and remained still all night on
| the ground on the bottom Of the chan
mel. There were lots of cruisers near
us, we knew, and it was very foggy.
80 we thought it wise not to take
submerge for the night and until there
| should be clearer weather. The next
morning all was we'll and we proceeded
| through the channel into the Atlantic
ocean without incident.
! Cargo Worth $4,000
| Our trip has demonstrated that the
| big* merchant submarine is practical
and that it has come to stay. We eX-
| pect the venture to be great finan-
! cial success. This ship can carry a
cargo Of 1000 tons and on this trip car
ried $50 tons Of dyestuffs valued at
81 900, 900
| The charges for the shipment alone
will be pay for the cost of the Deutsch-
| land, 100000. On this trip we carried
|
curities. Also we came without insur-
! ance, running entirely at our own risk -
Did you bring a message from the
I kaiser to President Wilson," the cap
! tain was asked.
NO, we did not" Cautain Koenig re-
piled with emphasis. THAT is a plain
lie. We will go back again carrying
And we can get back without taking
on any oil here. We have enough left
to take us home. And l want to say
that it will be just as easy to go back
as it was to come. We will have no
| difficulty getting out the capes, that is
| if British warships do not break neu-
trallty and come within the three-mile
limit to attack US. How soon we shall
| leave do not know, but we will be
| ready as soon as we get cargo
Can Go Down 300 Feet.
CAPTAIN KONG said that the Deutsch-
! land was built for submersion to a
depth Of 800 feet, but that that it
is seldom necessary to so more than SO
| feet below the surface.
The captain said he had been in the
! merchant service fer many years and
that in recent years he had commanded
| the Princess Irene and the Schleswir.
| he paid high tribute to the crew and
| his fellow officers. The chief engineer
Is f Klees; the first officer. f. krap-
ohof. and the second officer NJ Eyring.
|
for the success Of the voyage should be
given to Engineer Klees. Il depended
on him every minute of the day and
night" he added. AS he ended the in
terVlew the captain said he expected
the next German merchantmen to reach
the United States in eight weeks.
| Guy V. Steelem, surveyor of the port
lof Baltimore, made an official report to
| Collector Ryan late today, advising that
| the Deutschland was an unarmed mer-
lchantman entitled to all the privileges
Of any other peaceful ship sailing under
| the flag of a friendly nation.
The submarine left quarantine at
$50 a. m, after the health officers had
boarded the craft and given permission
| to proceed.
4 1t was announced that a statement
| would be made regarding the extraor-
| binary voyage by officials of the North
German Lloyd company later today.
Definite announcement that the great
| German Submarine merchantmen
Deutschland had reached Chesapeake
bay yesterday as the first of fleet OF
such craft built to ply regularly il the
| trans Atlantic trade was made here
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