The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-10
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warships. we could not tell at night
without a close view and we could see
only the searchhght at intervals We
judged the ships, if they were war YES
sells. were also proceeding without
lights
When we go back we may go anoth-
er way so as to get home quicker and
avoid dangers of encountering storms
Storms Worse Than Enemy.
There is much more danger in
storm than IL meeting an enemy
There is always a chance to avoid
the enemy, but the storms drive you
below the surface when you could
make so much time.
We had little sickness en- route and
full. We still have some left.
Our ship is as good as new We
made the voyage in good time, consid-
ering the difficulties we encountered,
and probably will do better going
back.
full details regarding our trip across
the ocean in view of our enemies Our
boat has a displacement Of about p
600 tons and a speed of more than IA
knots. Needless to say, that We are
quite unarmed and only a peaceful
merchantmen Regarding things in
Germany. I may mention that every
body is convinced of the full final vic
tory of the German arms and those or
our allies All facts of the last TWEEN
ty-two months go to prove that there
is no doubt of this.
All Poland and Kurland, a country
of the size of two-thirdS of Germany,
are since twelve months under peace
full rule and the entire country has
been put under the pillow, and thou
sands of acres will be serving for the
next winters supply of foodstuffs
Rains and warm weather in April and
Nav have brought a crop in view all
over Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bull
garia and Turkey, finer than any in
/ century
No Chance of Starvation
! All Serbia, Montenegro and great
| part of Albania are in the same posi-
I ton Beside Belgium, one-Seventh of
France is in German possession and
all in a flourishing agricultural state
] So there is, really. not the slightest
anxiety for the British attempt OF try
ing to kill by starvation a hundred
| million German and Austrian children
and women non-combat antS, the most
deviIish plan ever tried by any nation
| in the world.
Our boats will carry across the At
lantic the mails and save them from
British interruption We trust that
the old friendly relationship with the
/ United States going back to the days
! of Washington, when it was Prussia,
who was the first to help America in
its fight for freedom from British
rule, will awake afresh in your beau
tifuI and powerful country.
| The house flag of the Deutche
| Ocean Rhederei is the old Bremen
! flag red and white stripes, with the
coat of arms of the Town. the Key in
the corner. This key is the sign that
we have opened the gates which Great
Britain tried to shut upon US and the
trade of the world The gates which
we opened with this key will not be
shut again. Open door to the trade of
I the world and freedom of the oceans
will be guaranteed by Germans vic
tory in this struggles for our exist
| ence.
| Arrival Dramatic.
Baltimore, July 1o.-In a driving
rain and between vivid flashes of
lightning the German merchant super
submarine Deutschland came to anch-
| or off Quara>.sne here at 1915 o'clock
Sunday night
The arrival of the Deutschland was
as dramatic as her trail-biazing dash
across the Atlantic. Conveyed by the
tug Thomas F. Timmons, the subma-
rine made her way up Chesapeake bay
under her own steam
| Long expected. ridiculed, fabulous
| as the sea serpent or the flying Dutch
man, the Deutschland became a really
TO the watchers OH cape Henry at ex-
actly 1870 this morning. She slowly
made her way up CheSa peake bay
| through a network of inquiSitive ships
and dropped her mud hook off Quar-
antine. She is ready to go through the
mazes of red tape of the quarantine
and customs officials and proceed to
her dock at the pier of the Eastern
Forwarding company at Locust Point,
where she will discharge cargo.
Owned by Company.
The first merchantmen submarine
to cross the Atlantic is owned by a
German transportation company, one
of the officers of which is a director
of the North German Lloyd Steamship
company.
The American directors of the com
pany are Paul G. L. Hilken, of BaIti-
more, whose father is a director of the
North German Lloyd Steamship COM
pany. and Charles ". Field of Baltf-
more. Both the Hflkens are directors
One of the largest stockholders is
Frank A Furst of the Maryland
Dredging company, which built the
Cape Cod canal
Paul G. L Hilken said to the press:
The rumor that this is an enter