Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-24
CARRIES XMAS
 GIFTS TO GERMANY. Captain Insisted Bundle of Packages Be Included in Submarines Carao,

So far as anybody knows the under sea freighter Deutschland is now well on her way across the Atlantic en route to her German port. If the sub- mersible has maintained the rate of speed at which she started she should hundred miles of her long and ha- zardous voyage. It is regarded as highly improbable that any news will be received from the merchantmen until she is tied up ar her berth in Bremerhaver1.
 Much has been said ana written ot the cargo slowed away in the interior of the submersible. The contents have generally been given out as consisting principally of crude rubber and nickel, with silver bullion and possibly oth- CT metals in lesser quantities. The estimated value is placed at $2,G00,- 0e0. There are also several sacks of mail forwarded from the German enn- bassy at Washington.
 But there is still another big pack age which has not been exclusively mentioned in the public print if at all. Its entire intrinsic value is prob ably not very great and it may be that it is taking up room which should have been devoted to something else But Captain Koenig insisted that it be included in the freighter's load and included it was.
 iHe Du11die dOCS HOL COIlLaIG SIOCkS, bonds or jewels but its contents rep resent the work of many loving hands and the tears of many weary eyes. In it arc Christmas presents, mostly homemade. which are being sent by New London residents to dear ones in the Fatheriand.
 It is quite some con-sact into which Captain Koenig entered when he promised to see personally that all of the packages reached their deStina- tions Presumably the recipients live hundreds of miles apart and it will get what is coming to them before Christmas. But to a man who can dive under allied squadrons and defy human foes and the elements in a craft like the Deutschland, the other problem is andou btedly a minor one. Besides the presents it is understood that Captain Koenis volunteered to deliver several important private let ters.
 E To a well known New London mer- chant Captain Koenig said. he ex- pected to return to this port Jan. 15. The two had become very friendly during the stay of the esubmersible several cigars which he brought from Germany. The merchant has an intimate friend who is a, police man and as special favor he presented the latter one of the smokes. The miRion of the law took 1t to his better half, proceededH to scratch a match with which to light it. Wifey. snatched the match from his hand and made hubby promise to keep the cigar as a souvenir. Most mar tied men agree that the cigar will remain a souvenir.
 Captain Koenig also informed the same merchant that several more subs are being built in Germany and would soon be in use. He is quoted as saving that not more than one be- side the Deutschland would come to New. London and that the others will go to South America and China The crew of the Deutschland will be di- vided into several small squads, so as to have experienced men on each sub marine.
 A new rumor as to the fate of the Bremen reached New London Thurs day. A Scotch working man. who is employed oIi 9. big construction oloer- alton, received letter from his sis ter ill Glasgow, which had escaped the attention of the censor. The mans sis ter wrote that she had actually seen the Bremen and that it lay in a par tiaIly wrecked condition in a Scottish l1arbor.
 Everything was quiet at the office of the Eastern Forwarding Co.,, on Thursday morning. Captain Frederick Hinsch was on hand, looking as fit as q fiddle and possibly glad that the or deal of the examination of the United States steamboat inspectors was at switched on the siding by the ware house and it is understood that these will be used in shipping away the car go which the Deutschland brought.