The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-07-14
WHOLE FLEET OF U-BOATS
FOR ATLANTIC COMMERCE
Captain of German Submarine Says
Arrival of Deutschland is but
: Beginning OF Venture.

tonight was ready 10 olScud1Se n01
$1,000, 900 cargo and take aboard for
the return trip metal and rubber
needed by the emperor's armies and
navy. The return merchandise IS
waiting on the dock and the time for
Seaving port will depend largely upon
plans for eluding vigilant enemy
cruisers expected to be waiting out
side the entrance of Chesapeake bay,
The daring German seamen who
brought the Deutschland across the
Atlantic slept quietly aboard their
vessel, which lay moored to a carefully
screended pier guarded by strong
squad of Baltimore police. Capt. Paul
Koenig, the skipper, had delivered
his papers to the North German
LLOYD Office, entered his vessel at the
customs house as commerce carrier
and had presented to the German
embassy officially package of CORE
spondence for Count von Bernstorff.
One of Capt. Koenig's first acts af-
ter ne moved his ship up the harbor
from quarantine early today was to
announce that the Deutschland was
but one of a fleet of mammoth sub
mersibles built or building for a regu-
lar transatlantic freight and mail
service. He" said the next to come
would be the Bremen and that sha
might be looked for at some port
along the coast within eight weeks.
No Sign Of armament.
Anxious to establish promptly his
peaceful character and to forestall in
vestigation sought by diplomatic rep
resentatives of the allied powers, the
German captain submitted his craft
to thorough inspection by the sur
veyor of the port and an agent of the
department of justice. These officers,
as well as the customs inspectors
and quarantine surgeons, agreed that
there was no sign of armament Of any
description on board and that there
was no doubt in their minds about
the boat being entitled to the stair
of an ordinary merchantmen.
Neither Capt. Koenig nor agents Of
the North German Lloyd line, to
whom the boat is consigned, evinced
the slightest uneasiness over the sug-
gestion that there might be diplomat
ic difficulties.
1t was stated on the authority Of
the captain that the only arms on
board were four automatic pistols be-
longing to the officers and a sports
mans rifle for firing rockets.
This was busy day for the COM
mander. At dawn quarantine officers
came aboard, received the bill Of
health issued by the American consul
at Bremen and passed tt Deutsch-
land into port Once safely alongside
his dock, Capt Koenig called his crew.
ashore and posed with them for NOV
ing picture and newspaper photogra-
piers.
Breaks Control of Sea.
Later at the Office of the North
German Llyod line he issued a type
written statement telling of the COM
ing of the other boats like the
Deutschland and asserting that his
voyage had broken the British control
of the seas. At the same time he sub
mitted to an interview in which he de-
scrfbed his $500 mile cruise from
Heligoland to Chesapeake bay. He
denied reports that he had been
chased off his course by enemy war
ships. The captain asserted further
that his voyage had established the
fact that submarine of the type of
the Deutschland could travel any
where that an ordinary vessel could
so, $4,000 miles, if necessary. He had
10 fears, he stated, OF his ability to
elude enemies that might be waiting
for him off the Virginia capes when
he starts his return trip.
During nearly the entire voyage tc
America, said Capt. Koenig, the
Deutschland travelled on the surface,
Once she submerged for ten hours
ard lay during tha; sine OIL ti:e bot
tom nf the English ohaInel to escape
a.r sh destroyers tapt. Koep", t.
loted his vessel out of Bremen on
June Il. He went directly to Heligo-
;and, remaining there nine days. On
June % tie trip which endei il. BAL