The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-19
WIRELESS AND
Wit COVERED
GOEBEN FLIGHT
She and Breslau, Watched
on One Route. Got to
Turkey BY Another.
FLASH rs TOLD THEM
OF EVERY WAR MOVE
sesoai Correspondence 70 Tns srs.

Special Correspondence 10 Tas srS.
LONDON. Feb. ga picturesque ac.
count Of the thrilling escape Of the
aoeSen and the Breslau to the Dards.
ns,ies al the beginning Of the war IL
contained in a book which Is causing q
sensation In Germany. The author
Emil Ludwig. who says tina, the facts
we're gathered from sources Of unaues-
iionsd reliability. asserts that the two
German warships ~ their escape from
he British pursuit to a bic
wireless evice lie also says that the
British feet was so certain OF the
enemy cruisers intention to gain an
Austrian port In The Adriatic that
special precautions were taken to guard
he Strait Of Otran;o. thus leaving 10
he Germans a clear road from Mess.na
% Constantipople.
There is evidence that the author has
hsd access 10 the log o Of the
Joehen. and tina, he also received frat
hsnd information resarji< he Night
from The commander in ,r.s. Vice.
Admiral Soucnon.
Admiral Souchon. /: appears
IRON, The book. was Informed on June
a. 1914. by wireless OF the murder OF
he A-chduke, and later-the exact date
Is no; gwen. bu, judging by the context
O. would seem 10 have been toward the
middle OF July-;he following wireless
message reached the Goeben from the
German Admiralty stan at Berlin
German ships must not touch
French and English harbors.'
EvrkaaGcd Court~sies.
or rcrs and mel Of he Gocben work
''g ~ the wireless room IN relays Of
'nIr hours a. \ time for ten days
flashed the message 10 German ships IN
ne Meiiterra:eal the Black Sea and
ne Atlantic Ocean
The writer dates the story Of the
tirht from July 80. vh.r he saws the
rrew - he Hres!au gave cheers for the
R~itish destroyer Defence and Rae
coon. which she encountered. The
hers were promptly returned. Or N.
evening" Of the same day the Br~slau
ecei,"d tn. following message { IN
he British snip Of the line" G'rf'rs-
=, Tomorrow an English sailp. IL
o ~ buried Mica Sc run vour isg down
- Nalf mast" An invitation was az
ended TO he British officers to come
IN hoard the Rresisu on the following
evening. obviously only IN. respective
SIAM knew then the possibilities OF the
European situation. The Gloucester
disappeared during the nigh. o
days later the Gloucester was chasing
ne Breslau through The Mediterranean
See
a. the same morning on which the
H-': sl shin had disappeared an order
4ne "on the Admiral that N. Rres-
Ar should cave fo- Rrlndis!. there 10
'~si' Instructions. The Breslsu weighed
srchor and rushed away at twenty
.ish' niles ar hour toward Brindisi. On
ne va! the following emphatic message
Sas 'sc- ed by the admiral
political relations broken on between
r-'p's Alliance and France. Russia and
i-ear Britain"
1. o'c.ock N the afternoon o. .\u-
Srs he Sres!au came alor gside the
Goepen before Brind'si. \ third ship
ne German passenger liner General.
.o!ned 'hs Narsh!ps at about the same
line. having been called ,hither By the
ADMIRAL The three ships arrived az
N"s'!na OF tusus; .. The Breslau
s'tsme,' in'o Msssna first. and at once
'-l"srsj.!~ ~ tho flagship
italian Government prohibits all coal
.ng aaI provisioning at Italian ports"
The author describes his message as
4 'ef d, blow. The bunkers were
EMP sld ye, an allied country refused
!" sci them coal. The Admiral acted.
IL 'e~egraphed to Rome "W. demand
'oa'' ~. then dema ndei and obtained
'l NE coal on board the German steam
'.sa; me port. Al! sorts and conditions
" Germans helped 10 coal the warships
shns he Admiral pored over his ma pa.
War Jews ~ Wireless.
A. O'Clock on the morning Of .\u-
~ ) the Goeben and Breslau put t'
~a. only the STAFF knew why and
"Nitner Throughout the next day. pro-
'eeis the writes. aouchon analous.y
"va'"d nees by wireless. and Il was
n2' before . o'clock in the evening
mat an officer slipped on to the bridge
~. mo following deciph~rei message:
.'ian'c LAS declared war"
7hl like the devil" aid the Admiral
y l't" later. we shall see she .Al-
gersr coast a. dawn md get the FRS,
~" In NJ two minutes 10 midnight
Ne to,loaing wireless message was
landed 20 the Admiral:
hr@'lai and Goebsn mus; steam with
"b''' 10 t~ofstaNtinVp!e.
The ge was "unexpec:ed. start
"'S ''nost incredible" The ADMIRAL
''s"''d 90 get his blow in at the Nrst
''l'' tn" Hres'au shelled bone. Al
s"''a. and IN. Go"ben Philippevl'le. and
" 'dulral laughed ~ he read inter-
''I''' F'"n-h wireless MESSAGES which
.''i''i q b'lltf that the German
cruiser VI, continuing westward.
~ J" " IN The morning the Two Ger
nan Nlir9 sighted twO British ships.
NY h.'h." and lnheXiblc. Later a third
hr'', '"'scl ~ the Wey mouth class,
lol''' IN" later, Admiral Souchon re-
married
'' must use the aours that remain
80" PA are at war with England.
&c" N"ssIna. DC, coal. Milne be-
e'"' can only do twelve miles an
moI' ii' does not know Ne can do
went, -s'Yht"
.shps dor:ors, Officers and stewards
,5'tH N IN" work OF stocking throughout
m.na' and suddenly AZ : o'clock In the
mL'h,hg We left the Enxlishmen." Al II
ssoe" MAJ niaht the following wireless
nvm ~" Admiralty at Berlin was
"~nnsI 20 the Admiral.
- vita England hourly expected"
1'o minutes later On ne at niSht)
'.s WIRELESS officer d~eciphersd by means
- hs lamp and code book the following
"'-ssase received from Norddeich:
LnSand has declared war"
"e Adm raj and his stan were no,
's'p'''d nut the Grew, when the news
'on'iHusd on Second Pass.
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