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wait in tho lower harbor. He and his
crew remained aboard their craft.
Regards Vessel as Merchantmen.


Regarding his vessel as a merchant
man subject to no unusual restrictions,
the skipper went up the Chesapeake
without waiting to notify local customs
and quarantine authorities of his pres
ence. He was five hours away before
Norman Hamilton. collector of Norfolk
Newport News. heard the news, and
| started on his trail aboard the coast
guard cutter Onondaga, which later re-
| turned.
! Little is known here about what hap
pened during the epoch cruise
across the ocean which in a small
| measure at least breaks the blockade
ON German trade with the rest of the
! world.
Such information as was available
came indirectly from the pilot and from
Capt. Hans F.. Hinsch of the North
here since the beginning of the war.
Capt. Hinsch boarded the Deutschland
/ from the Timmons and made the trip
up the bay with her.
J water liners superstructure was stand
| ing fifteen feet above the water when
she came In. Until daylight she showed
no flag. but the German merchant en-
sign was, raised at sunup.
The boat is consigned to A. Scflu-
macher & Co. local agents Of the
North German Lloyd line, and her cargo
to the Eastern Forwarding Company, a
! within the past few weeks especially
| to handle the business of underwater
| liners. The latter comany has a pier
and warehouse, in which are stored the
goods to be loaded on the Deutschland
| for her return trip.
Baltimore Germans Delighted.
In German quarters here the news
of the submarines arrival was hailed
| with the keenest delight Those who
knew of her coming had been con-
cealing alarm for two or three days.
as she was due to arrive about the
middle of last week. 1t is understood
that she travelled more than 1000 miles,
going some 800 miles out of her course
to avoid enemy ships.
The Deutschland is no converted
war craft, but a brand-new commerce
carrier. owned in Bremen and sent
here on a purely commercial mission,
according to Henry G., Hilken, senior
member of the Schumacher concern.
She belongs to the Ocean Rhederei,
Limited Ocean Navigation Company.
LimitedD, was launched in Kiel in
March,
The novel project was conceived
about nine months ago. Mr.. Hilken
said. by F. A. Lohmann. head of a
Bremen exporting and importing con-
Germ. who organized the Ocean Navi-
cation Company. Mr.. Lohmann is the
son of a former director general of
the North German Lloyd Steamship
Company, and has important Ger
man commercial interests associated
with him.
Purely Commercial Proposition.
This project was conceived" Mr..
Hilken said, by German commercial in
terests, who wanted to reopen trade
with the United States. We need some
of Germany's commodities. and Ger
many needs some of ours. It is a pure
ly commercial proposition. and that is
all there is to it. The time has not
yet come when Zeppelins can cross the
thought they'd try submarine. have
kept the secret. of course. all this time
to insure the success of the project.
We expected her several days ago. Her
crew must have endured great hard
ships, and to them. Of course. the credit
for the success of the undertaking is
chiefly due"
II present plans are carried out the
public will not be allowed to inspect
the undersea wonder. nor will anybody
except the federal authorities be al
lowed to board her. !
Six months ago came first reports that
Transatlantic trade a line of submarines |
that would dwarf in size and achieve |
ments the U-boats which have been Ger |
many's chief reliance in her conduct of |
the great war at sea. London cable re- |
ports told of the organization of COM
pany to inaugurate such a service, and |
English experts were quoted as saying |
they feh no surprise at the announce
that submarine was actually about to |
leave for this country. New York, Balti-
more and nearly every port along the |
coast expected to receive her With the |
announcement of the organization, how
ever. 1t became practically certain that |
this port would be the objective of the |
extraordinary cruise.
The Deutschland is the first vessel |
under the German merchant flag to enter
an American port since the early days |
of the war, when Teutonic craft raced |
in to save themselves from British war |
ships. According to reports another sub |
marine already is on the way across.