The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-07-11
Whether There Will Be Dip.
lomatic Complications
Over the Deutschland
RULING EXPECTED
INSIDE OF sc HOURS
Collector Of Customs Ryan
of Baltimore Is Sub
mitting Report

Washington, D. C., July ll.-No diplo.
matte complications are seen by the fed
eral officials to-day in the arrival at Bal.
timore of the German super submarine
Deutschland if the examination estab-
fishes that the vessel is d merchantmen
and nothing else. A ruling on the crafts
status will be made when the report com.
ing from Collector of Customs RYAN at
Baltimore has been gone over, which
probably will be within 80 hours.
Acting Secretary OF State Polk said he
anticipated no protests from the allied
governments against the decision expect
ed to be forthcoming that the Deutsch-
land is an unarmed freighter.
Representations were made TO the
state department to-day by the British
and French emba ssies, setting up the
claim that the Deutschland is potentially
a warship even though designed and used
as merchant
Baltimore, Md, July 1.-THE German
merchant submarine Deutschland may
begin to-day to discharge her cargo OF
dyestuffs unless diplomatic complications
arise. The cargo will be placed in a
bonded warehouse, TO be disposed of later
by local representative OF the vessels
owners. The question has arisen wheth-
er the submarine will be permitted to
take back to Germany large quantity
of the nickel ready on the dock for her,
The shipment OF the nickel TO the United
States from Canada has been allowed on
condition that it should not reach the
central powers. The Canadian govern |
ment is said to be considering the new
situa tion.
After passing quarantine and once |
safely alongside OF his dock, Captain /
Koenig called his crew ashore and posed I
with them for moving picture and news /
paper photographers He laughed and .
chatted with the correspondents. but ro-
Trained from discussing his achievement /
until after he had reported to the agents
Of his owners
Later at the Office of the North Ger I
man Lloyd, he issued typewriter
statement telling OF the coming of other 4
boats like the Deutschland and assert I;
ing that his voyage had broken the Brit
sh control OF the seas. At the same time
he submitted to an interview in which he
described his $500 mile cruise from Hei- I
yoland to Chesapeake bay. He denied re- {
ports that he had been chased off his
curse by enemy warships, declaring that q
10 far as he knew there was not an allied :
var craft in the Atlantic. The captain S
asserted further that his voyage had l
established the fact that submarine c
# the type of the Deutschland could ,
ravel anywhere that the ordinary yes t
el could 20, 1900 miles, if necessary. f
lie had no fears, he stated, of his abili Ia
Y to elude enemies that might be wait t
ng for him off the Virginia capes when i
e starts his return trip. c
81 will be able to submerge within h
he three mile limit, and they cannot
atch me after that he said v
During nearly the entire voyage to a
.merica, said Captain Koenig, the a
travelled on surface. t,
Once she submerged for 10 hours and e
" during that time on the bottom OF
he English channel to escape British de i,
IfoVers. 1aptalH hOenip plloteu MS NcN- II
i out of Bremen on June Ia. He went il
irectly to Helgoland, remaining there |,
inc days. On June % the trip was be s.
ln After completing the formalties VI
ith the port authorities, Captain koenig oi
as invited to luncheon as the guest OF e,
onor of the German club there and there u,
,livered to Haniel Won Haimhaussen,
of the German embassy, the 81
acket of official correspondence des-
ned to Count Won Bernstorff. The coun pt
lor had journeyed here from New ii
ork, was guest with the Deutsoh al
nd's master at the luncheon and went Ii
lck to New York last night. d,
There will be no objection on the part pr
Captain koenig commander of the III
sutschland. to the inspection of his
aft by officers of the United States
wy, Koenig announced to-day. The
,rk of discharging the cargo was COM Sc
enced before noon.