The sun., 1916-02-03


proNimatclv 5000 tons.
There WIS nothing about her to iud-
cate that she WAS = fighting snip. which
accounts for the fact that she was able
10 take the Appam without a struggle.
For - day she hung In the vicinity or
the British passenger ship without
arousinx suspicion.
"To me she looked like a dirty old
tramp" said Lieut.. james, the Secretary
Administrator of Nigeria, who was re-.
turning to England on the Appam
when she approached within easy range
Of our ship. however. her real character
was disclosed.
'~rhe steel sides of tic false forecastle
dropped shutterlike. disclosing battery
Of big guns. To have offered resistance
under the circumstances, the British
ofiicers said. would have been futil"
The Appam. according to their testl-
ricry. was delivered up without
struggle, although Lieut.. Berg holds to
his contention that they showed hght
''Thc raider had no name" continued
Lieut.. james you may call 1t the
Moewe or Whatever you like. The. real
Moewe is y small survey vessel d'ned
upou her several years ago The only
thing to Indicate that the raider was
the Mocwr WIS the cap bands which
SON. of tn. German sailors wore As TO
this. however, there were all sorts Of cap
bands"
The G;trnIn ship was armed with
four incn guns ON the forward de
and two aft and smaller gun ON inc
noon decl; Some Of the members of the
Appam crew also said she was equipped
with two torpedo tubes. but there was
nothing to substan,iate this report.
Prince IIatzfeldt. the Counsellor OF the
German Embassy, after "A prolonged con
ference with Lieut. Berg on board the
vessel. aaid that the name OF the raider
was the Mocwc. She was built III Ger
many and Is naval vessel. he addeu'
and Is under the command OF capt
Count Kohna of the Germany navy.
Asked how she came to be In the
Atlantic. Prince iIatzfeldt shrugged his
shoulders and smiled broadly.
CAPT II. a. Harrison, CAPTURED COM
mander nf the Appam. insists. however,
IL was not the Moewe that bore down
on hin sixty miles north OF MADEIRA.
lie asserts II was the German steamer
ronga
The ship was painted black. he says.
had two masts and u black funnel lie
declares her aerial was unusually high
and lie Is certain that she was in conf
munication with other ships. Her guns
were concealed behind covered ports
which were operated ON hinges. When
closed the guns were hidden from view.
Capt. Harrison declares he believes
the Pongl WAS kept Informed OF the
departure OF British sh!ps from various
ports by vessels that flew neutral flags
and hung around outside these ports
Because OF the high aerial OF the
Ponga. the captain holds, she was able
to receive messages at longer distance
than the average steamer equipped with
wireless.
May he After Other Prey.
How she found her way to the open
seas, which the British Admiralty had
supposed were swept clear OF German
craft. Is the part OF the mystery not
Yet lifted, and the Germans are keeping
their secret we'll 1t is supposed that IN
the time that has elapsed since the Ap'
pam parted company with her and pro
,ceded to the American coast che has
sailed for fara~iy paris in the Atlanta
in her hunt for English merchantin.f
and IL now possibly on the coast OF
South America. There she may b,
creating further havoc with the snip
ping Of her enemies.
ON the appearance OF the raider Capt
Evan jones' of the British ship Trader
which was sunk on January 10. and
Cant David Barton OF the corbridge
which was captured ard made to do ser
vice as \ collier for tn. raider. agree
"She looked Ike "A harmless tramp, said
Capt. Jones something Ike run
ship. and as She MAS HNirs the BrlNs'
iiag ". had no occasion To- suSp"'t her.
81 shou!d Say she was about loot
tons She had one funnel We met nei
of the Portugal coast. about 80 north
on January H. When she drew un tc
us she suddenly dropped her sides, ss
II they We're steel shutters. and showed
the muzzes of h.g guns under the fore
castle head There vas no mistakinG
her then. but 1t Was too late.
The Trader. which Nas pruC"edinl
from Peru 10 England with a ere" Z"
twenty eight men, iell an easy prey
Explosives were placed IN her hold anr
she wHS sunk.
The torbgdr.. with a crew OF twenty
s,veu men, on her way TO Rosario will
"a cargo of coal. was sighted by th'
raider ON January IL. Her fate wa
similar to that OF the trader, except tha
sh" was retained as d collier.
"Wc wer. li5 miles OF Cape Finis
tcrro,' said capt, Barton, when th'
rii,Icr approached. looking like "A tram
steamer FOR All We could tell. and firec
warning shot across our bows w
Iot under NY at full speed and ran fO
three hours, hut she wa. too much fo
Us -, hal four guns, probably inch
on 'hc forward deck and two att and
smaller guu on the poop deck
Passengers on the .Appam and mem
bers Of IN" captured crew said th'
raider was not only formidable ia armu
ment but also "dy enough to over
take most merchant vessels. She Wa
capable 20, making eighteen knots, som'
sad.
After the Alr,am had been seized a.
Cord!ug to the accounts of capt. Ha rTi
son ana passengers. her officers and nos
u; the men were taken on board th
raGer and kept there for twenty-fou
hours. Others were kept below decks
For this reason accounts of the nigh
with the Clan MacTavish are meagre
WAS said, however. that tn. MacTavisl
MAS no match for the raider and he
fate was determined in twenty minutes
after she returned the fire,
The Clan MdcTavish had no charc
HSIinst the raider" said one Of the cap
'ured CREW she was licked before tn
hght The fc"ndn ship carried a traine
rev OF ravG lighters. the MacTavis
had lot Of East Indian Hindus
"Of course the iiindus viii night, il
',ct some of them believe II is a gloriou
thing 10 die lighting even II the chance
are hundred TO one against them"
once sh" proceeded on an Independent
"ours" everything seemed 10 go smooth,
"n the German prize. Not once wa
there a show Of mutiny An arrange
mcnt of bombs placed under the eye
Of III. passengers, coupled with tn
threat that they would he exnlocpd 1