The Washington herald., 1916-02-02
want 60 Intern.

Both the press dispatches from Norfolk
and the attitude in German Embassy
circles indicate that the German com
msnder will seek internment on one Of
the~e two grounds.
Should the United States government
grant the privileges OF internment. Great
Britain will sharply protest Although
the British Embassy officials claim TO
have received no instructions from Lon
don, they will demand that the vessel be
treated in accordance with Article z OF
The Hague Conventiof Of 1907
This article would require the United
States 70 order the commander OF the
prize crew ts--oepsrT Immediately with
IL vessel: and In the event Of refusal
on bis part to do So TO release the ship.
turn her over to her Britiss owners, and
intern the prize crew.
Meantime. while awaiting the full in
formation necessary to a deterTninst ton Of
this governments attitude, oricisl, OF
TIC State Department are anticipating
that the circumstances surrounding the
capture OF the Appam will have a far
reaching. and perhaps embarrassing. ef-
feet on negotiations now under way hook
ing to the better protection Of neutral
rights on the high seas
In other words. # Is feared that Great
Britain and her allies will cite the Incl
dent in support OF refusal to accept the
proposal put forth by Secretary Lansing
IN recent communications to the entente
powers that they agree to disarm their
merchant vessels
Feat Much Admired.
Officers OF the American navy are un-
sparing in their admiration Of the feat
accomplished by the German prize crew
commander in bringing the Appam across
the Atlantic and escaping the vigilance
Of the British patrols. At the same time
they are somewhat mystihed over the
report that the capture Of the Apps1n
was made by q German cruiser named
the Moewe
In the first place, the Navy Depart
ment had been led to believe that all the
German cruisers and commerce raiders,
other than submarines, had been driven
OF the high seas. In the second place
officers OF the department could not md
any German warship OF that name IN the
last naval directory, published prior TO
the war.
There is a destroyer Of that name in
the Austrian navy. but It is so small and
carries such light armament that the
American officers are unwilling to believe
that it made the capture. The CONCLUSION
is forced upon them that II tn. csptur.
was made by German cruiser OF that
name. il is one Of the German warships
turned out since the beginning OF the
war, and that by some miraculous, means
It succeeded in getting out TO the open
sea
All information which the State De-
partment will base its decision on lie be-
ing forwarded to Washington by Collector
of the Port Hamilton at Norfolk and
transmitted to Secretary Lansing by the
Treasury Department Both the State
Department and the Treasury are declin-
ing to make these details public.
President Ia Pleased.
On Board the Presidents Special Train
Joliet, Ill, Feb. The news Of the cap
ture and navigating scross the Atlantic
of the British liner Appsm. by a Ger
man Prize crew, highly pleased Preaoens
Wilson II Was believed this action was
taken 70 prove Germany, determination
TO observe all the rules Of internst tsonAI
law in conducting its naval vsrfsrs
1t was intimsted that the belief was
held b. the President and his advisers
that the case Of the Appsn may fore
shadow favorable reply from Germany
on the Dusitsnis-