Arizona republican., 1916-10-08
GERMAN SUBMARINE U-53 CAME LIKE AN APP ARITI0N
TRIM AND READY FUR BATTLE
 PASSED THR0UC HALL|ESCORDON
 NA|LEDALETTER AND WENT OUl

4 few minutes later he was in a motor boat making for the craft and was rewarded by being taken aboard. The U-53 had made her way through the fleet of thirty seven United States war ships, including destroyers and marines, to an anchorage 200 yards to the westward of the torpedo station. Captain Rose stood on the quarter deck as the correspondent came aboard and after inquiring about the Bremen, said that he had come in to mail letter t. Count von Bernstorff. and asked for the newspaperman's credentials
 The latter exhibited an Associated Press badge and was entrusted with the correspondence for the ambassa- dor. Please forward this letter to Count von Bernstorff." said the cap tain, "and report my arrival They will be glad to hear it."
 The correspondence contained in a single envelope, was mailed at the local post office at o'clock and should have started for Washington about. an hour later. It should be at the German em- baSsy early tomorrow morning.
 Soon after the U-53 dropped anchor a motor boat came alongside having been dispatched from the naval station to bring Commander Rose ashore. The German officer came up to the city un- accompanied and first called upon Rear Admiral Knight. He remained only few minutes
 Later Admiral Knight said that his i caller had not told him where he was going, but merely that he would put to sea tonight. He added that they had only exchanged felicitations. From the war college the German commander went to the flagship and after a brief stay with Rear Admiral Gleaves. re- turned to his ship. A few minutes later the American admirals visited the U-53. The commander told his visitors that 1t was his first visit to America.
 Soon after Amiral Knight and Ad- miral Gleaves had left, the submarine weighed anchor and turned her brow toward the open sea. The pleasure boats that had hung about her started | m pursuit but they were soon ont olstanced by the submarine which started away at a speed of IS knots She sailed at 5:17 o'clock, lighted from ! stem to stern, and traveling awash | At o'clock she had reached the limit l oi the three mile neutral zone off trenton Reef Here her wireless was olshnantled, the lights went out. and l IlVe minutes later she gently settled from the surface
 All afternoon shorNobservers kept q ! sharp watch for the Appearance of the entente allies which are supposed to he scouting along the coast. but none an. peared ''P
 colonel Ernest Voight, a prominent German American of this city. who wa, one Of those who went aboard the suh. marine, talked with the commander Later Colonel Voight said it was an. parent that the vessel had been n, t1e surface some time. Colonel Voiobt
 sald that Commander Rose had fol
 nm little about the trip except that h
 had run submerged for three days N
 WarShlps were sighted from the tim,
 ne left Wilhelmshaven until he me
 the D-2 The records showed. Voigh
 sad. that the vessel had submerged f, depth of two hundred feet. The com
 manoer told him that his shin coni,
 make IS knots on the surface and T. knots submerged.
 When do you expect to react homeT' Noight asked.
 The German commander smiled
 thought second, and replied. "We ma,
 never reach home"
 Washington Coniectures WASHINGTON, Oct. While tn | flying visit of the German war s,,brpa