Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-07-19
STORY OF. GERMANY'S
COMMERCIAL TRIUMPH
combatants, the most dcvilish plan
ever tried by any nation in The world.
C-BOnts to Carry Mail.


Atlantic the mails and save them
from British interruption.
1--WE trust that the old friendly re-
lationship with the United States go
ing back to the days of Washington,
when it was Prussia who was the
first to help America in it's fight for
freedom from British rule, will
awake afresh in your beautiful and
powerful country.
'Thc house flag Of the Deutsche
OZean-R -Rhcderei is the old Bremen
flag, red and white stripes with the
coat-of-arms OF the town, the key in
the corner. This key is the sign that
we have opened the gates which
Great Britain tried to shat upon us
and the trade Of the world. The
gates which we opened with this key
will not be shut again. Open door to
the trade Of the world and freedom
Of the oceans and equal rights to all
nations on the oceans will be guaran-
tced by Germany's victory in this
struggle for our existence"
Capt. Koenig's own story Of the
Deutchland's voyage across the
ocean was told to newspaper cores
p0ndcnts soon after he made public
his prepared statement. He laughed
at stories Of his being chased far off
his course by enemy vessels, and de-
clared that during the entire trip the
vessel travelled submerged only about
80 miles.
1--WE came to Hampton Roads by
the straight course from the English
Channel,' said the captain. 1--WE did
not come by way Of the Azores. AL
together from Helgoland to Balti-
more we covered $500 miles.
"rhroughout the entire trip the of
ficers and crew we're in excellent
health and spirits. When we we're
under water for long spells the air
got very stuffy. The Deutschland is
built to stay under water for four
consecutive days, so you see we never
reached anywhere near our submer-
sion limit on this voyage.
'The ship is much easier to ride in
than torpedo boat destroyer; much
steadier. OF course, she rolls little
at times.
Amy nation that can build a ship
like the Deutschland can do what we
did"
Story Of the Trip.
'There is little 20 tell Of the trip"
he cSltinued. We left Helgoland
June 23 and steamed on the surface
into the North Sea. Before sailing
we conducted trial trips and drills
for the crew for ten days or two
weeks. | had never been on a subma-
rinc voyage, and the training | had
all was received in the practice trips
on the Deutschland.
Everything went without incident
the first day, but on the second day
in the North Sea we were in the
zone OF the British cruisers and de-
stroyers. We sighted their smoke
frequently. but only dived when we
thought there was danger OF our be-
ing detected
I'VE did not on the entire trip
come into close proximity with any
man-of-war. We avoided them all.
1t was very simple.
Prom the North Sea we went
straight through the English chan
mel. which is alive with warships, and
on the night OF the fourth day we
submerged and remained all night on
the bottom Of the channel. There
were lots Of cruisers near us we
knew, and it was very fO%gy. The
next morning all was we'll and we
proceeded through the channel into
the Atlantic ocean without incident.
"Our trip has demonstrated that
the big merchant submarine is practi-
cal and that it has come to stay. We
expect the venture to be great
financial success. This ship can carry
a cargo of 1000 tons and on this trip
carried $50 tons Of dyestuffs, valued
at $l.000,000. The charges for the
shipment alone will pay for the cost
of the Deutschland $5O0, 900.
On this trip we carried no mails nor
did we carry money or securities.
Also we came without insurance,
running entirely at our own risk
No Message from Kaiser.