The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-07-13
GERMANS TO OPEN
Yep" LINE TO j. s.
Giant Air Craft to Follow U-B0at
to America.
CAPTAIN TELLS OF JOURNEY
Commander of the Deutschland De-
clares That British Blockade Is
Broken-More Submarines
Will Leave Germany.


viii Leave Germany.
Amsterdam July ll.-Ihere is
gigantic scheme on foot In Germany
for the formation OF transatlantic
Zeppelin freight and passenger service,
according to information obtained eN-
clusiVely from an authoritative Ger
man source here. The proposed Serv-
zee, 1t IS learned, VIII be uShered IN IN
the same manner as was the proSpec-
tive submarine traffic, by the arrival
OF the deutschland at the virginia
capes Sunday.
The first airShip one OF the new
! type OF SuperZeppelinS, VIII arrive at
| an American port about the middle OF
! August II the plans now under conSld-
Grafton materialize. Its name VIII be
III Deutschland Upon It's tial trip
! VIII depend the formation OF the trans
! aiIahuc service.
Like the u-boat Deutschland, the
! Zeppelin OF the same name, Will carry
| Il large cargo OF dyes, chemicals mails
ana possibly some passengers TO the
United States.
Blockade Broken.
| Baltimore, Md, July 11.-Capt. Paul
KOenig of the German submarine mer-
| chairman Deutschland has broken the
| allies blockade OF Germany. Direct
communication between Germany ana
| lhe ohlled states mas bech Te-eStao-
| IISled AFTER an interruption OF almost
| TWO years ana IRON now on there VIII
| be regular savings OF submarine liners
between German ana American ports.
Inc mans between germany ana the
| ohlted suites can once more pe 'IahS-
! p"rleu across lle ocean WITHOUT pelhS
| NloIat"d by the BRUSH cehS"rS'
WIN iile arrival mere Oh hatlei Won
ilaiiaIlauS'r' couhSeIIor Oh me German
ci'ipaSSy III washington lte TACT lilat
! li'e submarine NOT oi'lS had run 'le
l'rI'IHil pI"'haue Win irelsn'' put hau
u'''l'' l"c h''l'S" censorship aH wen,
was '''e"'e''' - '"rSe i'a'Ne' VI "'''ol"i
paPerS from "'r,''"h "u. .''fi'''S lor
N'''"'''u'' 'o'' i''i "N'o''l vas "i'e"
| "Hci " ''ie p"'"i ny 1"p'a'n N''h's
| VI '''' sumner sun i'o o"'oi 'o'"
| ""n'' VIZ" 'le captain anu 'iieii
n"'''''," "',N W w" io'N W meet
'''e "'''''HN""o''
axes Ou' the lnr'''s.
Captain kochig.s own story OF the
| trip from Bremen to Baltimore told TO
| the newspaper men after ms snip had
| Deeh accepted as Il merchant inner TOOK
n great dcal OF romance out OF the
| tales toId when news llrst came that
the blockade had been lodged.
Inc captain laughed at stories OF
| narrow escapes from WarShlpS on ms
| heeIS. HIS own story follows:
l nave seen statements that we were
| "lhe snip IS much easier to ride in
| IMAM torpedo boat destroyer; lhuch
st"adier Nothing can happen to her,
| Shc IS 50 perfectly punt. OF course,
| she rolls a little at times, but that
| IS no hardship.
"Thcrc is little TO tell Of the trip.
| We left lIcligOand on June % 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, having pro-
cceded from Bremen to our starting
point. | had never been on sub
| marin" voyage, ana the training l
had 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 divcd when we
thought there was danger of our being
detected, OF course, We We're diff
cult to see because we were running
| so low and our snip gave out no
smoke.
ave did submerge several times in
the North sea, staying under some
times two hours and sometimes less
forced to go hundreds of miles out of
our course in In" Atlantic because of
British warships That is not so.
| Why should we 80 out of our course.