New Britain herald., 1916-02-01
Vessel Captured Off Canary Islands January IS Ente American Waters Flying German Naval Ensign;
 Seven Other Ships Destroyed by Raiders
Eluded Gordon of British Cruisers
 Across Atlantic; 45l Persons AbOa

Women and Children Among
 sengers-High British Colo
 Officials, Survivors of Ships
 stroyed and Prisoners of War
 Craft--New Problem Now on Ha
 of United States to Decide.
 Newport News, Va, Feb. 1.-W the German ensign fluttering boN from her stern and in charge oI German prize crew, the British So African liner Appam, given up lost, took refuge in Hampton Ro this morning with the story of SC vessels destroyed by German ] raiders off the African coast. The Appam was captured off | Canary Islands on January 15 b} German raider four days after had sailed from Dakar, British w Africa, for Plymouth, England.
 Type Of Captor Unknown. Whether the captor was a GernI | U-boat or a hitherto unreporf | German auxiliary cruiser is unI | rermined From what was lear. | by some of the officials who boar4 | the Appam it is believed that sol i steamer armed as a German auxili5 raiding shipping off the African col took the British liner and put prize crew aboard. | i, nI hxr "a that a submarine could hardly hd spared a lieutenant and such a la1 crew to a prize.
 EIuded British Cruisers.
 Lieutenant Berge of the Germ
 raw, placed on the Appam when {
 was captured, brought in the pri eluding the cordon of British crultl across the Atlantic and adding to historic chapter of German explt at sea a chapter to rank with the ventures of the Emden, the Pr | Eitel Friedrich and the Kronpr Wilhelm.
 There are 451 persons aboard ship, including 138 survivors of seN ships sunk by the submarine wh captured the Appam; thirty Germ l civilians being transported IT. l Africa to England to be placed in | tention camps; 155 members of 1 Appam's crew; 116 original pass | gers on the Appam and the pr | crew of 22.
 Women and Children. Many of the passengers on the A pam are women and children. Ths | also are several high British colon officials who were returning to Er land from Africa. There also are fc wounded sailors. taken from one the sunken ships which resisted cs ture and was shelled.
 According to the information fri those who talked with Lieut.. Der the Appam was captured withS any show of resistance, on Jan. the day that British news repo said wireless communication with vessel suddenly ceased. A prize CT was placed on board, and the sal day the raider which captured Appam gave chase to another Britt steamer, bound for Australia, with cargo of meat The meat ship ga battle, was captured and was sun after large portion of her crew h been taken off.
 Six More Ships Sunk.
 Six more vessels then were q stroyed in rapid succession, 1t W stated. The crews were taken board the Appam, which ran d' west across the Atlantic for Hampts Roads.
 When the Appam passed in u Virginia Capes early today and tos on a pilot, she was asked by the fo Monroe wireless station who she wa The reply was, it is stated, that sl was the German cruiser Buffalo.
 When she arrived off Old Poif quarantine officer McCaffrey we aboard and after his inspocti' brought Lieut. Berge ashore. T Appam got a clean bill of health.
 Four Wounded Sailors. The four wounded sailors were I only cases of sickness found.
 The German consul, l.. Marsha Won Schilling, took charge of the g nation and Lieut.. Rerge placed hir self under the consuPs orders. Tn went to the office of Col. Ira Hayn' commandant of Fort Monroe, whe the German officer paid his respe' and explained why he had given | wireless station the name of the Ge man cruiser Buffalo"
 Lieut.. Berge and Consul Won Schl ling sent messa ges to the German CT bassv at Washington and later h; conversations over the telephone vii
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