Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-03

because they had resisted CAPTURE, and
also the twelve alleged military mem
hers. they would he kept aboard until
the state Department had passed on
! this question.
ENGLISHMEN BROUGHT ASHORE
TO ARRANGE FOR LANDING
! Immediately after to-niEht's confer
ence on the wharf "A selected group of
Englishmen. including Sir Edward
Mercwether. Frederick Seton James.
/ Francis Charles Fuller, pr. l.. e Rice
and the masters Of the six British YES
sells captured by the raider which took
tho Appan and tho Appam's purser
were brought ashore to aid in perfect
ing arrangements for the landing or the
others on board Mr.. James remained
at an Old Point hotel. but the rest
Of the party returned to spend one
more night aboard the Appam
Reports agree that All the prisoners
| were accorded the best treatment nos
sioie ny the prize crew under the cir
cumstanccs. Food and water wcre
snort during the last few days of the
| long voyage across the Atlantic from
the spanish coast. but the passengers
say they had the same fare as their
captorS. and had no complaint to make.
| Versions OF the identity OF the Ger
man raider which captured the Appam
and the other craft still differ Prince
Won Hatzfeldt. of the German cmba ssy
! at Washington, asserts that she is the
German cruiser Moewc, built in 1913 or
1914 for the imperial navy. and COM
manded by Captain Count Donna. All
of the captured British shippers agree
W.
V"rtcd merchantmen Ponga, of about
''ooO tons. probably completed a few
months ago. mounting six masked guns
OF near siN-inch caliher. and having
two torpedo tubes. The EnElishmcn
believe that She was fitted out recently
AZ commerce destroyer and slipped
out 10 the high seas from the German
naval base at tho IIicl Canal shortly
before she began her career Off the
coast of Spain by capturing the steamer
Farringfold on January H.
INSISTS TT Is NOT OLD
NAVAL SHIP MOEVE
They may call her what they please"
said Mr.. James tonight, "but | have
dined aboard the old naval ship Moewe.
and she was only a 60o-ton ship. Maybe
they are calling her the Moewc now"
Captain David Barton, Of the steam
ship Corbridge. the second prize taken
by the raider. was prisoner aboard
her before he was transferred with his
crew 10 the Appam. He says the Ger
man is brand-new ship built for the
truit trade. with her decks strength
ened TO carry battery that would do
credit TO a tirst-class naval commerce
destroyer.
some of her plates inside had not
even been placed when saw her" Can
tain Barton said. she is a trim. fast
boat, with single funnel. and has her
hold lifted for carrying fruit. Her guns.
SIX OF them, probably are 81 inchet
bore. -Four OF them are mounted for
ward. masked by collapsible steel
forccasile, which falls away when the
snip gets within range OF her prey.
TWO others are aft. one on the poop
and both placed that they are not
readily observed
Although was confined below decks
during most Of my stay on board RI
was given considerable liberty and
managed 10 make Il rather complete
Inspection. One plate bore the name
PonGa, engraved. and several OF us
saw the same name OH papers in the
commanders cabin.
PRISONERS SAW LITTLE
OF WHAT HAPPENED
Il was on the boat beginning the
night of January II. my ship having
heen captured a few hours after the
raider began her work by taking the |
farrtuGford. The ship was manned by |
n crew OF several hundred men, many |
or whom had IS. NJ. S. Moewe' on their
hats; others had s. NJ S. Paw and. |
in fact, there were half dozen diff
ferent names. Whenever the German |
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