Arizona republican., 1916-07-30
LITTLE JAMES
Concerning the Prolonged Naval
Engagement Still in Progress in
Chesa peake Bay0

CheSa pe7ke 6ay.l
Til Fort Othorties nj Baltymore sez
TO Captain Einnick of the Submareen
tn Dutchman: "Of course yer Wei
come to stay in these here VOTERS
as Long as YOU Want to but We're
Kind % Curious to learn when yer
agoin to Sale or Dive or Duck or
otherwise make Sneek fer Home.
Captain Kinnick he replize an seZ
L hardly know myself when I'm
,coin' to make Skoot out of this
here Friendly Port I've alreddy Staid
longer'n ! intended to but they wasn't
no Time sot when | left Home, fer
me 10 git back. | come here on a
Peccfle Mishun 7 amt got no Orms
of any kind. They tint even Toy
pistIe on tn Dutchman. None Of the
mon has Pocket Knifes We didn't
want 70 carry Nuthin at would make
It Look like we was Offens,flv
Ormed We didn't have no Part in
| tn Wor when we come but sence I
| been here | seen how ] could help tn
| Fotherland nv stavin' Indemnity and
| not rivin' out no Sailin' Dates.
"You see thishere's got to be n
| Wor of Exostshun. Poth sides is
Wearin' each other Down by what
| called tn Process Of Attrishun.
motifs. or. ut leest. I been Informed at
| thev's a Hole Fleet Of tn Allie lis
| ,vaitin' TO Sloot tn Dutchman when
| -he Starts Home an offerin' to Ac-
| company her. Tfevs four or five
Thousaud men in thatthere Fleet an
| 'hnv's Fetin' their peds off ar aint
| ri.tin' no Sleep The ships of tn
! Allize is Rurnin' IN Cole somethin'
| chamefle an Cole. I'm tole IS gittin'
| hard to Git TIL Longer til Dutch
| man STAYS list whore She is now tn
| more Cole an F''ide them ships u
Consoom an tn Less Sloen tn
| CruzeH git | can do tn Ole Fother-
| land Government moro Good here
can do it in Germany. Besides. TINS
is pretty soft Job of Patritissum
FER me bein' at Bankwet most
| very Mite an Reseevin' SC MANY
| rIuvvin' Cups of silver lined with
| Gold. at I'll hafto throw Overheard
4 part of my Cargo of Rubber. Con-
densed Milk an Nickle to make Room
fer thesehere EVidents of tn Affeck-
;hun an Good will of tn American
People which I'm bein' Loded up
with
When III report of what Captina
Kinnck sed was made to III British
Embassy at Washington. Mister
Sessle Springrice tn Embassydool
vent to President Wilson an sed: y
! mode at you was MAXIM q MlS'dlh
| when you Rooled at tn Dutchmar
vas Peecfle Merchantmen. You go'
her Sex all Rong. It's tn most Dam
| gin Man -Wor which tn Germans
| has Got. We've spent enuff fer Cole
an Pervishuns not countin' TIL PEI
Dime Of tn Officers an CruZe of oul
| leet jist outside. watchin' til Move
| mence of that Darned Dutchman, t
bid Il Drednot. If tn Dutchman stay!
there till tn end of tn Wor like /
looks like she's agoin' to do, it'll cos
rs more'n all tn Ships we lost in tn
3attle of Skaggerrax. Thishere Navl'
Enga cement of Watchin' an Waitir
outside tn virginny Capes is Settin
us Back more'n Nelson's See Fite a
Trafalgar did. An yit you 2erten'
to be a Friend of Ourn an call this
here MORTALITY"
TIL President he replide and sed
When we made Til Roolin' to Whicl
,ou Refur to, we didn't know a
| capting Kinnick was agoin' to Clut
ter up Chessypeek Bay with hi
Submareen till Crissmus thisaWay, 0
rive his Peecefle Ship SIGH a Hosstyl
Effeck. But don't you Mind none
It aint nothin' moo fer me to Chang
| my Mine Some of these days | ma
beside to Shove tn Dutchman Acros
h Three Mile Limmits. A Merchan
vessle which stays all tn Time /
wun Place loses it's CarricEter as
Merchant Vessle an Becomes a OBJ
struckshun to tn Friendly Relashun
which exists between me an HI
| Magesty's Government
LITTLE JAMES.