Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-07-21
TRIP OF UNDERSEA
i CRAFT THRILLING
Story Of Voyage Of German u
Boat Across Ocean Out
rivals Fiction.
HOSTILE SHIPS ARE DODGED
submarine, During Hazardous 3,eoo-
Mile Run, Submerged Many Times
to Escape Possible Attack
From Enemy.

He", SuDtneT9eo MANY tineS
to Escape Possible Attack
From Enemy.
Baltimore, Md.-Pictures Of adven-
ture no less thrilling than those which
MI the pages Of Jules verne's Twenty
Thousand Leagues Under the Sea-" are
called up by the amazing story of the
trip OF the German U-boat Deutsch-
land across the Atlantic ocean-a voy-
age that has been pronounced the most
daring In the history Of the sea.
The story of the remarkable voyage
made by this submarine-the first to
cross the Atlantic ocean-through
maze of hostile warships. has been told
simply Cy Capt. Paul Koenig, COM
mander Of the andersen craft.
koenlg was modest about 1t all. He
had a few words Of praise for his
crew and none for himself. When he
spoke OF the fatherland his eyes spar
kled and his whole body twitched with
eagerness. When he talked of 'just
dropping down when he saw a de-
stroyer" his voice was calm.
Would He surrender7
Just once. did he display real emo
tion- That was when toward the end
Of the interview this question was
suddenly shot at him.:
Suppose on your way back, Just
na you left the Virginia capes. you saw
n destroyer bearing mercilessly down
upon you. Suppose there wasn't time
10 dodge, wasn't time to submerge,
whnt would you dor Would you sur
renderf"
The undersea skipper's face turned
q sudden red that looked queer under
his thick weather tan. His hands
cienched, his eyes flashed. then slowly
each word painfully thought out, came
the answer:
would surrender2 I-cOuldn't
tell abont that--positively l can't. l
don't know-surrender7 think the
moment would bring the decision. Yes,
that moment would carry its own de-
cisIon."
That was the spoken reply, but In
every bit Of the mans tone. in every
set line Of his face could be read the
real answer-Capt. Paul Koenig has no
intention that the Deutschland shall
ever fall into enemy hands.
Fears No Enemy Warship.
And he has every confidence that
he will take the Deutschland back to
Bremen loaded with the rubber and
nickel that the Fatherland so Graves
for its munitlon factories.
six. ten, dozen, twenty cruisers
outside win not stop u.s." he exclaimed.
I'VE will go back we will 60 back
easy. And we viii come again, ard
others will come and trade win 20
back and forth, and the British block
ade--that will be thing to laugh at.
'SThe future Of the submarine has
now been proved to be unlimited" he
asserted. "There Is practically no
maximgm to their capacity; their
mechanism has been perfected; we
have shown that they do anything any
other ship can do. and more besides.
About that am positive. The
oaming Of the Deutschland. $500 miles
- America, and her arrival with a
Snnge OF almost ten thousand miles
seft. with fuel and water and supplies
ead everything foT that much travel
still aboard, shows that you can 60
with a submarine simply where you
want to go"
J Koenig Is a small man, ordinarily
looking until he begins to talk, when
his force and personality become at
once apparent.
First Submarine Trip.
One OF the FIRST questions asked of
him brought one Of the most surpris-
ing replies Of the interview. Request
ed to tell in detail of all the submarine
experience he had before being select.
ed to attempt the crossing, he replied
quickly:
"But you see I have not had any
OF course we practiced after we went
aboard. We practiced a great deal
Navigation I know. Submarines
think know now.
''Was 1t fun7 Sometimes, yes. Mos
Il was fun in the English channel
There we lay ten hours on the bottom
snug and comfortable. Some of u.
slept and some of us read. and mos
Of us listened to our graphophone play
ing beautiful song from 'Peer Gynt.'
while above us ragged the destroyer
and cruisers that would have though
us the very choicest of prey had the,
but known what lay hidden there be
low them. II was not o long tel
hours. We drank little champagne
and we ate and attended to the ma
chinery.
mo. we didn't submerge because O
any cruiser chasing us; not once wer
we clIased."
How They Submerged.
Nothing move vivid about atver
ture could be drawn from Koenig tha
the detailing Of these times 1--WE Jus
sank" As far as his words went. tha
was all there was to IT, vessel wa
sighted: the Deutschland was qaicl<l
submerged; she ran along under waite
for n time. and then-she came u
ana opened her matches for fresh nj
while officers and men went abot
their work, their rest, or their play.
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