Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-07-10
GERMAN SUBMARINE BRINGS CARGO TO US.
STATEMENT MADE
BY Commander
Of DEUTSCHLAND

Baltimore. July 10.---In a formal
statement at noon today, Captain
Paul Koenig, commander OF the giant
Deutschland. declared the vessel
which arrived In Baltimore today will
be followed soon by others. The first
Of these. he said. will be the Bremen.
He brought a valuable cargo Of
dyestuffs. he said, for "our American
friends"
The statement follows.
The submarine Deutschland.
which ! have the honor to command,
is the first OF several submarines built
to the order OF the Deutsche Ocean
Rheiderei G. NJ. B. H., Of Bremen.
which will be followed by the
Bremen shortly.
The idea Of the building OF this
submarine emanated from Mr.. Al
fred Lohmann, the president Of the
Bremen chamber OF commerce. He
brought his idea In the fall of last
year. confdentially. before . small
circle OF friends. and the idea was
taken up at once. A company was
formed under the name OF Deutsche
ozean Rhederei G. M. B. H. and the
Germaniowerft. Kiel. was entrusted
with the building Of the submarines.
The board OF directors Is COM
posed Of Nj. Alfred Iohmann. presi-
dent OF the board; Mr.. Philip Henne-
ken. general manager Of the North
German-Lloyd: Mr.. Kommerzienrat
p. NJ. Hermann. manager OF the
Deutsche bank. Mr.. Carl Stapel-
feldt. manager Of the North German
Lloyd. has taken over the manage
ment Of the company.
I'VE have brought q most valu-
able cargo of dyestuffs to our Ameri-
can friends. dyestuffs which have
been so much needed for months in
America, and which the rulers OF the
seas have not allowed the great
American republic to import. While
England will not allow anybody the
same right on the ocean because she
rules the waves, we have. by means of
the submarine, commenced to break
this rule.
England can not. however, hinder
boats such as ours to go and come as
We please. Our trip was an unevent-
full one. When being approached we
went below the surface. and here we
are, safe in an American port, ready
to return in due course.
II am not In a position to give you
full details regarding our trip across
the ocean In view OF our enemies.
Our ship has q speed Of more than
l6 knots an hour and displacement
Of 1000 tons. Our ship Is unarmed
and is a peaceful merchantmen.
Regarding things in Germany, /
might mention that everybody is con-
vinced Of the full. final victory OF the
arms and those Of our allies.
All facts Of the last 22 months 90 to
prove that there Is no doubt OF this.
All Poland and Courland. country
the size OF two-thirds OF Germany, are
since twelve months under peaceful
rule, and the entire country has been
put under the plough and thousands
Of acres will be contributing this fail
to next winters supply Of food. The
rains in April and May have brought
q crop In view all over Germany,
Austria-Hungary. Bulgaria and Tur-
key finer than in century.
''An Serbia, Montenegro and a
great part of Albania are in the same
position. Besides Belgium. one
seventh OF France is in German pos
session, including her coal and min
eral lands, and all in nourishing
agricultural state. There Is really
not the slightest anxiety over the
British attempt OF trying to kill by
a hundred million German
and Austrian women and children
the most devilish
plan ever tried by any nation In the
worlds history. 4,
''Our boats will carry across the
Atlantic the mails and save them
from British Interruption. We trust