The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-15
'U-BOAT SKIPPER | SAYS HE'LL GET
 BY SEA PATROLS
Capt. Koenig Isn't Worry ing About Cruisers Off
 the Capes.

Baltimore, July 15-"It will be all
 right, we will have no trouble; the enough for the Deutschland to cross safely" said Captain Paul Koenig yesterday when asked how he pro-
 posed to escape the allied warships reported on the watch outside the three-mile limit off the Virginia capes Let them watch" he said; i; they can keep on watching"
 Baltimore custom house authori- ties are marking time while awaiting disposition of thee argo of the Deutschland. The work of loading continues, and as no entry has been made or clearance papers asked, there is nothing for the government to do except to await the pleasure of the vessels owners. One thing is certain, the submarine will not sail
 this week, and those in a position to
 know do not believe she will get away before the end of next week, if then.
 The best evidence of this is the reply
 made by Captain Koenig to Mayor
 Preston last night at the dinner the mayor gave to Ambassador Bern ,storff and the captain. The mayor
 asked if it would be agreeable to give the Deutschland's crew an outing. Captain Koenig explained that inas- much as one-half the crew must al- ways remain on board he would sug-
 gest that one set be treated to a holi- day on Monday Nand the others on Tuesday.
 The Deutschland's return cargo consists of nickel and rubber in suf- ficient quantities to fill the outer compartments. It is not known how
 much rubber will be taken, but the value of the nickel is $600,000. It is likely that foodstuffs will be slowed in the hold. The customs authori- ties say there were no diamonds aboard the Deutschland as reported from England. Paul Hilken laughed when he was asked about the dia-
 monds. There was nothing but dye stuffs on board, and there was enough of dyes to dye the Chesa peake Bay every color of the rainbow" he said. Everybody connected with the Ger
 man Oceanic Co. is active in trying to Ymystify the agents of the Allies and
 thee commanders of the allied war
 ships off the Virginia capes. The
  lieved to lbe somewhere on the high seas. preparing to give America and the Allies a surprise by bobbing up as did the Deutschland.
 Nobody who has talked to MT. Hil-
 ken or Captain Koenig believes that
 all their arrangements for the return voyage appear on the suyface, how ever true it may be that the Deutsch- land is nothing but a merchant sub marine. But the numerous engage ments of Captain Koenig make it cleari that, having finished the deliv- cry of his cargo, he is taking up the problems of the return voyage. A despatch came from Washington yesterday saying that Acting Secre- tary. of State Polk was authority for a statement to the effect that there would be. no formal ruling by the United States government on whether the Deutschland was merchantnan or a vessel of war. The report of Captain c. F. Hughes of the navy, made earlier in the week, has been
 said to clear the Deutschland of all suspicion of being a war craft.
 The puzzling presence of hydro plane on the dock near the Deutsch-
 land was explained today when it was learned that the machine belonged to two clerks in the offices of A. Schu-
 macher & Co.,, North German Lloyd agents here. The men were planning l to take the hydroplane to Atlantic City to carry passengers. but were compelled to relinquish the idea when
 the Maryland National Guard, to
 which they both belonged. was or dered to mobilize. The machine was then stored on the pier now used by the Deutschland. Its presence there has no significance so far as the suD- marine is concerned.
 There is no truth in rumors that
 Captain Koenig is any. other than Paul Koenig, sailor, for over 20 years
 connected with the North German
 Lloyd. For 16 years he was captain
 of steamers on the Bremen China
 Japan line. Before that he command
 ed the Princess Irene. When the
 war began he was in command of the
 Schleswig from Bremen to Mediter- ranean ports. He was at sea when he received a wireless message to re- turn, and h4 succeeded in getting his ship safely into port. Since then he has been interested in the construc- ton of the submarine at Kiel.