The sun., 1916-10-08

1915. when Constantinople reported that
the German U-5l. Capt. Otto Herging.
had bobbed up at the Dardaneiles after
n trip Of 5000 miles from Wilhelms-
haven n had promptly sun the britt
ish battlesh.ps Triumph and Majestic.
AS early as October. 1914. the ia
had sprung into everlasting fame by
sinking the three British armored cruis-
ers Aboukir. Greasy and Hogue. but this
first big submarine performance Of the
war wal performed In North Sea
waters or a comparatively short run
out from the Kiel Canal.
Rumors Of DeutschIand's Feat.
And then a, the beginning Of the nrs:
warm weather days OF the present year
another German submarine came to the
surface in Spanish waters and the skip
per went ashore carrying n letter from
the Kaiser to King Alphonso. shortly
after this rumors--just rumors NJ first
began to reach America early last sum-
mer that the Germans were about 70
send n merchant submarine loaded with
mali and "A valuab;c cargo to these
shores.
The rumore for a time weren't taken
seriously. But on q black incoming two
hours after midnight on July 2 last the
sleepy skipper OF the pilot boat Relief,
~ w Sap' hViVs Wdf r'uTsh INV
astonished activity by the blasts Of an
air whistle and a gutters, voice coming
out OF the blackness that said This is
the German underwater liner Deu,s SCH
land"
Details Of the way the Deutschland
had ducked under the kecls OF countless
ships OF the enemy In British waters
n then had played hide md seek with
the allied warships trying to trap her
on the Virginia capes nave been printed
In extensive detail too recently TO bear
r~scounting here. Ther came the de
par'ure 81 tnc p~eutscn;ard from pal'l.
more. her safe arrival amid huzzahs In
Germany and. simultaneously. the stories
about the expected arrival here. prob
ably at New London OF her sister the
Bremen.
| Little or no doub, remain that the
Bremen many weeks, perhaps months,
ago departed from Germany for America.
Also next to no doubt remains In the
minds OF those interested In the move
| ments OF the Bremen that the Deutsch.
lands sister submarine has been cap
tured by her enemies and now Is in
| termed In some port of the Allies. prob
| ably In England. together with her crew,
Less thar two weeks ago the German
ne were hoaxcd into believing
that the Bremen had arrived ut New
| London. w~hereupOn the papers Through
OUT Germany printed maps of the New
England coast TO show their readers the
location 81 N Bremen's triumph and
| also published columns OF editorial pfais,
OF the Bremen's skipper and her crew
together with lengthy biographies OF hei
master.
The arrival OF the Deutschland a.
1 Baltimore stirred up international Ia"
experts az Washington as TO the :ner
| chant submarines legal status. Tn
State Department finally decided tina
the Deutschland should he accorded tn
courtesies due to any other merchant
man.
There were surmises In Manhattan las
night as to whether or not the news o
the arrival OF the C-53 had had any Of
feet after dark upon the officers AM
crews Of the allied ~watchdogs whic
have been rolling lazily on the waves OF
, this and other nearby ports for man!
months past on the lookout for marin
enemies vino might be entering or de
parting.
There was nothing. IL was suggeste'
by local observers. to prevent the C-5
from making her visit memorable b.
Slipping down the coast me sending IN
British ships lying off Sandy Hook t
Kingdom Come. Had . defensive feel
ing s%upplanted after dark last night tn
next to chronic feeling Of offence whic
the Allied w%atchdogs have enjoyed sine
they o up their vigil here more tina
two years ago"
Are the British middies Wf this por
a bit more alert and staying on the 10
later Tonight" Manhattan was ask!nl
and Manhattan answered that probabl
fhey u.are