New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-02

times over, Captain Koenig sees no
great future for the commercial sub
marine at the wars end.
what would do with the Deutsch-
land when it's all over-" he echoed
What would she be good fort Well,
I'll tell you. think if she was mine
J would bring her over TO America and
do as the fellows with the aeroplanes
do. | would fill her with passengers at
a dollar apiece several times day and
go for a spin under the water"
But wouldn't"-tne reporter who
started the protest had set his heart
on getting an authoritative prediction
that all really worth while vessels Of
the future would be submarines.
Nonsense" said the skipper. why,
when there are no distractions on top
of the sea, should ships sail under
meath ~
Captain Koenig verified the common
report that the profit on the first voy-
age of the Deutschland, with cargo
valued at only 81 800 900, was 100000.
On this trip. he added. the cargo is
worth slO,0OO000. He would not
hazard a guess, though, as to the new
profits.
Pm still interested in the money"
persisted practical reporter, as the
skipper sought to change the subject
"Ach.' cried Captain Koenig, you
all are"
Then there was bit on submarine
navigation:
81 never worry any more about the
British blockade. know the way
through it now. There's no danger but
the chance Of running into a mine. The
nets are nothing. They can be placed
only in shallow water. and when you
know where the deep water is you are
safe. | know"
And something else about the war
submarines:
"The submarine is the war vessel of
the future. Maybe not in this war; but
certainly IN the next we shall be fight
ing submarine cruisers-monsters A
big battleship is helpless against one
of the little submarines we are using
now. 4 new era has dawned Those
who do not see It are blind But your
American navy IL not among the blind
ones. You know and are preparing"
Captain koenig got through the in
terview without acting on any of the
tactful hints that an invitation TO in
appreciated by the press. He said only
Mayor Rogers would be permitted on
board
The Jutland battle came up for con-
sideraticn. The skipper tried his best
TO be non-committal, but at last he
burst out:
well. if the British lost 100, 900
tons and we lost $4,000 tons, who shall
| say won ?"
He said he had brought back a bundle
Of German illustrated weeklies, show
ing what really happened, and would
distribute them tomorrow.
Suspected Americans
Having been out of touch with Amer
lea so long, the skipper was still labor
ing under the impression that the fish
ing vessels which cast their nets for
him as he was leaving Chesapeake Bay
were American owned. Really they
were Newfoundlanders. as il has since
developed. But for all that Captain
Koenig says ne reported them TO his
government as ours, and expects an ex
change of notes to follow.
"They put out their nets in my
course-to catch fish, of course" he
said. at wasn't the plan TO trap me.
but to make me betray, as | foued the
nets, the course | was taking. And
there were British patrols near
Germany, said the captain, is build
ing new merchant vessels as fast
as she meanwhile expecting the
war to last another year at least-but
he admitted the Fatherland cannot keep
pace with England in that line.
Not a word had been said about the
decorations. 1t was Hilken, appearing
as the Interview waned, who brought
the talk back to the Kaiser's dinner
Under the friendly questioning OF his
owners representative, the skipper told
haw he sat next to the Kaiser and fac
ing Won Hindenberg, and had been made
much of by both. 1t was very simple
meal, he said-but he couldn't have
eaten, anyhow.
There has been so fierce a rush for
a glimpse of the Deutschland during
which is some police in New London
has been detailed to guard the dock.
"Frightfuiness" Display
One adventurous photographer with
still" camera chartered a canoe
and padded through a narrow open
ing between the tall side of the Willie
had and the floating screen. He had
just aimed his camera, when a look
out on the liners deck esped him.
The photographer had invited dose
of "frightfulness, and he came close
to getting it. Without parley, the look
out picked up two-by-four, studded
with nails, and let it drop on the in
trudng head. 1t missed its mark by
an inch. The photographer padded
furiously away, but few minutes later
ventured back and succeeded in his
picture.
Although it was announced officially
that orders were to the contrary, po-
lcemen said that several of the
Deutschland's crew, changed into citi-
zens' clothing, but to be identified by
their pallor, had been given shore
leave and had left the dock. A couple
of them had rousing get-together, it
was reported, with a German American
sailor off one of the United States sub