New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-08

} Another surmiss is that the U-53.
besides delivering tho letter, was to
carry q new and practical message OF
German efficiency to America, proving
that German war vessels can cross the
Atlantic at will and return. asking
odds Of nobody. Still another, one
which is widely held, is that the U6S
either conveyed the Bremen or was
sent in search Of it.
First Question About Bremen.
Hailed from q motor boat, the COM
msnder's first question was: Have
you heard from the Bremen
In spite of the fact that for weeks
the whole coast has been watching
for the arrival of the Bremen, the
submarine freighter, the U-boat was
not generally recognized until it ap-
preached its anchorage, threading its
way among thirty-seven United States
warships. II was accompanied up the
harbor by the D-2, Of the United
States navy, and not until the breeze
snapped out the imperial colors was
il known that the D-boats consort
was a German and war vessel.
Lieutenant Captain Roses levis-
than was as we'll groomed as though
Wilhelmshsven lay just across the
Sound. Its battle paint was not
marred nor grimei and everything
below was spick and span and
crammed with cleaning mechsnisms.
The U-53 is equipped with four tor
pedo tubes and wireless, as well IS
light guns, and carries four officers
and thirty-three men. Eight torpedoes
were carried By the submarine.
After delivering his letter and pay
ing a visit to Rear Admiral Austin NJ.
knight, commandsnt of the Nara
gansett Bay Naval Station. Lieutcn-
ant Captain Rose had leisure 20 an
swer a few questions. The letter was
intrusted to an Associated Press re-
porter. with the request TO notify the
embassy of the boats arrival. "They
will be glad to hear of it, said Cap
tain Rose.
There was no need, he said, 10 take
aboard supplies of any kind, and he
made no secret OF his intention 20
depart this evening. The U-53 had
supplies for three months, he said.
and the Deutschland had proved that
IL took only a little more than two
weeks even for a merchantmen sub
marine to cross the Atlantic. He had
sighted no enemy cruisers, he said,
on the voyage.
Silent About Mission.
Questions as TO his mission re-
ceived no answer from the submarine
postman.
While the wires sang with the new
g Il.
ton officials gravely considered the
question of neutrality, announcing that
no favors could be extended to the
submarine and il must leave within
twenty-four hours, Lieutenant Captain
Rose gave the order TO hoist anchor.
Swiftly the U-53 slid through the
water toward the ocean. where, three
miles away, the war zone was waiting.
Its pace shook off even the swiftest OF
dozens of motorboats that sought 10
escort the submersible down the
harbor. Running awash and showing no
signs of intended submersion, the
vessel vanished from sight in the mist
hanging over the Sound.
Then Rumors Begin TO Fly.
As soon as the distance had swal-
lowed the astonishing visitor the Fly
ing Dutchman rumors of the last few
weeks were revived with redoubled
force. II WAS reported from Stoning
Ton. Conn, that the German submarine
had been sighted heading for Sew
London, where Eastern Forwarding
Company officials have long had berth
prepared for the Bremen.
Life savers at Watch Hill did not
sight the phantom. however. and tele-
phoned to other stations along the
Rhode Island coast as far as Point Ju-
dth without finding any one who had.
Captain Hinsch, Of the Eastern For
warding Company, who has been wait
ing at New London for the next sub
marine freighter. expressed astonish-