The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-07-20
TRIP OF UNDERSEA
CRAFT THRILLING
Story Of Voyage Of German u
Boat Across Ocean Out
rivals Fiction.
HOSTILE SHIPS ARE DODGED
Submarine, During Hazardous $500
Mile Run, Submerged Many Times
to Escape Possible Attack
From Enemy.


From Enemy.
Baltimore, Md.-I'ictures of adven-
ture no less thrilling than those which
fill The pages Of Jules Verne's Twenty
Thousand Leagues Under the Sea-" are
called up by the amazing story Of the
trip of the German U-boat Deutsch-
land across the Atlantic ocean--a voy-
age that has been pronounced the most
Caring in the history Of the sea.
The story OF the remarkable voyage
made by this submarlne--the first TO
cross the Atlantic ocean-through n
maze Of hostile warshlps, has been told
simply by Capt. Paul Koenlg, com
mander OF the undersea craft.
Koenlg was modest about 1t all. He
had few words of praise for his
crew and none for himself When he
spoke OF the fatherand his eyes spar
kled and his whole body twltched with
eagerness. When he talked of lust
dropping down when he saw de-
stroyer' his voice was calm.
Would He Surrender
Just once did he display real emo
tlon. That was when toward the end
of the interview this question was
suddenly shot at him:
Suppose on your way back, just
as you left the Virginia capes, you saw
n destroyer bearing mercllessly down
upon you. Suppose there wasn't time
to dodge, wasn't time to submerge,
what would you do? Would you sur
render?"
The undersea shippers face turned
sudden red that looked queer under
his thick weather tan. His hands
clenched. his eyes flashed, then slowly
each word painfully thought out, came
the answer:
would ] surrender? I--couldn't
tell about that-positively can't. ]
don't know-surrender? | think the
moment would bring the decision. Yes,
that moment would carry It's own de-
cisiOn."
That was the spoken reply, but in
every bit Of the mans tone, in every
set line Of his face could be read the
real answer-Capt. Paul Koenig has no
intention that the Deutschland shall
ever fall into enemy hands.
Fears No Enemy Warship.
And he has every confidence that
he will take the Deutschland back ia
Bremen loaded with the rubber and
nickel that the Fatherland so Graves
for its munltion factories.
"Slx, ten, a dozen, twenty cruisers
outside will not stop u.s." he exclaimed
1--WE will go back; we will go back
easy. And we will come again. and
others VIII come and trade will 90
back and forth, and the British block.
ade-that will be a thing to laugh at.
"The future OF the submarine has
now been proved to be unlimited" he
asserted. "rhere Is practically NO
maximum to their capacity; their
mechanism has been perfected; we
have shown that they do anything any
other ship can do, and more besides
About that l am positive. The
coming of the Deutschland, $500 miles
TO America, and her arrival with q
range of almost ten thousand miles
left, with fuel and water and supplies
and everything for that much travel
still aboard, shows that you can 60
with a submarine simply where you
want TO CO."
Koenig is small man. ordinarily
looking until he begins to talk. wher
his force and personality become al
once apparent.
First Submarine Trip.
One of the first questions asked oi
him brought one OF the most surpris
Ing replies of the interview. Request
ed to tell in detail of all the submarine
experience he had before being select
ed to attempt the crossing, he replied
quickly:
"But you see have not had any
OF course we prnctlced after we went
aboard. We practlced great deal
Navigation l know. Submarines
think know now.
"Was II fun? Sometimes, yes. Mos
II was fun In the English channel
There we lay ten hours on the bottom
snug and comfortable. Some Of us
slept and some of us read, and mos
of us listened to our graphophone play
ing a beautiful song from peer Gynt,
while above us ragged the destroyer,
and cruisers that would have thought
us the very choicest Of prey had the!
but known what lay hidden there be
low them. II was not long ter
hours We drank little champagne
and we ate and attended to the ma
chinery.
mo, we didn't submerge because o
any cruiser chasing us; not once wer,
we chased"
How They Submerged.
Nothing more vivid about adven
ture could be drawn from Koenlg thar
the detailing of these times 1--WE jus
sank" AS far as his words went, tina
was all there was to It. vessel wa
sighted; the Deutschland was qulclil.
submerged; she ran along under waite
for time, and thcn-she came NJ
and opened her matches for fresh afr
while officers and men went abou
their work, their rest, or their play.
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