The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-02-26
QUEENSTOWN MAY Be
THE NEWS CENTER OF
GERMAN SUB CRUSADE
Irish Seaport Springs Into Prom.
inence as Result Of Kaiser's
U.boat Order; Harbor Fortified
by Two Strong Forts.

special Correspondence 10 The Herald.
washington, Feb. rs. - Describing
Queenstown. the place from which
Consul Frost has sent 80 many messa.
ees telling OF torpedoed ships. the
National Geographic Society. whose
headquarters are here. says In n bulie-
tin issued today;
Queenstown is likely Ia he n center
OF news of the German submarine
crusade, inasmuch as the ordinary
channels Of shipping pass nearby.
The town. numbering slightly more
than 5000 souls, has "a three-fold dis
Junction as u SEAPORT. n water-placc
u "a British naval station. IL In "a
Wen built and attractive place. with "A
mild climate. and. being built upon
an island. its streets rise Ia terraces
above the other and offer a SUI
perb outlook over the ~neighboring
waters.
within fifty years the place was
only a small fishing village and was
known aH the Cove of Cork. Its pres.
ent name was received IN lSf9 by rea.
son OF it's having been the first spot
In ireland upon which Queen Victoria
SET foot.
Port of City OF Cork.
1T sim serves as tho port or the
city Of Cork. from which u II twelve
miles distant. Cork itself is located al
the point Of entry OF the river Lee into
the bay.
The harbor OF Queenstown is
%splendidly defended by two forts
Carlisle and Camden-at IL entrance.
and by Fort Westmoreland. which Is
situated upon spike Island. one 81 the
group Of thrc. isles which make up
the government d~ockyard and constl.
tutc h fine natural ~breakwater Of
the barber wherein n large fleet can
find safe anchorage
Spoke Island. according 10 "A writer
In the journal of the Cork Historical
and Archaeological Society. eNceis ans
island In the circuit Of the British
isles In It's chequered. albeit %neven
ful, history Upon no other island on
the Irish coast he declares. have so
many strangers eyes rested. or 50 few
persons voluntarily set foot-the
point Of the last comment being that
here for many years was tuutc the
chief convict prison for al ireland.
1T was once one nf the holy isles
OF h past. along with Iona. Mon,
81 Michael and the SkelIigS: and
here a monastery was built by st
Mochuada. who had received the
island from Cathal. King OF Munster.
for that he bad been healed Of the
holy man Of deafness, blindness and
uumhness. From h seventh to the
twelfth century. however. the record
of the holy island is a complete blank,
caused. no doubt. by the disappear
ancc Of the monastery. Al the later
date spike Island became Anglo-Nur-
man spoil under the charter Of Henry
ll-whence another hiatus of three
hundred years takes place in its his
tory, and II IL recorded that the place
was infested by s%rnugslcrs.
Islands Pass tn the Croun.
Toward the end OF the eighteenth
century the island passed tn the
Crown. and NJ time was lost In forti-
Tying il. In l779 a battery of TWEEN
ty-four guns had been Installed and
in 1890 the position was named Fort
Westmorcland by the nobleman OF
that family who NJ the time was Lord
Lieutenant of ireland and visited the
island.
Two years before the queens visi,
to tn" town. spike Island was made a
conyic' depot, upon the abolishmont
OF the transportation schcme of pun
ishmcnt which had been in vague,
Cork harbor had been u ,%onccntra-
ton point Tor there unfortunates. who
were Ruddlod into n prison ship while
awaiting their deportation soon as
many as $500 convicts were to be
found at spike and they were employ
ed a. work upon the Qualifications \
system OF s-ood-conduct rewards was
established. and the length of impris-
onment M the privileges to be en-
ioyod were made determinahle by the
conduct Of the prisoners while under
detention. The island ceased to ae II
prison IN 1855, At which time was
handed over Ia the military authori-
ties.