Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-08
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STORIES OF THE WAR
Trip With Submarine Commander
 Wha Sank Iusitania.

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 Solveig Jacobsen, the six.year ole daughter of a Norwegian shipmaster who has arrived at Copenhagen, wi.E her parents on the way to Norway, has the distinction of not only being the fyst child to make voyage on Ger man submarine, but of being the guest during the eight day trip of the sub
 marine commander who is declared to have sunk the Lusitania.
 Solveig's father, Isach Jacobsen. was the master of the Norwegian ship Thor II. which was sunk by the sub marine. The U-boat lowed the ship s boats with the crew of 2S toward land for a time and finally left them to shift for themselves, but the com mander retained the master, his wife and children on the submarine while he continued the cruise.
 The operations, however, were of short duration, for the next ship en- countered proved to be laden with am intuition for France. The submarine was. so shaken by the terrific explo- sion when the steamer was torpedoed, and by an encounter with British destroyer, which all but sank the U- boat by ran1ml ing, that one of its en- zines were put out of commission, that the commander determined to make for his home harbor for repairs.
 The submarine limped homeward along a route west of Ireland and north of the Shetiands. lodging many British patrol boats and destroyerA and finally came into port at Helgo- land in fairly good shape, the crew having succeeded in repairing the en- zine on the voyage.
 Captain Jacobsen, the master of the Thor II, in describing his experiences dwelt on the humans side of the man who he came to understand was the Lusitania's destroyer, as shown in the treatment of little Solveig. The child was adopted as sort of mascot by the submarine and decorated with a bit of ribbon from the commanders iron cross, which he received for an earlier achievement and made free of the ship. The submarines photograph played "Solveig's Song by Grieg as the walk ing melody for the child, and the sail ors made a pet of her during off duty hours.
 During the short stay at Helgoland, where the Jacobsens were the first neutral visitors during the war, the commander of the island called to pay his respects and presented the child with many souvenirs of her visit.
 Captain Jacobsen's description of the torpedoing of the ammunition ship shows one of the perils to which sub marines are exposed. The submarine had halted the snip and, ignorant of it's character, prepared to sink it by gunf1re, to save torpedoes. The first shot attracted a British destroyer, which came at full speed. The sub- marine hastily submerged, sending a torpedo at the steamer before going under. An appalling explosion follow ed, which, had the submarine been still on the surface, might have had even more serious consequences.
 we had no time to see what became of the steamers crew, which were in the boats near the steamer" said the Norwegian. "The submarine was tossed about so convulsiveiy by the force of the explosion that we were all thrown down. The subnna rine's deck was ripped up and we thought our last hour had come"
 The destroyer headed at ever-in- creasing speed fer the submerging submarine but the U-boat was far