New Britain herald., 1917-03-31
NINE VESSELS SUNK
 BY NEW SEA RAIDER
French BaIk !| Blings ss5 ! Refugees to Rio JansilO, Bladl
EQUIPPED FOR LONG TRIP
s.Seeadler'' Has Proviaaons for Eikht-
 cen Months and c.ssa I4@rge N Amount of Muzatsons a l Fell as ios
 anllinetze Guns ana 1xaciline Guns.

4N1imetTe Guns and 1Gach1ne Guns.
 Rio Janearo. aa.rch s1.A new German ralder slipping past the Brit- 1sh awaxSt tps on guafd n tho North sea- hAs Eeached tho South Athntic to- the bottom. According to sus- vivors from the sunken vessels. the raider is the Seeadler (Sea Easle,, a formidably armed craft opefating with the same success and d1Ftng as centfy returned to a German port aft l sr playing havoc with shipping in the SAme waters
 News oe the activities of the raider was bro0&a1k to Rio Janeiro by the EFrench turk Cambronne, which. ar- rived here yesterday. She, had on board 1s5 men from the crews of ves- eels sunk by the Seeadler The Cam bronne encountered the raider on March at latitude Fl south, longi- tude Iwest a point in the Atlantic almc1t on a line with Rio Janeiro and about two-thirds of the way to the African coast. After the survivors had heen put on the Cambronne she Twas ofdered to proceed to the coast II = ff, Loaded With Mines.
 According to the Journal De Brazil theN fatder was loaded with mines whdch explains the destruction of veeels of the coast of Brasil. The I0ommerce destroyer Is reported to be armed with two guns of 1O5 milli- metres and sixteen machine guns. The vessel has three masts and Is equipped with wireless. It's crew con- sists of 64 men under the command
 of Count Ukner.
 According to the refugees. the
 raider left Germany on December 22 escorted by submarine. They say tho cQmmander declared that the Ger | nlAn emperor and the crown prince ialos1e kiteM of the expedition. No I complains AANA been made as to the N Neetlnsnt sailors while they 6spd ,tIkS ajtler. llE IL nc the toat as the Seeadfer and say she was pro- visioned for eighteen months and had
 g great supply of munitions and ex- plostves. Nn sighting merchant man. the raider hoisted a Norwegian dag, which was replaced by the Ger
 nis ensign when her prey was within
 reAch of her guns Among the refugees are two women. the wives of j two of the captains of sunlken vessels. I Some of the Victims.
 Among the ships sunk by the raider 'i are the following: Gladys Royale l 3.76S tons: Charles Gounod, sailing, 8, 100 tons: RochefoucauId 3,O5O; An
 toinnine, 1000; Duplex, 5000; Lady l Island. 4,500: Rohmgoth. $500: Hon. ! garth and the Canadian schooner Perse, 500 tons.
 The 'Hongarth, which was on hel ] way from Montevideo to Plymouth
 with $500 tons of grain, disobeyed the raiders order to halt and at. 1 tempted to escape. The captain A finally surrendered after four mem. lfbers .of his crew. including the chiel
 ineer and his assistant, had beer
 pded by machine gun lire. The
 Island was loaded with 4,5Ot
 t6 Of sugar, the Antoinnine witf
 Gouhod with 8,1OO tons of grain.
 Ra11er May Be American ship.
 It IT reported hero that the German
 raidersis the captured American bari
 Pass of Balmaha. 3a .ss ~
 The Pass of Balmafa. was takel
 into Cuxhaven by a German priz,
 crew in August, 1915. while on sae my fage from Nsw York for ehAneel
 with 5000 bales of cotton She va
 held up by a British cruiser. whicl
 placed a prize crew, on board. Sub
 sequently. German submarin,
 stopped her and placed her In tcharg, of the prize crew which took her t Cuxhaven. ~R Ro Ar..A AZ.
 Pass of Balmaha was transferre. from British to American registr,
 after the beginning of the war
 German prize court ruled that tn ship and her equipment should b confiscated but that the owners shout. receive the proceeds of the sale c the cotton.