Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-03
SINKS ALLIED SHIP
IN SIGHT OF CAD|z
German Crew Then Jeers at
Sufferings of the Dying
Sailors.
SPAIN FURNISHES SUPPLIES
BY ARTHUR SANDERSON-
Especial Correspondence Of The 81
and Chicago Daily NewsD


and Chicago Daily News0
MADRID. Spain. August "A most
remarkable account of German tl-boat
activities Off the Spanish coast was
made public recently by newspaper
of Seville Spain shortly after the
story was printed the Spanish censor
ship frightened and all mention of sub
marine activities was forbidden
The paper relates that recently nve
German submarines appeared on Cadfz
and unanswered in full view OF the in
habitants, who hocked in hundreds 10
the foreshore to watch them. tank
steamer put off from the coast ana
began to supply the U-boats with oil.
While the work was in progress an
allied merchant vessel appeared on the
scene. One of the submarines detached
itself from the group and sank the
merchantmen before the eyes OF the
Spaniards Then the submarine re-
turned and the crews of this vessel
and it's fellows jeered al the sunerings
of the dying sailors.
There are innumerable U-bOat nests
off the Spanish coast. the German sub
marines are reyictualed in Spanish wa
tiers. often by permission of the local
authorities.
Sharp Warning From Allies.
Senior Merry del Val. the Spanish am
bassador at London, was recently In
Madrid to discuss with his government
a very important note that had been re-
ceived from France and Great Britain.
So many allied vessels have been sunk
in Spanish waters that these two pow
ers told Spain in plain terms that II
she could not keep German submarines
out of her territorial waters they
themselves would police these waters.
After a series of daily cabinet meet
ings. the king issued an edfct stating
that all submarines of belligerent pow
ers that entered Spanish waters would
be promptly interned. This proclama-
tion, of course. was a clear victory for
the allied diplomacy, but it remains to
he seen whether the very pro-German
Spanish navy will hunt the German
submarine.
The date of sailing and the destina-
ton of every allied vessel leaving
Spanish port is known to the Germans
This is not SO difficult, for the country
is full of informed German officers from
the CAMERON district of Africa and
they are allowed to go where they
wish.
Barcelona Center Of Unrest.
At present the nerve center of all the
unrest in Spain is Barcelona. But there
are always troubles in Barcelona. for In
this city. which has about 100000 more
Inhabitants than Madrid, the anarchists
have their headquarters. So whenever
there is cry of "wolf'-and it is
heard very often-the Spaniard in
stinctively looks toward Barcelona.
Fart of the present troubles in Spain
have their origin in the war. In Valen-
cia there are about 200.0 900 people with
out work. Millions of oranges are rot
ting on the ground because Spain can
not export them; the orange growers,
who year ago were in their heyday
of prosperity, now beg for bread by the
roadside. The prices of foodstuffs have
gone up enormously. True, in some
instances, wages have also increased,
but in many trades the workmen have
to pay unheard-of prices for the neces-
re- are
as low as they were before the war.
In no civilized country of the world
are men and women SO poorly paid. and
that is why one finds so many men pur-
suing two and sometimes three voca-
tions. l found man who. at night.
wore the gorgeous livery of a turnkey
at the Ritz Hotel, working in the day
time in rags. washing down the roads
There are more beggars in Spain than
in any country in Europe: not only the
lame. the halt and the blind, but young
tion and able to work. prefer to beg
stray copper from the passerby
Beggars Assault in Body.
In the daytime these men confine
their efforts to hawking lottery tickets
which they never expect to sell. and
playing vague musical Instruments
But it is after dark that one sees them,
not as single spies. but in battalions
IT Is most fatal thing to give an
opO' " d pe6SdT III IhdnFlu, LOT at
once his sisters and his cousins and his
aunts flock around; they seem to spring
out of the ground. They dart out from
the shadows. exposing MANNED limbs
to excite ones pity; they mutter pray
ers. entreaties and threats. They thrust
dirty hands before ones eyes: thew
seize the lapels of ones coat and in a
few minutes. a veritable army corps of
beggars is trying to cut of ones re-
treat to cab. which is the only means
OF escaping them
Once ! sat before a cafe in the Gale
Acaia and Jotted down on the back of
an envelope the number of beRgars who
accosted me- In the one hour I count
ed eighty-three. They comprised wan
dering bootblacks. flower girls who. un-
asked stick flower In ones coat and
then thrust out dirty hand for some
money and besides these. there were
Inc com mon old garden beggars who
merely wanted money Late at night
one sees them stretched out in rows
asleep. looking. for all the world. like
corpses washed up by the sea. one