The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-13

 women. 2, 1t was not good sight to remember. Axel, but can not yet forget it."
 (Frorn the confession of Commander steinbrink, the Captain of U-21 that sunk the Lusitania-)
 (Written by Axel Bjorsen)
 Not long before the actual war be- ran. Commander Steinbrink showed me a letter which, the English Ad- n,fral. Sir Percy Scott, had written fo the London Times. It had been translated into all the languages or Europe. and was republished in al- most every newspaper worthy Of the name. The Admiral, a very distinguished Britfsh sailor, who had reformed the shooting of, the, ,wb9le British Navy declared that the day oftsthe battle ship had passed, and that the sub- rrar4ne was the dominant feature of the naval warfare of the immediate future. ssThe Englander is right" said steinbrfnk. .'eHe does not know how right he is. Axel; but soon we shall show him.
 Then. came the war, and as soon as if beeau,d excused myself from fight insfeagzdmststhe sEsfitishr ijIb had the right to do fhfs and there was no cornplaint. The Germans allowed me to retire from the navy, and to set up, as I had always wished, in little cafe where many sailors came
 From that place watched the sea-war, chatting over it often with my old comrades when they came hack from their cruises under-sea. hxr ada ing my own experience to their gos- sip. was able to follow pretty close the doings of the undersea boats; they formed my chiem interest in life.
 First Big Blow
 The first great blow was strck by the little U-s,' that was commanded by Naval Lieutenant von Weddigen X with whom I had made many under sea cruises in my time, -i... The war was then little more thar A month old, and the U-9 was cruis ing submerged off the coast of Hol land. when the periscope showed three old British cruisers the Abou kir, Hogue and Greasy, steaniinl slowly along in line. They were, no making more than seven knots al : hour, just patroIling and economizinl coal; a foolhardy thing in water. where submarines might turk.
 For on weddigen it was a simpl thing. like taking sitting shots a three big rabbits. The Aboukir wa hit first, and the other ships close up to rescue the drowning men O her hull and in the water about hel The Hogue was the next to go, an as she turned over,s. and the cre' swarmed. over her keel, the Cress sfkameds up. making no attempt t escape the hidden death.
 Even on Weddigen, in the obser, ing tower. sickened at such one-side fighting. He had pressed the leve which released the first two torpt does, but now he hesitated.
 sT cannot" he cried with his han on the key. while he watched thoi sand men drowning before his eye ''It is sheer murder" M
 sIt is the British fleet" said h second in command. "See, there still one ship left
 g~Ths5thifd torpedo was release and the Greasy joined her two si ter ships at the bottom of the Nort Sea- This story was related to II shortly afterward.
 The new factor in naval warfa' had been sensationalIy tried, ar proved deadly in the extreme, A niral Percy Scott was justified in predictions.
 Before he had returned to DO von- Weddfgen had become the n tional hefosetE g 0ftBsay Amor other honors he received ecommal of a larger boat, the U-2s, simil in type to the U-21. in which I had many strange experiences with Stei brink.
 Dreadnoughts Chance
 U-2s was so0-ton boat, and VI weddigen hoped to do wonderf things with ber.s So he did, and his second srpise tn the new era tudes9 where he might Hexpect chance at the British Grand Fle While resting on the bottom the 0 servers at the telephones amour ed the approach of a number of DO erful engined vessels.
 He at once gave orders to rise the snurface and when his perisco emerged he found that he had be lucky enough to ascend between t columns of Dreadnoughts, had sol of the finest vessels in the Britt Navy within easy range of his t pedoes.
 Tragic End of U-29
 He 1oosed two torpedoes in qui succession and by some chance bt missed their marks. Meantime sattleships could not fire at C- for fear of hitting one another close range. The Dreadnought better; she steamed from her pl' in the line and headed straight the submarine.
 It will never be known what V going on in U-2e. That someth was amiss is proved by the, fact tl she discharged mo more torped and that at this critical juncture bow, for some reason showed ab the water. Anyhow, the gr Dreadnought caught her amidsh and lifted her right out of the wa on her powerful ram.
 There, in the sight of great F fish fleet, the big ship ground
 tormentor to pieces and threw
 wreckage contemptuously from