The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-18
Raiders
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eY CHARLES p. STEWART

BY CHARLES p. STEWART
Copyrtght. fsl5. By the United Fress
euENos AIRES. Jan. ia
The British navy, a. represent
ed IN South Atlantic waters. 10
today in fuil cry or the hunt
for the German raider-still at
large. which 10 Date is be-
lie.ed 10 have sunk or eaptur.
ed IS allied merchantmen.
Latest reports account for %
merchant ships rounded up by
the TeUtonie raider. and With
two additional vessels missing.
u is believed they. too. may
have been sunk or captured.
Four fast cruisers, Including
the famous Glasgow. which
took part IN tire coroneI battle
two years ago. are said TO be
leading the hunt fer the raider.
Ore report. as yet uneon-
firufea. also declares Jap
anes- cruiser Is s.eanlnq
northuard from punta Arenas
to Join IN the chase.
IN addition TO the &c vessels ac.
eounted for YESTERDAY. u Was def
,Riielx-.sstaldixksd .IQaax .thzt%.1tA
Japanese steamer Hudson Msrn
WAS included among the raiders
prizes. She arrived AZ Pernau.
bgco in charge OF a German crow
Survivors landed from the Jar.
anese vessel also told the first
connected story ~ the operations
Cf the raider today.
The latest German sea rover left
Kiel flying the Danish flag. the
survivors said
The dispatches reporting their
stories said they declared she was
10 ballast. being laden only with
iron.
Rover Well proVisioned
The German raider is not only
still az large. but ahe Is plentifully
supplied with food and fuel. taken
from her score and more captures
When she sent the Hudson Maru
30 miles or 80 to PerBambuco she
turned tail and sped away into the
horizon line
The German adopted tho greatest
precautions In guarding her plans
from the hundreds OF prisoners
taken aboard her prizes. Tho sur.
vivOrs we're closely confined below
decks. They were so numerous
that this cOoping up forced severe
hardshlps.
Prisoners Poorly Fed
Moreover. the food served them
was utterly Inadequate
All the survivors were bitter In
their complaint OF ill-treatment
When the raider left home waters
she carried $50 sailors and four
German officers.
The two ships which sailed from
Pernambuco on January 10. and
are now believed also to have
fallen victim 70 tho raider. are the
British steamer Paraguay and the
French freighter Admiral La
Touche Treville.
Patrols Hurt Sea Terror
Both sailed for Lisbon. Search
Is being made for these two ves-
s~'- .rt p. -.tr-tt.- ~.'.t ...t
ships are reported TO be diligently
Dispatches from Rio Jhneiro re-.
vealed th1t the Japanese steamer
Hudson Msru, which brought in
survivors. was Itself prize
Her German commander has r.lt
yet made IT known whether he vilf
intern with his prize and crew. or
whether no viii discharge passen.
gers. take aboard supplies. and
make q dash for the open sea, to
do ruiding himself.
In the meanwhile the Brazilian
government IS preparing strictest
surveillance TO prevent any viola
tion OF neutrality laws
The survivors landed AT Pcrnam-
buco by the Hudson included 1s2
British and Hndoos. 80 French and
a few additional Of various nation
alities.
Fate OF Hundreds Unknown
Altho they had been closely con
fined aboard their captor. they lden-
tilted her IA a German cruiser Of
the Vineta or Moewe type, but dis
guised 80 her warllke character
was not revealed.
The survivors do not represent
by great number the total Of
those aboard all the ships known
10 have fallen victim 10 the Ger
man raider. The fate OF several
others is unknown.
From stories told by the surviv.
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