The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-10-11

"A correspondence with the German
rear admiral ensued, in which our de
mand for the surrender of the deserte
was met by the assertion that he wa
a German subject and a seaman in tn,
German navy and in neither capacit!
would be given up.
owing to the presence of a Euro
pean royal prince, which was rare ii
the far east, there was much enter.
| tanning by the officials Of the British
crown colony of Hongkong, and much
Interchange OF hospitabilites. Amone
the numerous dinners was one giver
by Prince Henry on board his flagship
the Deutschland when the acting gov.
ernor, Major-Gen. W. Black, the com
mandant of the British station a,
Hongkong; the commodore of the
American squadron and the captains
OF several British, American and Rus
sian men-o'war were the principal
guests.
Prince Snubs Uncle Sam.
AS is customary on such occasions
toward the end of the dinner Prince
Henry proposed in succession the
health of the heads of the various ma
tionalities represented, toasts being
drunk standing and the DeutschIand's
band at the same moment playing the
appropriate national air. The usual
procedure is that after toast to his
own sovereign the host proposes in
turn the health of the ruler or chief
magistrate Of each country represent
Cd at the table. these toasts being
given in the order of rank of the
senior officer present
In this case the first toast was ma :
turally one to the health of the Ger
man emperor, then one to the queen
Of England and though the next
should have been to the president of
the United States because we had a
squadron commander present Prince
Henry made 1t to the ear of Russia,
represented by captain"
Admiral Dewey then informed the
navy department of the aftermath to
this unusual snub to the United States.
tie instructed all his officers to remain
away from functions where Prince
Henry was present and otherwise took
occasion to show that the had noticed
the slight upon his country.
1t was common gossip that Prince
Henry had offered it purposely in or
der to take some of the "eoneeit" out
o. the American naval officers, who
seemed to take their duties too SER
iously. The incident led to rather
awkward developments, however, so
the. German prince took steps to
smooth the feelings of the offended
Americans and explained he had not
Intentionally sighted the president of
the United States.
This, Admiral Dewey shows, was but
the beginning of German arrogance
t-ward the American naval represen
tatives, He explains in his records
that much connected with his friceion
with Vice Admiral Diederichs, COM
handing the German Asiatic squadron
was communicated verbally to the
navy department or to President Nc
Kinley.
Germans Ignore Blockade. B.
Altar tho hn Of
miral Dewey says, there We're two
German cruisers, the Irenes and the
Cormoran, in nearby waters.
Our flagship was off Cavite. our
colors were flying over the Cavite
naval station and our authority was
In view of these facts
the British, French and Japanese saw
and acted on the obvious propriety-
~ foreign men of war did in the civil
Nar-of reporting to the commander
n chief of the blockading force and
asking where they should anchor.
The Irene had come from Maya
'aki, Although she may not have
heard the news of the victory before
eaving Japan, she definitely had the
from an English steam
'hip the morning of her arrival. New
'rtheless she steamed by the Olympia
1ithout stopping and dropped anchor
where she chose.
The second German ship, the Cor
noran came in at in the morning.
Naturally it was our business to be
m the alert. When her lights were
cen a steam launch was sent to board |
Ter She gave no heed to the steam !
aunch's hail, Even though man |
4 war flew a German flag, it was
ossibe that she was a Spanish ship
sing the German flag as ruse. Ac-
ording to the laws of blockade ii was
ur right and duty to board and iden-
ify her.
In order to get the attention of the
'ormoran the Raleigh fired a shot
cross her bow. Then she promptly
anne to-"
On May ~. Admiral Dewey con-
nues, ice-Admiral Deiderichs ar
we'd on his flagship. the Kaiserin
ugusta. Three other German cruis-
RS were in the harbor and more were {
tpected, K
BY the kaiser's Order.
AS my rank was inferior to Vice [
dmiral Deiderichs' l made the frs: {
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