Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-15

/ raiding the English coast. This pAfs
ticular application of kultur had be-
come Improbable. and the Germanl
never knew that wooden warship
helped make Il so. or they would have
added new stanza to the Hymn o.
Hate and rescued US from the oblivion
to which we we're consigned.
U. 8. Protest Asainst Phantom Ship.
1.-TWO Of our dummies, however, at.
tanned world notice and even then norl
lronclads OF first -class speed and poweiR
One of our number was detached foN
foreign service, and with one small
gun set up on It's deck. was ordered tn
relieve the cruiser then hanging off
Nantucket The real war vessel was
sent away upon business that evident-t
~ required the presence of real guns.
1.-The dummy took It's place off Nam
tucket and Its commander must have
been very anxious to use his one tinyS
gun, for he kept such sharp watch
on the boston ship lane for any Ger
man ships that might make dash,
that he ruffled Uncle Sam. The United
States government promptly protested@
to the British government that a Brit-5
lsh war vessel was hanging too close
to neutral shores and making itselfs
obnoxious to neutral commerce. The
dummy! The rotten old tub was soy
slow It couldn't have caught any ship
that entered that harbor, II chase
had materialzed. II had to get close
to make sure that no fast German meP.
chairman should escape. The Officials
Of the British admiralty surely grinned
when they received Uncle Sans seri-
GUS protest about the menace to neu-
trality OF tho war vessel And no
apology was ever given more willingly,
probably than their reply.
Tho Suicide Fleet Was Finally Intern.
ed at Belfast.
"Thc last OF dummies met It's fate
IN the same theater of war in which
served after quitting the squadron. The
Dardanelles campaign--the attempt by
land--was in progress. and 7 was ~.
signed to the transport Olympic, which
carried troops to storm Gallipoli.
These volunteers were remarkable
set OF men, young and cleancut. the
flower OF British youth Of the better
classes. The enlisted men, as well as
the officers were cultured and refined,
and they displayed q lofty patriotism
ana selfsac rlfce In keeping with the
best traditions OF British gentry. They
were gay and enger to take part In the 4
campaign in which so many were tod
lay down their lives. saS
1T will be remembered that 'Lemnos
was our base, and the allied fleets with
their transports and supply ships made
the eastern Mediterranean u busy
scene. 1t was during these operations
that the dummy, old II. NJ. S. Number {
a. that had once been the Marion Of !
the Dominion line. was sunk by q sub.
marine. Several submarine raids wePe
more or less successful among thNS
large number of ships assembled thereE
and the enemy announced the sinking
OF several British men war all o.
which the war office admitted save onea
That one was the dummy. the last OF
the old scare-crows. and it's loss caused
no gray hairs at the admiralty. It wa&
serving as mail carrier to the mers
OF the fleet. and was sunk we'll back OF
the scene OF operations. Everybody
there knew 1t was fake, couldn't helE
knowing It. when word came that its
big guns and turrets were floating foS
days near the spot where the SHY
went down But tho submarine had
gone with It's glory and the enemy rel
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