The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-08
HON. THE BRITISH MYSTERY SHIPS
ART GETTING" THE SUBMARINES

. LONDON. August embarrassing roy
nlations regarding the work or 4fritlSH
mystery ships which have played nm I'M
portant part in anti submarine warfare
arc made by the naval correspondent O.
the Times They show how i1ritiSh sea-
men have met German craft and cum
ming with craft and cunning.
Until this week the public has known
nothing about the mystery ships. known
in the navy rs the 20" ships. although
several Officers. notably Captain Gordon
Campbell. have been decorated Tor th"ir.
services on these ressets. nHIans now w
becoming aware through bitter cXnrn-
49,. - ,t,.. ..,hods used against them:
'TIow a woman and q lslhy" accounted
for q U-noat Is told by tho correSrHnd-
ent The submarine ordered d FnSS"i :"
surrender and fired Z few shells int"
hcr. The boats then left the ship. lcav.
Ing on board n woman who ran up ana
down the deck with n baby In her arms
as il mad Tho C-boat came alongside
the, vessel and II" woman T 1nr'" ~, h ,n"
exploded and blew out the bottom 81 me
submarine The woman Was decoTat-
ed with the Victoria cross.
!. Tho corrcs Poudcnt says that the nrst
mention of II mystery ship was IN IN"
case Of the Rar;,lonE. which on August
-. 1915. sank G-hoat after the tor
prdoing OF the British liner Arabic. 1t
will be remembered. h" says. that IN"
German government protested mat tn"r"
was nothing to indicate the lGlTalonE
war-likn character.
The Baraloug c.ssc WINS probably not
the first in which q ruSc was used ana
|, since then the Disgusting OF armed YES
sells as innocent merchantmen Tor deal
ing with submarines has attained con
siderable Dimensions.
"IIowls and means" adds the naval
correspondent. went UP IN Germany
about the lrcach~ry Of British s"aI nsIr
but the German allegations curnu%ly
ceased ut the beginning of 19lG. These
allegations AFFORDED typical example
Of German mentality for they Ignored
tho fact that III every case tn" l-h"a;
was nm actual or potential n sailan- ana
any ruSc Of war is consi Tered lrgiiiin7!"
hy them except when employed against
Gcrrlany.'
1T s6oud not be forgotten" ho con-
tinues that the Germans designed TnyS
terry ships for romn"rC" destruction.
Tho British commanders showed much
Ingenuity in designing plans for Trap
ping submarines.
In addition To thr woman and baby
case the correspondent" mention The
story Of retired admiral. Surviving rs a
On ptain. who placed u haysta"k on board
an ancient looking craft When the L.
boat ordered her 20 surrender the Cor
mans were aStonishch to receive 4
broadSidc from the hayStack.
On another occasion II sea worm tramp
! when n ST. bmarine ordered tho crew To
| abandon tho ship. So Sur" was the Ger
man Of his prey that IN" bombs with
! which h" INTENDED To sink tn" vessel
were brought ON deck around tn" con-
ninS tower. The commander of The
tramp Steamer. 10y careful man"uv"rin.;
brought he submarine within range "f
his concealed arnan alt So that il r.
! uuirra only a shell or two to "Nnlod" the
bombs and blow the u-boat out nr the
water.
| Captain Gordon o. L. Cam h"ll. :hnn
| a COMMANDER was Gccrratr'i with the
! Victoria Cross and tho n s. q. IN 1916.
being the first to receive thrs" orders
| without the nature Of his heroic drrd
! being made public. IT was announced
/ early in 1917 that the rca-nn FOR his dec
, ora,ions would b. made puhlic after ;h"
! war 10 was given special promotion
/ over the heads ne about 700 Officers and
! current rumor In LONDON in July 1917.
aScrih"d his -apii rise to w"-k against
! tho submarine. Captain raTph'll E:rr,.ri
! tho military cross for bravery in hand
, ling q tank whom thai weapon ~. frs,
/ used ny the british in III" summer Of
; 711s)
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