Evening star., 1918-11-21
SCENE LIKE MANEuvERs

ned0 Wdllo American submarine CQ8S-
ers carried British crews to the un-
dersea boats.
Asks for Less Speed.
! From the time the leading subma-
rine at the head of the long line was
| sighted by the British squadron Of
light cruisers and destroyers. there
was not word Of communication
| with the Germans. Only once they
| spoke to the British. complaining Of
the speed and saying that the weaker
ones were unable to keep up. SLOW
speed" was the wireless message
from a commander. who did not sign
the name Of his boat to the message.
The scene. that began about sunrise,
when the arst submarine was sighted,
until late this evening. when the last
one was rounded up, might have cas-
i1y been mistaken for feet maneu-
| vers.
The work was carried out with such
precision that there were few signs
all. The crews of the British ships
lined the rails. but the Germans
seemed to be little interested.
| Salutes Are Curt.
When the enemy boats were sighted
there were only two or three mem
bers Of each crew on deck, but as
the details of the surrender worked
out during the morning and after
below decks. They appeared a sullen
but well fed lot when the first Brit
lsh officers stepped aboard and curt
ly saluted. British sailors followed
the officers and the Germans went to
the forward deck as the British and
German officers went below to ex-
anime the first ship to be taken over.
II The German commander briefly an
sWered questions regarding the ma
chinery, but said nothing else. Evil
dence OF strain and deep chagrin was
unmtstakably written on the faces of
some enemy officers. The machinery
was generally in good shape, but the
vessels were extremely dirty and de-
indicating the names Of the craft
had been removed, although the Ger
mans. conforming to instructions,
readily told the names Of their boats.
Germans Are Prompt.
The Gs mans anchored near the
rendezvous last night and appeared
British ships, with their crews at
quarters and every gun manned, took
precautions that nothing untoward
occurred. One Of the eighteen British
i ucSS yoAS III Iuo ueeI LOOK a posi-
tion ahead of the two German trans
ports accompanying the submarines.
Other destroyerS steamed along on
| each side when the column started
| toward Harwich.
The column was divided into five di-
visions. In addition to the seapIanes
that swooped low above the enemy
craft dirtgibleS kept company with
the feet and an observation balloon.
which was anchored to a cruiser. kept
vigil
Ten miles from Harwich the feet
was met by more British destroyers.
which carried crews from British sub
marines. These men were divided into
parties Of fourteen for each German
boat and each was transferred by
American submarine chasers to the U
\ boats, where a British officer quickly
took charge.
| Raise White Ensign.
The first submarine boat few no
| Tag ana 1t seemed long time to the
British sailors on the other vessels
before the flag appeared. Finally.
however, a white ensign was broken
out Even this last signal Of total
submission by Germany did not cause
the British sailors to disobey the or
der Of silence, but the expression on
the faces Of the officers and men be-
trayed their satisfaction as each u
boat displayed the colors
| At last the newly tagged subma-
rines were brought to anchor at Har-
wich. The German crews were placed
on a destroyer and taken to the two
transports which had accompanied
them. These vessels were escorted by
destroyers to the rendezvous Of the
| their return trip to Germany alone.
!