El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-20

who was not Of German D-OOu was
visiting the outer harbor works
Naturally I was curious to inquire
I'm the mess room about this Herr
Pastor from America. was curl
Gus indeed TO meet him as had heard
so much about him and his great zeal
for our cause. I had great esteem
for this man although / had never
seen him.
Cheap American ImpOster.
1t was not difficult 10 obtain a
short interview with him. On meet
ing him. however, 7 felt ashamed that
our hiEh civil. military and naval
officials had wasted energy in pay
ing this mean absurdity such hOm-
age. My only purpose In meeting
him was 10 ask him personally now
the Americans really felt about this
war. Notwithstanding the fact that
had pledged my honor as an officer 70
hear from an Americans lips the real
feeling Of his people towards US ana
esnecfalIv towards this war, was
very disappointed to hear from MN
such cheap talk as he had been in the
habit Of unloading TO our gutter ele-
ments both in the tatherland ana IN
America. The reason OF the authorl-
ties in bringing such groteSque
fmpOster 10 CuLhaven 10 address our
naval men was 70 belittle america
war possibilities I'm the eyes Of our
can without drop Of German blood
in him. Listen TO what he has to say
about America as a War-maklns
power" I know that the effort OF
the renegade American Herr Pastor
was wasted Everyone VINO heara
him speak resented the insult thus
flung in their faces by the authorities
in thinking that our German naNa-
men were such idiots as TO take the
Herr Pastor seriously.
boarded the destroyer No. 81 ana
within one hour and Is minutes
reached HeIigoiand. traversing a dis
lance OF IS or 30 miles
Plenty OF Qualifications.
AT our island base found our
preparations for the coming Nortn
sea battle more intensive. Down 10
the commencement OF the war we had
snenr nearly 100. 100000 marks on this
island which Is hardly one mile long
from tip TO tip and with mucn less
than half a mile in its widest portion
On the southeastern slant OF the
island we have built marine "a--
30 feet wide and half mile long
which runs straight from north 70
south To the ea-t Of this great wall
we built a mole which is % OF
mile long and Is OF a mile wide, and
at the southeastern ZIP OF ms mo-
we have enclosed an eApause %
water protected by sea walls 80 Ieel
wide and with an entrance about SUI
feet wide
In this artificial harbor which is
heavily fortified and mined we have
four submarine stations, while In the
inner harhOr that is bounded Dy the
mole in the northeast and west, we
have one Of the most complete UNDER
sea experimental stations, mean.
experiments in cruising. A double
tracked. narrow guage railroad circles
the sea walls from end to end From
end 10 end a tunnel also runs through
the sea walls. At about so yard in
terra1s along the walls there are
oDeninEs to the tunnel through
which openings any one of our heavy
caIibrex guns may be elevated OF
course Id must be understood that
the railroad that runs under the sea
walls runs also through a connecting
series OF tunnels that encircle the
island proper. Besides the island be-
in- encircled with tunnels and rail-
roads. there are four straight under
ground passages that run from lle
northern tip Of the island 10 tne
southern and theer are sixteen otner
tuuels that run across the width OF
the island ANY number OF the neaFl-
est guns can be shifted within
short time TO any given point me
zeppelin shed which IS situated on the
northern shore is protected by about
200 antf-aircraft guns that would
spell death TO any unlimited guest
But the island. The life there. II
is horrible