Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-19
ONE U-BOAT CAPTAIN
WAS NOT A BRUTE
War Craft; Operated Off
Nantucket.

London, Dec. 10 Correspondence
Associated Press. 1t was the u-53,
commanded by Lieutenant Captain Hans
Rose, the German underSca boat which
sank a number of vessels of the coast of
Nantucket, that sent To the bottom the
United States torpedo boat destroyer
Jacob Jones, the first American warship 10
he sunk by the enemy IN the great war.
Word has come directly 10 London that
Rose clslms 10 sent u wireless call for help
when he SAW that the lmcrIcan destroyer
was doomed That statement has not been
cotroharated but II II Is true, 1T is the
only case on record where a German sub
marine commander called for help for his
victims Rose also claims to have sunk
Inc United States coast guard cutter
Iamra. and n that Is true. hC has tho
distinction of sinking all the NmerIcan
fighting craft sunk hv torpedo during the
war
american and Rrn~h naval officers
herr consider Captain Rose AMI his boat
without peers IN the Submarine branch
IL Tho German NAVY Rose work was
daring and spectacular but devoid Of
unnecessary brutality, and his submers-
Ihr career did not end in surrender with
The scores of other U-boats, but with IN
ternment ia a Swedish port at the dlrec-
ton Of Rose
ALL WE'RE AFTER RosE.
tftcr the U-53 dashed into Newport
and then played havoc with shipping off
the American coast. every auiI-SuhmarInC
,raft commander IN the British Navy
.rlcd 10 get Rose Tins armada was aug
mcu'cd when America entered the war
During the latter part oi the war there
were two boats that became the center of
interest among The anji->Ibmarnc craft
the l-NG and the | Shut for very
different reasons
The -en had SGuk thr hospital ship
Ilandoyerl a>ile y hen ii was impossible
Ia niStak, .Cr tvpC Every sailor wanted
revenge In chasing Rose, however. there
was more OF the desire 10 best a WHY and
dangerous adversary but against whom
there was np known stain OF committing
atrocities On October 10, when the l.
boats were recalled. Rose went to the
t4ttegat The story brought Ia London
winch there j. no reason to doubt, j. that
Rose feared 10 take hI~ ~hlp - Mel after
,hr revolution there and placed hCr in
,h1rgc of Captain N"n Schriedcr Rose
wen, fn I>rl lnl l~certaincd that i ho
took the | -; here ~hc would hC s1n-
rendered 81 hc sent word 70 Captain von
~rhricdcr fe takc her to 2 Swedish port
aad intern h,r
NLlls 10 cit U-BoAr
The admiralty a> vct Il not aware Of the
port IN which she i, interECd. hut sooner
or later she viii hc turned over 10 the
tLhed naVle~ not ii tLC formal humlliat-
IN surrender however, thai Rose wished
L. escape
The hrst relaxation Of Germanys sub
marine warfare came on October ! ] when
~a,.ucrs ~ operating of the coast OF
the uI.rd states were ordered - leave
the area The LcXt general instruction 10
submarine commanders was sent nine
davs later, when this message was trans
mitted b. all | boats
Merchant war Is ended Engage men
o'-wAr only All Submarine~ return u
kiel"
When this message vas received it
brought jov 10 the hearts ot two Aner-
ran officers who wee prisoners on the
Deutschland U-l53 having been picked
up after the American army car1u >hip
4 eondcraga was sunk.
rhcv wcsc Lieutenant /. AIu.ty 81
OaEland Gals and Lieutenant j. II
ulcher oi Frisco u. aLd ii ho were
n thr submarine v ben Ii" ma4e her ast
voyage INTO kfei Thsy used her as 4
transport - conc 10 England when shc
va- taken to Harv "a ior -urrenicr
! dispatch from Amsterdam under date
of Iauuar, ,aId the then Emperor
" liIam had conferred the order Pour Il
Ncritc On Submarine commander
kauhamel. on his return from Il cruise
during which he sank an kmrrtran DC
etroyer and t merchantmen
As the Jacob Jones v,,- ths only |
American destroyer sunk hr 4 German |
submaune i Wa assumed tha. hop
hanc had hcea decorated for this cx-
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