El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-19

By ARTHUR
ONDON, Eng, Jan Is.-With-
out the slightest warning. shrap-
H. mel burst IN the erosstrees Of
the schooner William Clifford while
she lay detained in mid Atlantic,
Tying the stars and stripes. The
io0kouts ieaped down the hatch"ays
Scouting the alarm
I was fast Rsieep at the time, but
ne second mate Wakened me with the
terss bat simple explanation, Sub
marine"
/ dressed in double quick time. We
launched our iifeboat and hurriedly
pulled from the Inferno.
The pirate ornered Us 70 stop, ana
4 few minutes later came alongside.
Her officers and gun crew stood out
= bold RELIEF on her deck
Germans steal Everything.
she was Of the smaller type. meas
Ering $50 feet over All -FOUR men
gun was rOuntsd forward and
a. aft That she was newly built
r-ns implied in her numerical name,
= u a" a new system OF Identifying
Submarines hitherto little known.
VINO is the captain
stand up.
who Is first officerf
Stand up
You. the big man on the starboard
bow car. stand upI
aAll three Of you come aboard and
..rhe rest q the Grew will remain
n the lfsDoat and assist my men IN
Halvsging the schooner
II was the captain, speaking good
English.
Hrst lieutenant aud five German sail
ors lost no time in getting aboard
sur li1eboat
Never did a gang Of oIdtime wreck
sTs strip g beaclled ship as clean as
That German crew '-salvaged" the
r1iffor5. Forcing the sailors to act
Is guides. they cleaned her OF every
They even took the dog biscuits
Ebey ransacked the captains cabin,
opened his safe and carried off all his
nanerE. EeEtauts. chrOnometers. Watcn-
money and clothing. Likewise the
forecastle was looted
They went as Tar a. TO carry of
6iscard socks. and they poured
anon every sheet, blanket and mat
tress on the ship. Cooklng ulenslIs
and brass and copper fittings that
could be carried by hand vent. too.
Profitable business.
All this saliva Eiug- took time. and
n the meanwhile the old skipper. the
able seaman and myself had gone be-
low IN the submarine acted as
spokesman
what IS the name Of the schooner?
what IS her tonnagel VINO are ner
oWners2 when and where was sne
these we're the firss questions OF
ahe Z boat captain asked In the me-
ftoflraf manner Of a cenGustaker.
gave him the information. and the
German carefully checked Il with the
date N a Lioyd's register Later.
when the papers Of the Clifford we're
brought 70 him from the schooner.
Ae aeaiu checked Up In the register
you see" he remarked. with
slight attempt az pleasantness. We
get a bonus for all tonnage over
certain auount that We sink. 90 thai
q pays 20 be accurate g,
Have YOU sunk much tonnageF
asked The Second lieutenant an
Ewered lightly: 'Oh. should say
reve-el hundred Thousand tons and
we have only begun our three months
tour Of duty"
ssaughf" 7 ve1s5red Both Officers
RrEuIar Robbers.
Presently they went above. leaving
q saf7or a1f two rnerha nteiahs N
charge OF us- Profitable, ] snonIa
esv- soi" boasted the sailor as soon as
the Officers were out OF hearing. i-oos
Al THIS. With these words. he pulled
ont a bundle OF pound notes. First
dsy out OF Kiel on this trip we got
Norwegian barouentine." he ex-
plsined. and ! took these from the
vas struck By his nerfert speech.
- e44reF- Nv own rflrioeitv 7 asked
him Il he had ever been IN Britain 49,
For fifteen years" he replied. !
was IN America. When the war
broke ont IN 1914 returned to Ger
many. So did my friend who went
abo7rd your schooner with the ueu-
tenant
aBut what can't understand is
r-hv the United States went TO war
with Us We all understand why
Britain went 20 war, bus ! haven
met anyone who can tell me why the
United States did Do you UNDER
standg"
7 told him why America sided with
the allies. but somehow or other ne
didn't seem 10 understand.
three Years. JarH German.
Tow long 10 you think the war