The sun., 1919-04-13

the long, trying hours which elapsed
before destroyers arrived at IL o'clock
that night.
When Capt. Re:ny finished speak
ing he offered me a glass Of sherry,
which took with thanks, for the
water had been rather cold and I was
numb from my waist down. We then
cruised slowly among the boats and
RATS. I sang out to two or three
boats ana asked IL they had seer the
Captain. Receiving negative replies
1 turned to Capt. Remy and told him
was sure my Captain had gone down
with the ship. Thoreupon he sent me
below and gave me warm clothing.
Intercepts Radio Message.
"The submarine then left the scene
OF the sinking and cruised I'D and
down on the surface for two days.
Early The following morning q radio
message from an American DESTROYER
was intercepted and Capt. Remy gave
1t to me to read. 1t said: President
Lincoln sunk. Survivors saved. A
few missing"
The U-90 still had three of her eight
torpedoes and hoped to use them.
But June 1 she was sighted by two
American destroyers, quickly sub
merged, and zigzagged at 200 feet
depth. Then Lieut.. Isaacs, with mixed
emotions, participated in the German
or receiving end of the experience Of
an lash can" barrage
I'VE were submerged but few min
utes when a dull conclusion slightly
rocked the boat. 1t was the first depth
bomb. Others followed in quick sue
cession until a total of twenty-five
were counted. Inside the submarine
1t was as quiet as the grave-the only
sounds that broke the stiffness were
the frequent reports of the petty officer
at the microphones to the Captain,
telling him when the sounds of the
destroyers' propellers showed they
were approaching or receding and in
which direction.
Five of the depth bombs exploded
so close that the boat was shaken
from stem to stern and fully expected
to see the seams open and the water
rush in. At that time 1 did not know
which side I was cheering for. But
she stood the shocks we'll and soon
the sound of the propelers grew
fainter and fainter and finally could
be heard no more. =.
How tho Germans Took 1t.
During the show l looked into
the control room to see how officers
and men were taking their medicine.
There was one cool person among the
five officers and forty-two men and he
was the Captain. I saw two of the
officers shaking their heads over the
affair and the blanched faces OF the
crew told better than words what their
feelings were. Remy afterward told
me there was one part of his business
he dreaded more than what / had
just witnessed-and that was the pass
ing through unknown mine fields"
Through the U-9o's hunting and her
return voyage to Kiel, Lieut. Isaacs
had plenty of opportunity to size up a
German submarine and the life and
routine therein.
The Lieutenant credits Remy and
his officers with treating the prisoner
exceedingly well. They played cards
In the wardroom every evening after
supper. The Germans proved good at
bridge.
At Wilhelmshaven Lieut. Isaacs had a
look at part of the High Seas Fleet,
got his first taste of German prison
fare and German treatment, was ques-
toned aboard the Wilhelm II. by a
"Chief Of Staff" who got nothing out
Of him except pointed remark on the
subject of Huns" and was trans
ferred to Karlsruhe.
There the Germans had converted a
cheap hotel into a temporary prison,
its walls permeated with dlctaphones.
The prisoners called it the Listening
Hotel. They were allowed full chance
to talk among themselves, for the lis
teners' benefit, but discovered warn
ings Of the dictaphone unobtrusively
scratched by earlier inmates upon
the walls and furniture, so that the
German intelligence service learned
nothing from them but their opinions
OF II and of Huns in general.
OF the prisoners at Karlsruhe, Lieut.
Isaacs writes:
Our orderlies were British Tommies
and French poilus. Some had been cap
tured at the beginning OF the war,
! others more recently. My little
Tommy, to whom became greatly at
tached, used to tell me about his home
in 'Blighty' and how much longer he
would have to wait 10 see IT, One day
he told me how he was taken. His
battalion was cut to pieces and the
remnants captured. After terrible
hardships they found themselves in
the rear Of the German lines.
"They were then lined up and
| counted. Three officers and less than
hundred men were left. The officers
were ordered to step to the front, and
there before the eyes OF their men they
were shot down in cold blood. I cite
this, not as anything extraordinary,
but as sample of the tales told by
officers and men alike"
Planning to Escape.
Lieut.. Isaacs lost no time in plan
ming an escape from Karlsruhe. The
plan nrOmiSed wall Ofhar priaonars