The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-10
duct in attacking and sinking un armed hospital ships.
 Sank Hospital ShiDs

uucl In attacking and sinking un- armed hospital ships.
 Sank Hospital Ships.
 The UC56 was an old type sub marine equipped for mine laying as well as torpedo work, and in this craft Keiserwetter made his last voyage from Kiel, in April 1918, on a special mission which none but daring and resourceful officer would have been selected to carry out. Prev iously he had been in command of a modern U-boat, and has, on his own admission, sunk at least two hospital ships, and one Dutch vessel, the Koningin Rogentees, which was re- turning from Holland to bring back to this country Briishers who had been repatriated.
 In admitting his guilt, boastfully, I may add, he has declared that he was merely carrying out the instruc- tons which he received from the German Admiralty. For a time Keiserwetter operated off the Bristol Channel. and it is now learned that it was he who on the night Of March 2. 1918, attacked the hospital ship Guildford Castle, steaming up the Bristol Channel with wounded from East Africa.
 Towards the end of April 1918 Keiserwetter. in command of the old submarine JC56, sailed from Kiel wended his way through the great mine barrage, rounded the coast of Scotland again, and steered a. course for Spain. On May 24 she appeared off the coast flying signals of distress and was lowed into the Spanish har- bor of Santander.
 When her commander was ques- toned by the Spanish authorities he sadd his boat had been in action with 6. British warship, and was unfit to remain at sea He was given perrnis- sion to enter the harbor, to refit his ship, but when it was discovered that the repairs necessary to make the UC56 fit for sea could not be done in the limited time, Keiserwetter was told he must either take the risk and leave the port in his submarine or be interned for the remainder of the war. After much protest he at last consented, and experts got to work to see what was the matter with the submarine. She was certainly dam aged, but the experts were convinced that the damage had been caused by the crew of the submarine. and for a time the opinion was held that the crew had mut1nied, damaged the ship, and forced the commander to seek refuge in a neutral port
 This view was supported when the records of Allied warships operating in the locality where Keiserwetter de- cIared he had been in action came to be examined No British or Allied warship had during the particular period been in action with a sub marine.
 Discovery of Bombs.
 The German officers on board the boat were allowed to live ashore and were placed on parole. At his own request. KeiSerwetter was permitted to live in a. hotel near where his boat was docked, and on many occasions mysterious wireless messages were intercepted. An examination of the boat revealed the fact that the bat tories were all fully charged, so that her wireless plant was always fin readiness to send or receive mes sages.
 After much negotiation the Spanish authorities agreed to intern the com mander of the U-Boat together with the officers and men of the crew and then the messages ceased. The whole party was moved to Madrid. but, nevertheless, considerable sus- picion was attached to the submarine
 Last March some Spanish fisher men who were fishing near to the spot where the U-boat had laid for so long a time found they had a heavy weight on the end of their gear Hauling up, they found a. large pack age, which. on being opened, was found to contain three round bombs The bombs were wrapped in a Ger man newspaper, and one was rolled in another paper which looked like page torn from a rough log book and on this page was a. large amount of iliegible writing in German. No doubt now exists that Keiserwetter was sent cut from Kiel in UC56 with definite orders to be interrad In the Spanish port. and from there to send out wireless messages in code, messages which he received from the very con- siderable number of German agents in Spain.
 When Ketserwetter was released