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meeting Of the crew, and asked them
to decide by vote whether it was to
be Kiel or Sweden. l

seventy were for ktel and only ten
for Sweden, and SO it was decided to
titude Of the Germans toward the
American officers changed. They
were told they were no longer prison
ers of war and could do what they
liked, but the U-152 officers under
took to protect them and keep them
safe whatever happened.
In spite of other wireless messages
telling of trouble at Kiel, the subma-
rine proceeded there. arriving at 5
o'clock on the afternoon Of Nov. Is.
She reported to the mother ship,
Crown Prince Heinrich, where already
were seven other U-boats tied up.
Muller and Fulcher were told they
could proceed by LAND to Copenhagen
next day. They were formally re-
If they wished. but it would be wiser
not to.
I'VE have no more power now"
said the mother ships executive Off
GER to them. ITS all the fault Of the
United States coming into the war.
You nave ruined our country, and o
can see what you have DONE"
Americans to Copenhagen failed to
appear next day, and h executive
officer was full of apologies. He per-
mitted them to land in the afternoon
in care, rather than under the escort.
Of a chief boatswain's mate. They
went into the restaurants and were
treated kindly. They found a number
Of British, Belgian and Russian SOL
diers sitting in the eating places.
There was beer, but it's quality was
bad. General conditions in the city
were normal.
! Next day the executive officer con-
fessed that it was no longer in his
power to do anything abou sending
Muller and Fulcher to Copenhagen.
He said they must see the Head
Soldiers" about it, who, OF the Kron-
prinz Heinrich, were a chief boat
SWANS mate and an able seaman.
They did interview them and then
heard that the German U-boats were
about to come into Harwich and sur
render. 1t was then arranged that they
should go with them.
New boots and undertaking were
then issued to the Americans. and on
Nov. 20 they left Kiel aboard the u
1852 for England. They passed through
n then, with twenty-three other
submarines, steamed in two long col
umns across the North sea to Har-
wich. Only about half the regular
submarine crew made the trip, the
others either going home or to mer-
chant ships, but the Americans did
not notice any great unwillingness to
thrust themselves into the hands of
| the British.
Captain Franz was left behind at
Kiel. and the secon officer, Lieuten-
ant Willie, was elected by the crew to
take the submarine over. There was
no great relaxation of discipline on
the way. The men and officers still
messed separately, and the men con-
unued to obey orders.
Toward Muller and Fulcher, who
had now been with them for more
than six weeks, the U-boat crew
showed the greatest friendliness. and
when they reached Harwich and the
f; Americans were going ashore the Ger
mans insisted on dividing with them
what provisions they had aboard.
I'VE are all sailors together" they
said.
In talking to the head soldiers at
Kiel, Muller and Fulcher found much
the same opinion as to the part the
United States had played in the war
as was held by the U-152's officers.
1T was America" they kept re-
peating, that turned the scale. We
should like to see the whole fleet TAX
en- over or sunk. We don't want a
fleet now. What. we want are picks
and shovels, to start c%ultivating the
land again. If our women and chill
dren had not been starving we should
never have given in. We surrender
now only to save them"
There seemed. said the American
officers, to be at Kiel and among the
sailors the greatest enthusiasm for the
new government.-New York Times.
AIRPLANEs BUILT FAST.
London, Jan. 3.-The : declaration
Of war by Great Britain at midnight.
August S, 1914, found the royal
flying corps with only four squadrons
in being-represerting we'll under 100
airplanes. Three of these squadrons
went instantly to France. A new
squadron followed these pioneers in
about ten days time, while a fifth
squadron, modified and sent out in
"a hours time. reached the fighting
zone about the middle Of September.
In those early days of the war, ma
chimes were used simply for strategi-
cal reconnaisances. 1t was not until
after the battle IF the Aisne. when
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