New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-06

| Although the GerY1H
apparent authority 49,
| latter we're themselves
| possible consequences LII
position. Five minutes
| of them had showed OF
knots of his sullenly sc0w
on the dock. t was in tl1lN
| one of the sub commission
| having seen the German captAA
ing a white-banded petty Gil
| with his overcoat.
The search of WarshipS con
| the following day, and PARTIES
also dispatched for the IaspeofN
airship and seaplane stations
| latter involved journeys of conA
! able distance, and, although SD
trains were provided. the cond1t1oy
| the rolling stock and engines ~
progress very slow. These were
| first of some scores of journeys
which various of the sub-commis Si04N
ultimately covered some thousands a.
miles in northern Germany, gaining
intimate and f1rst-h hand information o&
the condition of the people, crops, Iooq1
supply. etc, that should prove OF la
calculable value to the allied authorl-s
| ties who will have to decide what res
| Spouse is to be made to the appeal to:
| divert food and shipping to feed the
| alleged starving millions OF the Ger.
man empire.
These facts have no place in the
Present article, but it may be stated
| in passii4g that no members of the
| commission report having observed
any evidences of undertaking IN even
such industrial centers as HaMpurs
and Bremen, and that through most
fI-av
appeared to be as we'll fed and dressed
as in England and France. Such stock
as was seen was also in good condi-
ton: land, generally was carefully
cultivated and highly fortified, and
those winter crops already in were
making fine growth as a consequence
OF the unusually mild weather. Ger
talnly the North sea and Baltic littoral
of Germany is not anywhere nearly SO
badly off for food as they are trying
to make the Allies believe.
North Sea Air Stations.
Warship and merchant ship inspec-
tons were over at Wilhelmsha in
a couple of days, but the visits to air
stations on the North sea side took
some time longer. BorEum, Heligo-
land and Sylt were reached by de-
stroyer; most of the others by land
Discipline and order were found
much better in both airship and sea-
plane stations than in the warships,
and IN most of these it was very evil
dent that every endeavor had been
made to live up to the letter of tho
armistice agreement. The Norderney
seaplane station--on the island made
famous in The Riddle of the Sands
was reported as comparing most
favorably with any other of the kind
great Nordholz Zeppelin station is,
beyond comparison, the finest in the
world. 1t was from here that practi
cally all of the England bound raiders
started, and not the least iteresting
sight observed there by the sub COM
mission was the famous IL a. with
"a visits to England to its credit. II
was practically the only survivor OF
the first raiders all of the rest hay
ing persisted in one way or another |
Il IA" was being used as a school !
ship during the last months Of tho |
war, and the latest airships, such as |
the mighty IL H." outclass it COM |
pletely for power speed, size and sta |
bility.
Another interesting visit of one of
the sub-commissions was the wreck of
the Zeppelin sheds at Tondern. II
was this station which was so sue
cessfully bombed by aeroplanes
launched from the Furious last sum-
mer, when two sheds and two Zeppe-
Inns were completely demolished.
In the KicI Canal.
The passage by the Hercules of the
Kiel canal was an occasion as memoir
able as historic. British light cruisa |
ers had made the passage in 1914, just |
before the war, but the Hercules was |
the first British battleship to ruffle !
it's brown black waters, just as were |
the Verdun and Viceroy the first de- |
stroyers. The people along the canal |
banks We're Or the most part indif+ |
ferently curious, but hand waving and |
smiles from women and children we're |
by no means infrequent An ingrati- |
ating attitude was evident at all |
points, and the least sign of friendli~ |
ness from one of the ships would un. |
doubtedly have evoked not inconsider- |
able acclaim from the crowds on tho !
banks. Needless to say, no such sign |
was forthcoming. Not a. British hand !
was lifted in response to the hun. ,
dreds that were waved by the Huns. |
Indeed, many a simpering grin was
seen to stiffen and die out as the |
moon-face behind 1t passed under |
the steady stare of the imperturbable !
bluejackets lining the sides of the |
steadily steaming warships,
A number of prisoners were seen on !
the banks, mostly Russian, but from |
behind one barbed wire barrier came !
an unmistakable hail of "HoW's old |
Blighty?" At another point a long |
train of what must have been return
ing British prisoners fairly rocked |
with cheers at the unexpected sight of !
the white c1SignS uaSSing under the |
Viaduct beneath them.
Prisoners began arriving rapidly !
after kiel was reached nearly every !
DESTROYER returning to anchnrago |