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

position. Five minutes
| of them had showed Oft
| knots of his sullenly scoWa
on the dock. 1t was in this
| one of the sub commission
| having seen the German capfAA
| ing a white-banded petty ofH
| with his overcoat.
The search of Warships con
the following day, and parties
also dispatched for the iaspeet96
| airship and seaplane stations.
| latter involved Journeys of conAk
! able distance, and, although SEE
| trains were provided, the conditio1&A
| the rolling stock and engines n4&
| progress very slow. These We're;
| first of some scores of Journeys =
which various of the sub-conlmi sSi0tiJl
| ultimately covered some thousands a.
! miles in northern Germany, gaining
! intimate and first hand Information On
the condition of the people, crops, food,
| supply, etc. that should prove or ln-a
! Calculable value to the allied authorl-a
| ties who will have to decide what re-S
Spouse is to be made to the appeal to-
| divert food and shipping to feed tne
alleged starving millions of the Ger.
| man empire.
! These facts have no place IN the
present article, but it may be stated,
| in pasbii.S. that no members of the
! commission 1CpCrt having observed
| any evidences of underfeedilfg IN even
| such industrial centers as HaRpurg
and Bremen, and that through moSI
| OF the country traversed the people
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
tainlE 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-
tions were over at Wilhelmshaven in
d couple of days, but the visits to air
stations on the North sea side took
some time longer. Borkum, Heligo-
land and Sylt We're 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
| ll1obS ~ ave up ~ LllC iStICI ol LILO
armistice agreement. The Norderney
sea plane sta tion---on the island made
famous in The Riddle of the Sands
was reported as comparing most
favorably with any other of the kind
in France or England while tho
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 IA 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.
petely for power, speed, size and sta |
blity.
Another Interesting visit of one of |
the sub-C commissions was the wreck of |
the Zeppelin sheds at Tondern. II |
was this station which was so sue
launched from the Furious last sum-
mer when two sheds and two Zeppe-
Inns were completely demolished.
In the hlCl 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 |
its brown black waters just as were |
the Verdun and Viceroy the first de- |
stroyers. The people along the canal |
banks were or the most part indif- !
ferently curious, but hand waving and |
smiles from women and children were |
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 it passed under |
the steady stare of the imperturbable !
bluejackets lining the sides of the I
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 Flows old |
Blighty?" At another point long I
train of what must have been return !
ing British prisoners fairly rocked !
with cheers at the unexpected sight Of |
the white ensigns passing under the |
/ Viaduct beneath them.
Prisoners began arriving rapidly |
after kiel was reached nearly every !
destroyer returning to anchorage !
bringing q substantial haul" The |
Nidette, returning from Hamburg, |
headed the list with 50. these being |
transferred to the mail destroyer for !