Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-09-12
BY
LOWELL THOMAS
Copyright by
Doubleday. Doran G. Co.

the officer In command of the soldiers
shouted:
SERVES him right Good for you,
countr' Then addressing himself to
the crowd. he added: "These men
have done nothing to deserve such
treatment" lie said 1t as though he
meant It. too. That Englshman was
"a real fellow. tell you.
We were promptly questioned
Where were the Seeader and the re
mainder of Its crew? OF course, my
boys kept num- |, on the other hand
invented a story about accidentally
getting separated from the rest. VITO
were still aboard the Seeadler-w where.
we didn't know. The story, OF course.
was not believed.
AT first they kept US at the gov
ernor's rest house, fine place with
a garden. where visiting white people
often stopped Our meals we're borne
TO us by coolies from tile local hote!.
The temporary commandant OF the
resi- house was q Lieutenant Wode
house, fine fellow. After day OF
so he was replaced by Lieutenant
Nhitehouse, whom we didn't like sc
we'll. lie was what the British them
selves would call "a bit of an ass
y'know" Whenever he talked with me
he kept his hand on his pistol. lie ap
parently thought me sort of ogre,
bad man sent to brighten nice young
lfeutenants. Presently he came, hand
on pistol. and announced.
General Mackenzie WANTS to see
you, oil of you."
More questions. by Joe" | Thought
Appearing before general was IN
event OF some moment. We fell we
liad to look worthy of the German
navy. We had our uniforms, whcii
were somewhat faded after the long
trip nj sea- But we sIieked them VI
as best we could md generally made
ourselves us presentahle rs possible
They ioaded us Into sinking cattle
ears. For visit to generalf
Qnrre we thought. They led Us to
u stone building and ushered us In. Il
was Jail
us this your General MackenzieY
| sneered al Whtehouse- You're
fine British officer"
He walked away, ashamed, himself
Of the dodge he had used TO eet us 10
| the fail without the desperate attempts
/ he, In his stupid timidity, expected us
/ TO make.
But the fail was not SO bad We
] got our meas from restaurant. They
| separated me from my men. Which /
/ did mol like. Nor was II exactly mil.
| itary ethics to confine prisoners OF
/ war In q common calahoose. But the
/ authorities were nervous. They be
lieved tile Seeader was lurking some
where nearby. and they expected our
comrades to come ralding ashore and
try to rescue us. or course, they kept
/ on trying to get us TO Tell them where
/ the Seeadler was, but they learned
nothing.
Lieutenant Whitehouse was still our
jaiIer. Keeping good hold OF his pis
toll, he came up 70 me again. lie spoke
very politely this time:
"A japanese admiral wants to see
you. SIR
| laughed at him.
First II was General Mackenzie
| a. l. Yo Tn 1y,ir pl
Hol nol What tricks are you up 4
this timer"
mo, really. upon my word. really
count, the Japanese admiral wants II
see you"
by Joe, lieutenant, was foo
enough TO get oil sllcked up to SCI
your General Mackenzie. But III b
hanged II I'll bulge an inch to Sc
your old japanese admiral"
| didn't know what kind OF foolish
ness 1t was this time. and intended {
protest and stall as long as ] couf
He went away rather Nsheepishy. |
few minutes another lieutenan
showed up.
"There Is d Japanese admiral VIII
really does want to see you. Cour
Luckner, you know he said.
"Oh, since you say so, lieutenant,
must be so" ! replied.
brushed up my uniform and a.
companied him through the courtyar
to a pier. A splendid cruiser II
Ysuma, lay out there al anchor
the harbor. boat manned by Jal
. anese sailors was waiting there Il
) me at the landing. Aboard the crul
. err, the magnificent deck contrastir
. with the dlngy Jail that now was n
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