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Met Agent in Galveston—Fought
With British Seaplanes.
Barely Escapes.
CHAPTER 111,
By LIEUT. A. E. RAEBURN,
A German Ex-Naval Officer.
Related to and Chronicled by
HERBERT VINCENT,
The Famous British Secret Service
Investigator.
The U-liner on which 1 was to un
lertake the voyage to the United
Stares was much larger than the
17-43, and was of stouter bufld. Fit
ted with extremely powerful engines,
the was designed to leave as much
accommodation as possible to carry a
cargo, which we were to carry back
We were to visit Galveston, load up,
nd meanwhile I was to meet a man
amed Reich
My personal mission was diplomat-
I, You see the Emperor always
counted on the contingency that
America might sooner or later de
clare war against the Central Pow
ers, In view of such a development
I had definite instructions, imparted
1o me by Von Bissing whilst 1 was
at Brussels awaiting orders to join
my new ship at Zeebrugge, to go to
Reich, who was one of CGermany's
most trusted and cunning agents,
In Galveston 1 was to see Relch,
who, under the direction of Count
von Bernstein, then the German Am
bassador at Washington, was to put
into effect a plan for destroying
bridges, blowing up ammunition
works, and playlng havoe among
shipping—all, of course, In the event
of Ameriea entering the war,
Encounter With a Cutter,
1 was not the commander of the
Carlshad-—-the submarine in which 1
was to cross the Atlantie. The chief
was a heavy, resolute, saturnine man
named Otto. He had been the mas
ter of a Norddeutscher Iliner, and
knew his way across the Atlantic
hlindfolded. He was tall, thick-set
and bearded. T neved met a worse
Iype of bully.
The Carlsbad was not a fighting
hoat. We had guns mounted but no
torpedo tubes, though we carried
bombs, with which to destroy any
ships that appeared to us to he pow
eress to offer any resistance. This
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day Captain Otto saw a small vessel
coming alog under vanca. She was
}o-vm«'nt)y a cargo boat, and appeared
likely to offer an easy, mark for us.
Fxr what resistance could an unarm
ed sailing ship show agalnst us? We
walted awhile, and then, coming to
the surface, Captain Otto shouted
through the megaphone, telling the
master that he intended to sink her.
A boat was instanfly put out from
the Carlsbad. Two men were placed
In Fer with a eargo of bombs, and in
structions to fire the vessel and re
turn
3 Tricky Work.,
No sooner had they set out than
Otto noticed that no boats were be
ing lowered by the sailors, and he
yelled through the megaphone that
they had better get to work, as no
time would be allowed the crew to
escape. You wonder why he 4id not
fire hls guns, which were of course
trained on the vessel, You must re
membher that we carried little ammu
nition, and that the German subma
rine commander was strictly en
joined to avoid waste either of men
or shots,
Now followed some of the trickiest
work 1 have ever, witnessed. We
watched our men hoard the vessel,
when something shot out from the
tide, and came heaving over the wa
ter at racing pace. Captaln Otto'
swore a round oath. Despite his vul- |
garity and brutality, he was a eapa
ble searran and knew what had hap
pened, ‘
This harmless vessel, which O'm‘
believed to be at his mercy, was fully |
prepared for an attack of this klnd.‘
and ecarrfed a cutter-—a submarine
destroyer with razor-edged prow and
the swiftness of a huwz. My heart
fairly stood still as sh® approached.
We knew well enough what would
happen If the thing struck, ‘
Nothing can withstand the cutters;
they cut our boats clean In two; and
leave little hope for the rescue of
officers and crew
Narrow Escape,
1 have said that Otto was a eapa
ble seaman. He was cortainly & man
of energy—and resource. He at once
selzed the steering gees, turned with |
amazing rapidity, and avolded the
onslaught of the cutter by a hair
breadth.
. A minute later we wers nhmerg-‘
ng.
51:94 safely below the surface Otto
was like a trapped wild beast. He
raved and bullied and swore,
Not only had he falled to sink the
enemy-—an enemy he had chosen to
despise—but one of his best ofMcers
and a seaman were in the hands of
the foe. Not that he cared for their
fate. But we should heneceforth have
to navigate the boat shorthanded,
And 1t might be difficu’t ta replace
the men, whom Otto regarded nas
having heen unfairly kidnapped. Pur
thermore, he wonld have to acecount
for the officer at headquarters. Men
who made fallures were never llked
by the German High Command.
We sighted two PRritish ecrulsers
and several Adestrovers Aduring our
passage, but they did not, fortunate
ly for us, obtain a glimpse of our
boat.
A Master Spy.
In neutral waters we wers, of
course, safe. The only question was,
whether or not we should be com
pelled to leave within 24 hours,
To prevent this extremely undesir.
able eventuality, Otto threw over
board his guns and hombhs, and after
searching inquiry we salled Into Gal
veston harbor as an inoffensive un
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T landed at once, and met Reich on
the quay. The day was hot, even for
this tewn of hot days and closer,
stuffy nights,
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|r.d to me to threaten an immediate
apoplectic seizure, beckoned me to
follow h:m. We attracted no atten
tion, though a large gathering had
assembled to watch the Carlsbad and
her crew,
We turned into a hotel in which
Reich had ordered a private room. |
I have acted as a spy myself, and
I have met many others, but none
quite like Reich, Outwardly gross, |
his mind was active and rapid in its
action, and he more than any man l\
have ever known had the power of
disarming suspiclon.
Criticized Von Bernstorff,
He would look ‘straight at yon,
with those unthinking blue eyes of
his, and talk with the innocence o!}
a séhoolboy, and he was the most
interesting and accomplished liar 1
have ever met. He knews{:ery im
portant city in the United tes, and
had his secret agents everywhera. He
had a perfect code system, and was
wonderfully fertile In {deas and sug
gestions s
He told me he fully expected thnt‘
the United States would enter the
war against the Central Powers, and
spokes poorly of Count von Bern
storff,
“This man,” he sald, “is a bungler
passing under the guise of a diplo
mat. Why, he had not a thimblefu!
of diplomacy among the brains of
his swollen head.”
Reich told me mueh, among other
things that he had agents ready to
stir up trouble among the negroes.
“Then, of course, there |s Mexico,”
sald Relch. “Our agents are busy
thers, Oh, Ameriea will have a full
house, I can assure you."
- Two Wallets.
Reich then took two wallets out of
a pocket carefully concealed inside
his walistcoat. The first one which
he opened contained a single sheet of
paper bearing tracings In sectlon of
the coast of the United States. \
“This is one of my triumphs” he
sald, with a smile, as he pointed out
certain spots marked by a small red
ecross. “Here and here,” a finger
leaped_ pver the map, “are supplies of
petrol for our submarines if they have
to operate in these waters. We feed
them by an underground system
which will not particularly interest
you. , ' |
“Fach base is under the control of
a man who will be quite unsuspected
and who apparently 1s carrying on
the legitimate occupation of a store
keeper.” |
Reich folded up the chart and re
placed it In the wallet, which he
handed to me.
“You will guard this with your
fe,” he sald. ‘“Better a thousand
times drown or shoot yourself than
allow it to fall into the hands of the
enemy. Now, there Is something else.
“This affects our Imperial master
very closely.”
The Kaiser’s Nest Egg.
He pointed to the ®econd wallet,
which was much larger, and appar
ently heavier, than the first,
“T.00k,” he said. As he spoke he
took a key from a pocket none could
have suspected. He put the key in
the lock, turned it with a Bharp click,
and pulled the lid of the wallet open.
The right that met my gaze was
amazing.
There, reposing on a bed of vel
vet, was a nest of the most glorious
diamonds T have ever seen.
“You are to take charge of these
and carry them back to Germany,”
Reich explained. "“You were nog in
command of the bhoat which brought
you here. On the return veyage you
will be In charge-—-that Is to say,
Captain Otto will act under your or
ders. You are responsible for the safe
arrival of the chart and the jewels."”
He handed both the wallets to me
as he spoke. ’
“The stones—whose?"
A smile spread over Releh's face as
he motioned me to a writing table,
and laid bhefore me a receipt form,
bidding me sign It.
“I suppose I had hetter tell you all,”
he sald. “My instructions are that
you are a confidential agent, and a
man on whom the Emperor relies.
“Well, you must know that war is
always full of uncertainties. Had it
not Been for England, of course, all
would have been well. We should by
now have been masters of France,
and with her many warships and our
U'-hoats have conquered even the
British Empire. England made all:
the difference. |
“It is just possible now that we
shall lose. And In that case what lsl
more likely than a rising against thol
house of Hohenzollern?
“The Emperor foresaw this and he
has made heavy investments in many
parts of the world. |
“What do you suppose” he broke
off suddenly, “is the value of that
wallet 7" |
I shook my head. T was no author
fty on the subject. Then, “An Em
peror's ransom, 1 suppose,” I un{g |
“Two million five hundred thou
sand dollars,” he said. “Five hundred
thousand pounds—ten million marks. |
Instructions.
“Diamonds never lose their value”
he went on. “Stocks and shares rise
and fall, real estate crumbles inte
dust, chips sink in midocean. RBut
stones such as there” he again
touched the wallet, “will always fetch
their price” <
1 signed the receipt, which Reich
took. /
“We have no eables, unfortunately ™
he said. “They are In the hands of
the English, and we have to he very
wary of our use of the wireless. But
the Emperor will soon learn that the
stones are In your keeping, and woe
betide you if you betray your trust."
| ~Before w.,s‘nrted he gave me some
hurried instructions, We were to
‘avold all danger, keep as far as pos
sible off the ordinary trans-Atigntie
‘routes, and, above all, I was to pres
serve a strict silence concerning the
real meaning of my mission.
I packed the two wallets away in’
my coat pocket, taking care that they
were where they would continually
press against my arm, and walked
with Reich into the streets.
He pulled out his watch. “It is now
3:30," he said, “and to avoid all com
plications you will sail tonight at 7.
Remember that the Carlsbad is In
neutral’ waters, and we don't want
her to be held up by overinquisitive
officials.”
’ Followed.
We shook hands and parted, dbut 1
knew that I was followed. It may
have been for my own safety, but the
feellng s certainly not a happy one.
I went round the towp, selected n‘
quiet restaurant, and had a fioa\
meal, of which I stood In need. en
1 made my way back to the harbor.
The crew was busy loading a cargo
of rubber, but it must have been evi
dent to the most unversed of persons
that such a cargo as was taken up on'
board was not enough to justify the‘
trip across the Atlantie,
Captain Otto was grumpy and abe
rupt. He had recelved his instruc
tions, and had no liking to work un
der my command.
- su(gpou you are to take charge
of the Carlsbad,” he growled.
I replied that this was the instrucs
tion I had received, but assured him
that the navigation of the boat would
be left to him/and we sat together in
‘th\c;bln mapping out the safest
‘route by.which we could return to
Germany.
L We sailed punctually at the ap
pointed hour. I kept both the chart
and the jewels on my person. The
members of the crew, so far as 1
knew, were entirely trustworthy; but
nevertheless 1 thought it as well to
exercise caution. 4 ;
Our return voyage was compara
tively uneventful! There are always
unforeseen events in an undersea
boat, but there was nothing worthy
of record, \
| See the Kaiser Again.
We made for Wilhelmshaven,
whence, by way of Bremen, I pro
ceeded to Berlin. I was to see the
BEmperor again. 'This time the audi
ence with which his majesty honored
me took place at the Imperial Palace.
I was conducted into the presence of
the war lord by a confidential secre
tary, who immediately left the apart
ment, closing the door behind him.
As on the last occasion when I met
him, his majesty was abrupt in man
ner and harsh in speech.
“You have them with you?" he de
manded.
“Yes, your majeo"‘y.” T replied,
handing him the ca and the key
to open it,
He gave me the key back, .
“Open it yourself,” he said.
I did so, and watch the Emperor
as he turned the stones over and
counted them. A fresh trait in the
war lord’s character came home to
me at this moment. For the first time
I realized that he is avariclous.
Perhaps this has notvstruck you be
fore. The Emperor is greedy to mi
serliness. How his small eyes gleamed
a 8 he gazed on the glittering pile!
How his fingers fondled the stones as
he examined them.
Then he literally snatched the keoy
from me, ¢
Always Selfish. |
“You will, of course, keep this af
falr to yourself,” he said, in a tone
rhlch certainly conveyed a threat. “I
ave been very much troubled about
your voyage, had these stones been
lost——" he shook his unwithered arm
and scowled,
There you have the Emperor all
over. Not a word of consideration for
the crew of the €arlsbad, only his
own treasure. How typicdl of the
house of Hohenzollern—self from be
ginning to end—always self!
I mentioned the chart to him.
"Oh, take that to Von Tirpitz,” he
replied. “You see, commander, how
thorough!y we have prepared for ev
ery contingency.”
I saluted and retired,
I often wonder how many such
missions have been conducted on the
Emperor's behalf, just as I wonder
where, when the war is over, His
Majesty will find a safe refuge from
the anger and vengeance of an out
raged world!
New U-Boat War,
At the time I rejoined the 1.43,
after my special mission to Amerfeg,
events were happening in Germany
which caased the Admiralty and mil
ftary authorities to determine upon
an intensified U-boat warfare. Fresh
instructions were Issued, much more
pressing and stringent than any be
fore. A copy was handed to me when
I again boarded the U-43.
These instructions insisted that our
campaigr must be carried on more
vigorously, that we must sink still
more relentlessly, and that no con
slderation must be permitted to in
terfere with our work.
I was reading tnese orders when
I was joined by Lieutenant Kuhl
man, a nephew of the cutest, suayes!
and most cunning member of our
diplomatic service.
Lieutenant Kuhlman was not un
ke his uncle. He was, for a Prus
slan, remarkably soit-gpoken. But
he_was shifty and unréliable, and I
was not too well pleased that he had
been appcinted to my ship. Like my
self, he could speak and write Eng
lish perfectly, and had spent many
years of his life in Great Britain. He
was for some time at Cambridge Uni
versity, where, T believe, he won
golden opinlons from all with whom
he came in contact.
Nerves Give Way.
I showed him the latest instruec
tlons, and he smliled approvingly.
“That is the only way,” he said,
“if we are to win an early victory.
It 1s as well, however, to sink the
ship and drown the crews. Dezd
men tell no tales. And when the
war {s over no one ean be held to he
individually responsible”™ | B
He demonstrated his views a few
days later.
I do not know if you have been in
a submarine,
If you have, vou will appreciate
what T am going to say. The vitiate
atmosphere in which one has to
Adwell inevitably causes frequent
breakdown. The nerves suddenly
give way, the stomach gues wrong,
and one feels an utter depression
that makes one incapable of action.
This was the condition in which I
found myself when Lieutenant Kuhl
man informed me that ne had sighted
‘l small steamer about half a mile
away. .
I told him that T was too 11 to do
anything, and that he had better take
charge. He nodded and gave orders
for the boat to emerge. I came on
deck, though I had to be helped. The
fresh alr would do me good, and 1
‘wanted to watch, though I was un
‘able to direct, operations.
| Jeering at Drowning Men.
‘ Our quarry sighted us and instant
rv stopped. By Kuhlman's order the
guns were trained upon her, and he
sent four men In a boat with instruc
tions to place bombs aboard.
I saw them board the vessel, and
come off again. The officers and
erew had meanwhile—in response to
our signal--taken to the boats,
The bombs did thelr work well,
and in a few minutes the vessel was
a sheet of flames. Then, with two
loud explosions, she blew up, and on
ly seattered wreckage remained. Thé
force of the explosions, as often hap
pens in such cases, overturned three
of the ehip's hoats. Ours, happlly,
got clear in time.
The survivors. or such of them as
were able, began swimming toward
us, ~
Kinhiman stood watching them, a
bland smile on his face. When they
came within hailing distance he
spoke.
. "Niece day for a dath. The water
is rather eold, eh? 1 thought you
were masters of the seas. Why don't
you sing “Britannia Rules the
Waves?™ were the taunts he flung at
the drowning sailors,
One of the seamen ot hold of the
slde of our deck., Kulhman stepped
up to him. -
“Give me vour hand, vou poor fel
low,” he said suavely. I thought he
was going to save him, when, with
a laugh, he flung the man backward.
“You haven't heen in long enough to
be clean, he said.
One of the hoats was within a hun
dred vards of us, and bhefore T could
stop him, Kuhiman had turned to one
of the guns, trained it on the bhoat,
and fired, .
I remonstrated with Kuhlman.
“Yon are far too tender.hearted™
was his reply. “Don’t vou know that
it is our business to kin*"
The Defiant Skipper's Fate.
Our next vicetim was a trawler
from Grimbsy. The skipper was one
of the most defiant. obstinate men 1
have ever met, and I “have come
across some of the kind in the
Eritish mercantile marine.
We sighted the trawler on the
morning of a gloriows day. The sea
was as smooth as glass, and the wa -
t?vau blue as the sky above, =
he skipper got the surprise of his
life when he came up within hailing
distance, and told him we wera
going to sink him. He shouted
something back, but I failed to cgtch
the words, though it was svident he
understood hecause I saw the boats
'being rapidly lowered. I had fully
recovered from my spell of sickness
and made up my l;!“nd to board the
vessel myself, leaving Kuhlman in
charge of the lU-43,
Wheri we pulled alongside I found
A man leaning over the side of the
vessel. I wondered who he could be
and what he meant to do. :!\e sit
uation, to say the least of it, was un- |
usual. I went aboard with two men,
however, leaving one in charge of the
boat. |
A Brave Captain. |
The solitary eccupant of the trawl-
Jer faced me, his bearded face flushed
with anger, and his veinsy swollen
like whipcord of blue. He wore a
brown jersey across a broad chest'
and disclosed enormous and very
serviceable muscles. |
“Wel!, what do you mean by it,
you low-down German pirate?’ he
shouted. :
1 was taken aback. The greeting
was not friendly, and fairly daring,
considering he was lookinz into wha.
the Amefricans call the business end
of a gun.
One of myv men grunted something.
;Phe skipper's words evidently hurt
him. \
“You'd best “be civil,” I sald. in
wardly admiring the man’s pluck.
“Anyway, what are you, doing
here; We are going to fiow up
yourfship.” Wy
“Ain’'t you proud of it,” he sneered,
“interfering with a filsherman get
ting his living? Let me tell you, I'm
part owner of this vessel. I've in
vested my life savings in her, and if
vou intend to sink her I'll take some
thing out of your ugly carcas first.”
His first shot out, and he strugk
me, It was a hard blow, and caught
me full in the mouth. There is a
tooth out now, and a nasty scar
which bears testimony to the weight
of that fellow's fist, ‘
Had to Truss Him,
My men rusned at him, but he
struck at them “just as effectively,
knocking one down and sending the
other sprawling across the deck.
1 had drawn my revolver and shot
him through the arm. I could, of
course, have kiiled him on the spot,
but I had another end for him in
view.
His arm dropped powerless to his
eide, I ordered the men to handle
him and.bundle him into the boat,
while I myself set the fuses which
were to explode the bombs to blow
up the ship. Even in the boat,
wounded as he was, he struggled like
a wild beast, and my men had to
truss him up before he would realize
how helpless he really was.
On our return Kuhlman wanted
to know what had happened, and
smiled irritatingly when I told him.
“What are you going to do with
this fellow?” he inquired.
1 replied that I had not decided,
whereupon Kuhlmann declared it was
necessary that an example should be
made of him. I suggested shooting
him and throwing the body overboard.
Kuhlmann considered for a moment.
Then he replied: “Hanging would be
better. We'll have something rigged
up.”
He forthwith took the affair Into
his own hands, and, truth to tell, T
was not sorry.
The execution was thing to be
remembered. Kuhlmar& himself ad
justed the rove.
Last Words Defiant.
The fellow was certainly brave.
“We'll beat you-—you dirty German
dogs,” were his last words.
‘While the body of the skipper was
dangling from the roge Kuhlmann
swept s:e sea through 'his glasges.
“There’'s one of the ship’s boats
' yonder,” he said, “and a man watch
ing through glasses. He must not go
'back or he'll carry another pretty
story of U-boat brutality. I seized
‘the glasses and looked in the direc
tion he indicated. Sure enough a
‘man was watching us. Kuhlmann
was right, It would never do to’perg
mit him to carry back the story of tha
‘hangln‘s. England would not under
' stand it, and they would not know
that the fellow had struck the com
mander of a German submarine,
1 ordered the guns to sink the boat,
looking on the while through Kuhl
mahn's glasses.
The first shot went home and blew
the boat into splinters.
~ Kuhlmann then mlld(ho men to cut
down the trawler sKipper and fling
the “dead English swine Into the sea.”
‘ Trapped Under Water,
- Now I come tp one of the most ex
‘citlnx and desperate adventures of
my career. It is the story of a \ght
‘undersea—a fight against death in
which I shall always think of in its
‘most terrible and revolting shape.
~ We were getting short of petrol,
and had only one torpedo left. And,
besides, there were too many destroy
ers about to make our dutles either
happy or safe. From every point it
was desirable that we should make
for home,
~ We voyaged under water, and
everything went on well for a while.
Suddenly we were pulled up. I can
‘not quite describe the feelipg that
came over us. Something had Hap
pened, the boat seemed unable to pro
ceed, nor could we by reversing the
engines drive her backward.
The boat was entangled in one of
the British nets. Could we get out?
Was there a chance to break through.
Were we destined to dle, slowly, sure=
ly, in the depths of the ocean? These
questions flashed into my brain, and 1
could find no answer.
With a face that grew whiter as
the moments sped, Kuhlmann lnszect»
ed the oxygen supply, which is the
very.breath of life to the sailor of the
submaArine. It was low. He declared,
indeed, that it would last no more
than a couple of hours. We lessened
the always limited supply.
Facing Death.
As time passed, the heaviness of
the atmosphere made itself felt
Breath came and went in heavy
masps, the heartbeat quickened. I had
my hands full with Kuhilmann. He
shivered like a child struck by a sud
den chill, his eyes stared out of their
sockets and he seemed powerless to
act.
1 stole across to the oxygen tubes.
The Indicator showed that the supply
of gas had nearly run out. Kuhlmann
spoke. His voice sounded like a
whisper, .
“God!" he sald, “to die llke this"
He expressed what 1 felt. We were
80 powerless; there was no chande of
making a fight for it. ~
Suddenly something happened,
nomethtpg 80 strange and unexpected
that to 'this day I ean not but regard
it as miraculous.
The boat moved, and one of the en
gineers, recognizing the fact, operated
the machinery which would bring the
U-43 to the surface. It seemed like
hours—in reality it was not many
minutes—before ma/ boat leapt out
into theNight, and "those of us who
were able rested on the deck. The
fresh air rushed into our &nn and
the blood filled our veins. e's head
seemed as if it wauld burst under the
strain. We had all come up -except
Kuhlmann. I told one of the crew to
fetch him. He returned directly lead
ing the lieutenant by the arm.
Commander Crazy.
The spectacle was one that prints
itself indelibly on the tablets of the
brain. The picture, as [ relate geae
words, seems to unroll like a film on
the screen of a cinema show. The
man’s face was ghastly, his eyes were
glassy and stony, and his body was
moving in quick, nervous spasms.
I spoke to him—first, in quiat tones;
then sharply. He glared at me.
“Hang them, shoot them, drown
them, kill them all-—the English
swine,” he screamed. “Kill them, @0
you hear?”
Then, before anybody could pre
vent him, he had rushed from the grip
which detained him and, with a wild,
fearsome whoop, took a flying leap
into the sea. For one moment his
head seemed to rest on the crest of
a wave, In the next second it went
under never to reappear.
I decided that we must make for
Helgoland.
Fight With Seaplane,
The U-43 was not far from what we
could regard as safety when I de
scried something in the sky, generally
flying high, but now and again drop
ping like a bird after too daring a
fish which swam near the surface. It
was one of the craft of the British
RN AN
And she “spotted” the U-43. I knew
this from the manner in which she
came toward us and dived when al
most exactly overhead.
For this second time on this event
ful voyage I was face to face™with
death and powerless to interfere. 1
should have cared less if I could have
put up some sort of fight. There was
no opportunity for this, however. 1
had no weapon with which I could
beat off an enemy seaplane.
Something came whizzing out of
the blue. It fell into the sea some 20
yards away. Then came a second
and then a third, and each fell direct
ly on the U-43. There were loud ex
plosions as the boat was rent and
torn. I looked about In dismay. Five
of the crew were killed. Others were
wounded. My escape was, indeed,
wonderful. There was no time to look
round. In a very few second the U-43
®ave a leap and then sank beneath
the waves forever, :
Rescued.
I was carried under by the whirl
and when I came to the sugface,was
gasping for breath. My recent ‘xpe
riences had sapped my energy, my
vitality was low. I knew that I could
not keep on swimming long, but I did
not intend to sucecumb wit%out a
struggle. At that instant I became
consclous of a low buzzing, and look
ing up saw just over me the seaplane
which had sunk us. Someone was
speaking, but I could not catech what
he said. All that I know is that a life
boat was thrown out ta me. I man
aged to struggle into it.
I had hardly fitted the belt on when
I lost consciousness. When I recov
ered I found myself on board one of
our destroyers. The commander told
me that he found me floating on the
water in the passage between our
mine fields. He blandly ahnounced
that he rescued me solely because he
believed I might be of some service
by giving useful information. When
I told him that I was the commander
of the U-43, which had been lost, he
grunted, and reminded me that
neither Von Tirpitz nor Von Capelle
—who was now in chlef command of
the German navy—had a partiality
for men who lost vessels under their
command, a remark which set me
wondering what my fate would be
when 1 reported the disaster which
had befallen the U-43. The command
er's tone and attitude were so cynical
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Crioago, Trsmwors.
I am writing this letter as a last resort to
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qualify for positions paying up to SIO,OOO a
year, These positions are open in the traffic
field. And the shortage of traffic men is great
er today than ever before. Abu;?blg
business corporations need expert man-
Seres, State Hastway acd Fuss CHliy G
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Half a million smalier shippers must cmy
consulting Trafic Managers who will t
the work of five to a dozen concerns, There
uMu tens of t.hu_;d- of Al:mut mmc
anagers nveded lroad, us
trial and Association -r':‘-'& Departments,
There are not encugh qualified
mmflnwml)bgbd States to meet the
needs of a single l‘orze industrial center, and
save the millions of doliars wasted through
lack of technical knowledge. It is estimated
that over a hundred thousand mare compe tent
traflic men are needed at once.
A traffic man recently saved his concern
24,000 on shipments from C.F. A. territory
to their new rhnt in auum"m«
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after training for traffic work through o
practical plan estabjished by approximately
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pay anpually. Mr. Waterfall, with
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Heretofore, there has been no simple way
to master the details of trafic management.
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Itis to ’n into details in this
letter w ation has published a
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explaing everything in detail and tells how
anyone may quickly learn the new profession
of traffic management. The possibilities in
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DUBLIN (by mail).—lreland in the
days which belong to the dim and dis-|
tant past was known as the “Island‘
of Saints and Scholars.” It is true |
that learning is now a memory, re
called only by the ruins of the an
cient buildings which once housed the
fathers who carried the lamp of civ
ilization over Europe, but the country
still holds its reputation for the hum
bler virtues.
Mcordlr‘t’ to the Irish registrar gen
eral Sir flllam Thompson, in his re
view of “Fifty Years' Vital Statistics in
Ireland,” the {llegitimate birth rate in
Ireland is much below that of England,
Scotland or Wales, and is probably
lower than that of any other country
in the world. Thie is a striking tribute
to the purity of the Irish people, and
an indication that the country is liv
ing up to its-ancient traditions in one
respect at least,
Some of the other conclusions ar
rived at by the re_Flstru- general are
also ilnteresting. he marriage rate
of the country, for instance, is low
and in this respect has not appreciably
changed for 50 yiars. The uverafe age
of marriage is higher in Ireland than
in other countries. This, of ccurse, is
due not to the absence of a natural de
sire for marrlaFe on the part of young
Irishmen and Irish women but to the
absence of the means of starting house
keeping. The country being predomi
nately agricultural, and there being few
industrial enterprises to employ the
superfluous members of thé family, they
have all had to cling on to the old home
long after they have become marriage
able, and- tbfg elder son always re
garded it as a duty to see t{bat the
{oungar ones there were provided for
efore he ventured to bring in a wife.
That all tended to defer marriage to a
late period of life.
A change In this respect is looked
for l“ the comlrelg years, when indus
tries®are expect t 6 be more plenti
ful, and when technical educ:}ltion hag,
made more progress than it has done
in the past.
The experience of the four and a half
years of war has shown that Ireland can
support a much larger posmlation than
her present 4,000,000, which &0 years
ago was 8,000,000, But to do this
it Is necessary that home industries
should be started and that the war
gricea for agrlcultuml produce should
e maintained.
The industrial question is one which
is Interesting a great many Irish people
in American and the British colonies
who have made fortunes in these coun
trles and who have a natural desire
to do something to stimulate the growth
of wealth in the home land. Under the
Government plans of reconstruction
which have now been outlined_there will
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(Copyright by Herbert Vincent.)
Next Week.
(The U-boat commander will relate
how he was placed in charge of one
ofts Germany’s latest types of sub
mersibles, During his shore leave he
had a dramatic and highly emotional
interview with his wife, which is fully
described. Revelations regarding the
sinking of British merchantmen are
also made, and the confesgions show
how the U-boats were ordered to
boembard English coastal towns.)
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