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CHAPTER II
Fake Norwegians
It was in a gay cafe in Hamburg.
In 1916, war times were growing hard
in Germany, but still the cafes were
astir with life and gaiety. A naval
oflicer on shore leave could soon find
surroundings that would enable him
to forget the harsh life on dread
naught and cruiser. My friend Dal
stroem and I, over glasses of Swedish
punch, chatted for an hour and then
another hour.
An orderly wedged his way through
the crowd and handed me a message.
It was from the admiralty, ordering
me to report at Imperial headquarters
on the morrow.
The following morning found me in
Berlin, entering the naval holy of
holies, standing expectantly at atten
tion before an old German sea lord
with a face as stern as the cliffs at
Heligoland. The orders I had come
to hear were barked at me quick and
short.
“You are to take command of a ves
sel,” said the admiral. “We want you
to run the blockade and raid enemy
commerce. Since we have no coaling
stations, a sailing ship will he the best.
Do you think you can do it?”
“Yes, sir! I’d like nothing better.”
Good health and high spirits had
given me boundless confidence. I was
the sort of fellow who believes lie cau
j do almost anything—at any rate, any
thing with a sailing ship. The ad
miral replied that the mission was
mine. And it turned out that I had
been picked for this venture because I
happened to be the only officer in the
German navy who lmd served “in
sail.”
“What,” the admiral asked, "should
you consider of the greatest impor
tance for the venture?”
"Luck,” I replied.
“All right; then take the Pass of
Balmaha. Site has already carried
British prisoners for us. She has been
lucky for us once, she may be lucky
for us again.”
The admiralty officials had picked
the Pass of Bnlinaha because she was
a staunch ship, an American clipper,
built in Glasgow. They had also
picked her because she had suddenly
arrived in a German port with an un
expected present of some British pris
oners for us. We sailors believe in
good and had omens, and we are right.
Now, about the past record of this
Yankee clipper that was to be convert
ed into a German raider. The Pass
of Balmaha had sailed from New York
with a cargo of cotton for Archangel.
Her commander was a Captain Scott,
a wfll-known American shipmaster, a
big-hearted, bushy-bearded, New Eng
land skipper with a very red face.
Off the Norweigian coast, a British
cruiser hailed her. Uncle Sam was
then a neutral, and the blockade was
getting tighter every month. The
i British were becoming suspicious of
everybody, including neutrals and
themselves. The overcautious com
mander of this cruiser, although lie
had no grounds for suspicion, ordered
j the Pass of Balmaha to turn hack to
the search port of Kirkwall in the
1 Orkneys.
Leaving an officer and prize crew of
six marines on board, with her fun
nels helcliing columns of black smoke,
the Britisli patrol cruiser continued
on tier North Sea heat. As soon as
the Pass of Balmaha had turned her
nose toward Kirkwall and Scape Flow,
the British prize officer ordered the
American flag pulled down and the
British flag run up.
“I wish the Germans would come,”
! raged the Yankee skipper. And the (
very next morning his wish was grant
ed ! A U-boat popped up to the sur
face about a half mile away. Captain
Scott waggled his beard in the English
man’s face.
“Serves you right! With the Stars
and Stripes up there, they wouldn’t
bother us. Now they’ll take us all to
Germany. So far as you chaps are
concerned, the war is over right now
You will get cocky, will you?”
The Britisher was alarmed. He saw
visions of himself locked in a Prussian
prison for “the duration.” So he
climbed down from his high horse in
Man Far Outnumbered by Lesser Creatures
It is probable that few persons save
naturalists ever consider the enor
mous amount of life other than hu
man which exists in any locality, civ
ilized or not, densely peopled or thin
ly settled. A plague of rats in Lon
don within recent years prompted an
interview with a distinguished scien
tist, who estimated that within the
area of Greater London there were 20,-
000,000 rats, more than three times
as many rats os people.
Sparrows undoubtedly come next in
point of numbers among London’s
warm-blooded population, but the
scientist preferred to make esti
mate cover all the birds in the United
Kingdom. Lie believed that the bird
population would average 800 to the
square mile. That would give a total
of nearly 97,000,000. Thus the bird
population outnumbers the human by
something like two to one.
THE ROCKDALE RECORD. Conyers. Ga., Wed., March 20. 1920.
a hurry and meekly placed himself
in Captain Scott’s hands, begging the
Yankee still to try aud save the day.
"I ought to let you go as prisoners,
by Joe, but 1 don’t want to lose my
ship,” said Scott. "So go below with
your men and hide In the hold while
I put my flag back where it belongs.
Maybe they haven’t seen yours.” Soon
the submarine was alongside and one
of her officers climbed aboard. The
Germans had seen the Union Jack, all
right, but they hadn’t seen it hauled
down. Now they found themselves on
a ship flying the American flag, and
they were puzzled.
“What’s this?” the submarine officer
demanded of Scott. "First we see a
British flag, and now it’s an Amer
ican.”
“You must be mistaken,” replied the
skipper, "this here ain’t no Britisher.”
The officer was bewildered and sus
picious, so ordered the Pass of Bal
maha to head for Hamburg, Leaving
only a German ensign aboard, he an
nounced that his submarine would fol
low close behind. Of course, this was
only a threat, for the U-boat soon
vanished beneath the waves.
Now the ensign grew worried. Some
thing told him that everything was not
right on the Pass of Balmaha. Had
he known there were seven British
ers on board, he would have been still
more worried!
“Captain,” said he, “1 am going to
stay at your side all day and sleep
with you at night. I’ve a hand gren
ade here in my pocket. At night I
am going to fix it so that if anybody
opens the door of our cabin it will ex
plode.”
Naturally Captain Scott lost no time
in whispering to his mate: “Fasten
down the hatches and don’t let those
Britishers come up. If they do, our
Count Felix von Luckner.
goose is cooked. Don’t say anything
to them, or there will be trouble. This
German smells a rat.”
So the prize crew in the hold was
kept there. Two days later, outside
the entrance 10. the harbor at Cux
liaven, another party of Germans came
aboard, so Captain Scott said to tlie
U-boat ensign:
“You wanted to know what was
wrong here? All right, now I’ll show
you.” Then he- opened the hatches
and yelled for the Britishers to come
up. The tall oflicer of the Royal navy,
one eye blinking and the other be
uionocled, put his head up first.
“1 say, where are we now?”
“You’re in Germany. If you had
left my flag alone, everything would
have been all right. But you are pris
oners now.”
So you see how the Pass of Balmaha
turned out to be unlucky for English
men and lucky for Germans. That
was just the ship we wanted, by Joe.
Our hope svas to run the blockade
disguised as a neutral—a thing entire
ly fair according to the laws of war.
Although on land a soldier must wear
service uniform, at sea you can fly a
neutral flag and wear ordinary sea-
As for the insect population, that is
quite beyond any statistician. But,
allowing that each bird eats only 50
insects a day, British tiirds would con
sume more than a billion insects in a
year. Yet such an estimate seems
quite futile when we consider that the
insect population of a single cherry
tree infested with aphides was esti
mated by a competent authority to be
12,000,000.
Gathering the “Spoils.”
By tlie spoils system was meant
the practice whereby an incoming ad
ministration distributed the patronage
and offices of tlie government to those
who had supported the party coming
into power. Office holders ol the out
going administration usually were de
posed from office or their resignation
asked for and their places filled with
patrons of the incoming government.
man’s clothes. But you must hoist
your true colors before going into ac
tion with the enemy.
We altered that British-built Yankee
clipper from stem to stern, with con
cealed places for our guns, rifles, gren
ades, bombs, and other armament, with
special quarters for prisoners, two ul
tra-modern f>oo horse power motors to
fall hack on In case of calm or when
In a big hurry, a tank holding 480 tons
of fuel oil, another tank containing 4SO
tons of sweet water, and provisions
for a cruise of two years.
In addition to 400 bunks for pros
pective “guests,” 1 had special de luxe
quarters made for “visitiug” captains
and mates. These were spacious cab
ins to accommodate two or three. We
also designed a separate dining sa
loon for them, with an assortment of
books and magazines In Frencn and
English, and a gramophone with late
English and French records.
Then, of course, we had to arrange
quarters for my crew of lighting ma
rines ns well as for the regular sea
men required on a clipper of this size.
Moreover, we had to do all this sc it
would not be noticeable to uninvited
visitors
When tlie work was done, below
deck, the Pass of Balmaha was an
auxiliary cruiser, armed to the teeth.
Above deck she was merely a poetic
old sailing ship loaded with a prosaic
cargo of lumber.
Timber made the ideal cargo for mr
purposes, because a ship carrying lum
ber loads her deck as well as her hold.
The piles of lumber even cover your
hatches, so no one can go below until
you unload. Hence no search crew
would be likely to inspect us carefully
at sea. They would either order us to
Kirkwall, or let us go.
Norway exports lumber nnd Aus
tralia imports it. So we decided to
pose as a Norweigian clipper bound
for Melbourne. Having served on va
rious Norwegian ships, 1 spoke Norse,
and I knew 1 would have no difficulty
finding men for my crew who could
speak it also. But first 1 had secret
doors and hatches cut in (he floor of
the closets in tlie officers’ cabins, nnd
another under the stove in tlie galley.
From keel to top deck we converted
this American three-master into a
mystery ship of trick panels and doors.
Of course, if an enemy patrol vessel
picked us up, a special prize crew of
half a dozen men would be put aboard
us to make sure we headed for the
right port. 1 would have sixty-four
men of my own to handle the small
prize crew.
Dinner time would come. I would
say to the Britishers: “Gentlemen,
may you dine well.”
.“Cookie,” I would call, "serve up the
best we’ve got.”
On their way to my private captain’s
quarters, they would leave their coats
and weapons in the vestibule, within
sight and just out of reach.
Bight in the middle of the meal, 1
would signal to my fighting men hid
den on the lower deck. Seizing their
rifles they would jump to their ap
pointed places. At another signal, the
crew above deck would clamber up
the iron masts, open small secret
doors, reach down into tlie hollow
chambers where their arms and uni
forms were hidden, and a moment la
ter German jack-tars would appear
where humble Norwegian sailors had
been a moment before. We would not
attempt to recapture our own ship
dressed in civilian togs.
Although the floor of my saloon
where the prize crew would be dining
looked like any other floor, it was in
reality an elevator! All I had to do
was press a secret button .hidden be
hind the barometer in the chart room.
Presto! down would drop floor, prize
crew nnd all.
Before a man jack could jump for
a weapon they would find themselves
dining on the next deck below. With
the difference that they now would be
gazing down the barrels of twenty
Germafl rifles.
Then I would step forward, throw
open my great-coat, and present my
self as the skipper of a windjammer
suddenly metamorphosed into the com
mander of an auxiliary cruiser.
And now, by Joe, suppose a British
cruiser seized us and then we seized
the Britisli prize crew. Then suppos
ing another cruiser should pick us up!
We might have to do a bit of fighting
maybe take to the boats with our pris
oners and then sink our own ship.
So we prepared for this by placing
bombs where they could be touched
off at a moment’s notice. We had
no intention of letting our raider fall
into eneiry hands.
1 felt that it was so Important to
keep all of our plans secret that i
even fooled the workmen who were
altering the ship. Had they known
what we were up to, the rumor might
have gotten out. There were spies
everywhere. You must admire the
British. They had a great espionage
system, and they paid their spies well.
We Germans were stingy. Bah I That
was one reason we bungled.
So 1 told everyone, including the
foremen, that the Pass of Balmaha
was being transformed into an up-to
date training ship, to be used in train
ing mechanics’ apprentices who iatei
on were to run motors on submarines
and zeppelins.
That alibi was to explain our two
motors. The war had shown that
German cabin boys were deficient In
knowledge of nautical rigging. So 1
also announced that one purpose ol
this sailing ship was to give them n
chance to learn a little about handling
sails. As to the accommodations is
the hold for prisoners, and the bunks
for our big crew, 1 explained that
these were to be for apprentices and
cabin boys. 1 even put up signs
marking off one part of the ship “foi
150 cabin boys,” another “for SO ap
prentices.” and so on.
(TO BE CONTINUED.!
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Sunday School
? Lesson T
(By REV. P. H. FITZ WATER, D.D.. Dean
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago,)
I®. I#2o, Western Newstmper Union. I
Lesson for March 24
STEWARDSHIP AND MISSIONS
LESSON TEXT—Acts 1:6-8; it Cor.
S:l-9.
GOLDEN TEXT—It Is required In
stewards that a man be found faith
ful (I Cor. -4:2).
PRIMARY TOPIC—Love Gift* for
God.
JUNIOR TOPIC—Love Gifts for God.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC—What It la to Be a Christian
Steward.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC —Stewardship of Self, Substance and
Service!
I. Witnessing for Christ (Acts
1:6-8).
This Is the supreme obligation rest
ing upon believers in tills age. While
we are not responsible for bringing in
the kingdom, we are under solemn
obligation to witness to the salvation
which is graciously provided for all
who believe in Jesns Christ.
1. The disciples’ question (v. 6).
They said, "Lord, wilt thou at this
time restore again the kingdom to Is
rael?” The phrase “this time” indi
cates their perplexity as to (lie time
of tlie kingdom’s establishment. They
were entirely right in their expecta
tion of tlie kingdom, for it had been
predicted by the prophets, and an
nounced by Christ as “at hand.” How
ever, they were in darkness as to tlie
peal purpose of God in calling and es
tablishing tlie church. This is a 'mat
ter concerning which there is much
confusion today.
2. Christ’s answer (vv. 7,8).
He turned their attention from tlie
desire to know times and seasons,
which belong to God, to their supreme
duty. They were to be witnesses of
Christ to the uttermost parts of tlie
earth, beginning at Jerusalem.
11. Christian Stewardship (II Cor.
8:1-9).
1. Examples of true Christian benev
olence (vv. 1-5).
The liberality of these Macedonian
churches exhibits practically every
exalted principle and motive entering
into the giving which has God’s sanc
tion.
(1) Tlie source of true giving (v. 1).
This is said to be the grace of God,
by which is meant that tlie disposi
tion to give freely of our means is
created by the Holy Spirit.
(2) They gave from the depths ol
their poverty, not from tlie abundance
of their riches (v. 2). Their limited
means did not cause them to be
stinted in their gifts, but their deep
poverty abounded unto tlie riches of
their liberality. On the basis of this
philosophy, our poverty ought to he
a call for greater generosity, for God
has promised that if we give liberally
He will give liberally in return.
(3) Their willingness surpassed tiieir
ability (v. 3).
God’s gifts are reckoned by tlie de
gree of willingness, not by tlie amount
given (see v. 12, cf. 9:7).
(4) They were insistent on being
allowed the privilege of giving (v. 4).
(5) They first gave themselves to
the Lord (v. 5). This is most funda
mental to right giving, for wiien one
gives himself to tlie Lord there is no
reason for withholding his gifts. If
one does not first give himself there
will be the desire to retain as much
for self as can be done within tlie
hounds of respectability. Wo should
first induce men artd women to give
their lives to tlie Lord.
2. Emulation of Macedonian benev
olence urged (vv. 0-15). Moved by
the generosity of the Macedonian
churches, i’aul desired Titus to com
mend to the Corinthians the same
grace. Tills lie urged upon them.
(1) Not as a command (v. 8). Ac
ceptable giving mast not only be lib
eral, but spontaneous.
(2) Asa proof of the sincerity of
their love (v. 8).
(3) As tiie completion and harmony
of Christian character (v. 7).
The Corinthian church abounded In
spiritual gifts such ns faith, utter
ance, knowledge, diligence, and love
for their ministers, but the grace of
liberality was needed for the har
mony of their lives.
(4) The self-sacrificing example ot
Christ (v. 9). Self-sacrifice Is the
test of love. All who have enthroned
Him as the Lord of their lives,
crowned Him Lord of all, will desire
to imitate Him in all things.
(5) The true principle upon which
gifts are acceptable with God (vv.
10-12).
God does not estimate the value ol
a gift upon tlie Aground of intrinsic
worth, but of the underlying motive
of tlie giver.
(6) Because of common equality
(vv. 13-15). Every Christian should
give something. The law governing
the gift is the ability of the giver.
Hit Presence
Many Christians cannot realize His
presence because for them Christ lives
in their heads or Bibles, but not Id
their hearts.
Helping God
There Is but one way in which man
can ever help God—-that is, by letting
God help him. —John Ruskin.
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