Show AIDER WILLM WILL M MAKE AKE NO DASH ERMAN CRUISER INTERNS inz Eitel Friedrichs Friedrich's Skipper Explains That This Step Is Isi i Necessitated by Failure of Expected Relief to Arrive PREPARED FOR SPEEDY DEPARTURE Officers and Crew Downcast Over Decision Though Sure Destruction Awaited Ship If l She Had Ventured Outside i NAVAL PATROL KEPT UP UPI I tt i KTE NEWS NEIS Va April 7 LM Commander Max lax of the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel itel Friedrich asked the United States government go through port authorities au au- here tonight to intern his ship an and crew T Up to the last moment the tho German I kipper kept up the appearance of being ready for a dash to sea and hen the thc time for decision finally he explained explain cd that failure of expected relief to arrive arrhe had made madet t necessary to 10 intern rather than deliver cio crew and ship to fruitless nd certain destruction by British land and French warships waiting off tho the iV Virginia inin capes r Tomorrow the commerce raider will make her last Jast o of ot tho war She bo be taken to the Norfolk nay navy yard rard across across Hampton Roads from tho ship hero here tere where she ho has been laid since limping into port en cn March 10 10 after alter tho the remarkable commerce destro destroying voy- voy ago ge from the orient during which she sent the tho American ship William P. 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J Expired nt Midnight I Coll Collector of oC Customs Hamilton boarded the Eitel s shortly after 7 i o'clock tonight with an imperative notice from Crom the Washington ton government that the time for Cor his stay tay in this tills port would ex expire cx- cx pire at midnight ht tonight ht and that ho must 1 leave c a American waters b by 1 t 1 o'clock on the morning mornin of ot April 8 Before Be Be- fore foro tho the customs collector could deliver the tho message Commander Comman er banded to him the written announce announce- of or his decision and crew appeared downcast i This This operated to lift lItt the American embargo a against merchant ships of oC all nIl T European an nations leaving this port which had been in force since yester yester- d day More than a score SCOle of British h merchant mer mer- chant vessels were Immediately permitted per per- to leave port and customs houses at Newport News and Norfolk 1 vero kept open until 1030 1010 tonight Ise Is- Is ruing clearances e Commander Dbl Disappointed Commander himself dc- dc e- e that the action he lie had hud been forced to tako made mado him sick that ho was heartbroken to bo be compelled to resort re- re sort Bort to such a step Unofficially ho stated ted that he had hall never cr Intended to Intern if It it wore were possible tc to prevent it that he had hoped for tho the arrival of oC German forces Corces to do battle baUle with the tho British and French rench warships of off the American coast st and nud thus clear tho the way waylor lor for r his return to the open sea I I would like to have gone one to sea mys my my- f s self lf Ier declared I 1 would not hesitate to gc KC ge but I had to lo think first of ot my men ir J Collector Hamilton n discussed tho notIce no- no tico tIce to Washington and informed Hear Rear f Admiral Beatty The Tho latter notified Commander Helm Helin on n hoard board the battle battle- f Alabama which was guarding tho the channel t tt to the sea to prevent departure of ot the tho PrinT Eitel Friedrich from this p pert rt after atter the tho ho hour r set All for tor Dash h. h Commander action came at nl the close of ot a day filled with m mysterious mys mys- R developments Up to tho the last Jast few hours of oC grace the German captain had not said ald a a. word to Washington ton of officials officials of- of about abul internment lie He had coaled nr and provisioned his ship Repairs teher to te her Iel boilers had been made mac and cv c every cry everything ry- ry thing was prepared d for Cor a dash to sea Tho decision of or the Washington government government gov- gov as ns to tho thc length th of ot timo extended ex- ex tended th thy th Eitel t to remain in American n neutral waters was was reached alCh 20 O From Irom these terms the gov- gov o never Or deviated i Naval Na patrol of the Newport l' News ewH shipyards yards where tho the Eitel Itel Friedrich l is mourd continued tonight and will remain in force torce until the cruiser is taken to the Norfolk navy yard Late hate today th German rattler raider r hoisted all her color H Her r il was W blown and her funnels heavy columns of or Lh ck smoke rue Tho stern of oC the tho vessel wa pulled rulle away from the pier small maU boats boat were Ver raised to th the decks 8 and she appeared to be making n zady for actual departure But a few hours l later ter the scene scone shifted and gaiety aboard vessel gave e a way t If ir gloom loom t Trw TW I CAPTAIN comI commander com com- corn i comI r I mander of the German corn corn- com J com I 1 I merco rai raider er Prinz Eitel Friedrich who informed the collector at Newport New New- New New-I port News that he would intern intent Illis his ship for the remainder of the ther r war after being told that he would have hn-e to leave port before 4 a. a m. m I today or not at nIl all |