Show VALOR'S BETTER PART H. H II unsatisfactory tory to to himself him him- self an and the men under his 1118 command command com corn mand tie the decision of the Eitel Frederichs Fred Fred- crich's erichs captain to intern his vessel essel and crew displays that d discretion which is tho the better part of valor alor A Adash Adash dash for the op open n sc sea along a c course urse b barred b by warships s of superior armament arma arwa- m meat ment nt would have bao been little short of suicide The record of Captain indicates he would have o made the ef effort I ef-I fort had there b been ell any possibility of I success and that t ho he would have bare sacrificed I himself vessel and crew were vere there any probability he lie could have inflicted inflicted- damage upon the waiting enemy There was however no likelihood likelihood like like- of either cither The Tile Eitel Frederick is a 1 converted merchantman of us use for offensive purposes and effective Live tive only when dealing with unarmed prey It would have been battered to toa toa a a. shapeless less ln hulk k by the waiting war war- ships long before it could have e gotten within sufficient range to use its own batteries The internment i is doubtless o far fur from sat satisfactory r c ory to tho allied v vessels lying hying just jus b beyond yo d d' the be Virginia c capes pc They V vcr d nied dJ PO U. U l for re re- re J. J J i 1 ii c i 1 A i 1 C 0 v I r J i I they thoy have awaited for days antI have havo lost the moral effect the destruction destruction de tIc- of the raider would have had in England and France rance They must content themselves with tho the knowledge that the Eitel Frederich its crew and its comma commander der will take takeno no furt further er part in the present war Avar They are arc as ns ineffective as though they had gone to Da Davy y Jones' Jones locker |