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Show An ornamental brass Buddah on the submarine was sighted by the Chinese. Chi-nese. They stood before it for several sev-eral hours, kow-towing and offering offer-ing their thanks to the Gods for th rescue. Before disembarking at Chinwangtao, they kneeled before each member of the crew, kissed their feet and cried with Joy, thus dispelling the rumor that the Chinese Chi-nese are ungrateful under all and any circumstances. While ships of the United States Navy are anchored in Chinese waters, wa-ters, the Natives come alongside in small craft and solicit laundry trade from the sailors. One day, while- doing the washing, a Chinese woman fell overboard and was sav. ed from drowning by one of the sailors. That night, before the same sailor could get his laundry from the woman he had saved, she demanded de-manded twenty cents , (which a-mounted a-mounted to less than five cents TJ. S. money) for her services. The Chinese will not attempt to save a person from drowning for it is their belief that the person saved will thereafter be their charge. Nautical Novelties The fiercest and loudest animal fights on record take place when a giant blue whale is attcked by a school of five or six killers. During such an encounter, the churning of water foam and spray may bt seen for more than ten miles, while the crashes made by the 100 ton body of the blue whale as he fallj back Into the water after leaping into the air are sometimes heard for more than five miles-Strange miles-Strange sights under the sea are often witnessed by sailors of the United States Navy while on sub-mat sub-mat lne duty. Special port holes, constructed to withstand the pressure pres-sure of the water, permit such sights as shark fights, large schools of monstrous fish, whales, etc. It is not uncommon to see large fish, especially porpoises, become caught in the rigging of the submarine and ride for miles before getting free. There have been also cases of surface sur-face ships striking whales and large black fish with such impact that the ships are forced to stop and free the fish so as to not impede the speed of the ship. A submarine of the United States Navy, attached to the Asiatic Fleet, was making a trip from Tsingtao, China, . to Chinwangtao, China.. About midway between the two ports, the ship submerged for about two hours for torpedo firing practice. prac-tice. Upon returning to the surface after the practice, the submarine was within a few yards of a disabled dis-abled Chinese fishing vessel. Investigation Investi-gation by a boarding party revealed reveal-ed that the vessel had been drifting drift-ing for several days, food supply was exhausted, and several of the crew dead from exposure. The survivors sur-vivors were taken aboard the submarine, sub-marine, given medical attention and food, and carried to Chinwangtao. |