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Show CAPTAIN OF THE GERMAN CRUISER BREAKS SILENCE NEWPORT NFWS "Va March 12 Capta n Max Th erichens commander of the German con erted cru ser Pr nz E tel Fr ed ich broke h s seal of s lence todav for the first t me s nee ho so ght haven in th i oort Wednesday and told someth ng of his four months rov ngs as a com nerce ra der S The commander as he sat n h s sh p s cabin was asked if his h stone ra d of thp ea was over T st wa t he excla med We haven t e en it up bv a louir wav We had 1 ck an 1 we shall have more I hope A voi know he cont nued we mised for days without seeing a thing i off Chile 0 r coil nus ul ost goo We ver really i a 1 1 vav lie o a day we s gi te I a sail ng si flviug no ll g A sq at ut ahoiri u d 1 n auded tl Ht the si o v I er olor s o alnitted that si o was tl o 1 ei ch si J nn Needed Co11 1 ound Wh u o read the signal nig age 1 ba k bv o r boa iiug ere v it as as if a roast igoo ve o t fly to the n o tl of a star j, a 1 r i 1 si p Jeau cai e tho essae 1 oa 1 1 with I st Cardiff coal B t that v asn t all Tl e e ns a hea y sea i u g anl we dldn t dare eou u alons la tl t i sking s sh ing 1 otl li lh bo I gijvo orders tl at we sn 1 I er to the u nrest pi co T fo d ai H ul ilace called 1 uste island on an atlas 0 r crew took 1 er o er b t liter I offo ed tl o 1 roucl a chai o to sa 1 thoir ow n sh p under o r or lors ith pay an! they a ceptel L t this was too slow for s so wa put ba k a hal and tovei bor When wo v ere un ler way aga n ve s gbtoi another shij Wo ado I er out as tho Lugl 1 boat K 1 lalton a d tool after her vith o r tovluo ierki g alo g beh nd Wo soou lln s,hed h r a d then pro eel d tl e rescue! Easter island ith 0 r pr ee We laud ed and when we fo nd there was no particular danger we retted an 1 qu etly eoalc 1 It v as 1 ke feed ng a hungry man Often Short of Water "Next to coal the greatest need the Eitel felt in her long journey tho cou mander said was water Because of the water shortage he said The Ltfel anchored n tho ra n lelt near Pernambuco and spread all sails not perpendicularly, b t flit and wa t ed an in fortv e ght hours the ra ns descended an J tho tanks were tiled e were out of the track of 1 n ers the capta n cont Oued and co Id hardlv believe it whe we sa v the French steau sh p Flonde appear ing Here Con mander Thienchens paused to give word of sincere praise for the Hor de s capta n There is a real gentleman ho sa d w th enthus asm referring to Captain Moiss on it nxst his patr ot em and the loss of his boat made it hard for him to compose himself on our boat but later when he had accepted the situation he bore his pos t on 1 ke a true gentlen an Planted Wheat The commander s glance chanced to fall on a few green spr gs of wheat growing from a cox m h a cab n w n dow You can t imagine what that little growing green meant to us he sa d Even in the e ties vou can at least look into a florist s shop But through these months on the sea we yearned tor t ''o when we reached Easier sland we filled baskets with earth an 1 then a competition began Ml we had to plant were beans and peas but we found they were not growing Wo were just about giving up the hope that we could see our w ndow gardens green when there came a wheat ship We planted some of it and you see it is growing A strange 1 ttle Chnstmas tree at the captain s elbow st 11 bearing, its gold and candles was a relic the officer said of the Christmas celebration. On the stand was a souvenir of the captain s forty first birthday celebrated yester day in this port It was an elaborately framed poem, which the commander smilingly explained was the present of the noncommissioned officers Gesang verein Later as the commander went on deck, the poet was personally con gratulated with a warm handshake Proud of Record Hanging on the wall in the capta n s cabin was the 6hell of a trop cal fish and lying on the table were photo graphs wh ch the capta n proudly dis plaved as his farthest south record They showed two great icebergs and a wide grav ice field We went far south of tho Horn he explained. For it was after the battles on the coast and we were afra d of the straits Then we were up in the tropics shoot rig sharks Despite the changes of weather and the hazards of the cruise the com mander added as the interview closed we have not lost a single life and the crew we have today is the same to a man as that which left Ts ngtau many months ago and they are ready to take another chance |