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Show UNITED STATES TO PROTECT THE SUBSEAVESSEL Will Not Allow Deutschland to Be Destroyed by En- t emy Cruisers Within Three-mile Limit, WORK OF LOADING IS PROGRESSING Merchant Submarine Is to Start on Return Trip in a Few Days; Polk Receives Re-ceives Report. By International News Service. BALTIMORE, Md., July 14. That the neutrality of the United States and the three-mile limit must be observed is the decision of the state department, who, through the navy department today, to-day, dispatched four torpedo boat destroyers de-stroyers to patrol the coast in the vicinity vicin-ity of the Virginia capes. This resulted from information being communicated to Washington that vessels believed to be allied cruisers are maintaining a close watch off the capes for the submarine sub-marine Deutschland, which within a short time will start on its return voyage voy-age to Germany. Fast British patrol boats are reported to be in readiness off the capes to give chase to the undersea under-sea merchantman. " Simultaneously with the order came a report from Sew York that the British Brit-ish government had employed four deep sea divers to waylay and blow up the submersible when she leaves the capes behind on her trip to Germany. Credited to British Officer. This report is credited" to a British officer, who is said to be in New York on a furlough. 1 The admission by immigration officials offi-cials of "William Prusse, a member of tho crew of the Deutschland, to this country, has caused much comment and speculation. Prusse has accepted a position posi-tion as supercargo with the Eastern. Forwarding company, . agents of the Ocean Navigation company of Bremen. It is said that his entrance to the United States means that he is the official offi-cial representative of the Bremen company com-pany and will be in charge of the imports im-ports and exports coming on submarine merchantmen. Will Get Loving Cup. Captain Koenig and the crew of the Deutschland will be presented with a beautiful silver loving cup at noon tomorrow. to-morrow. The cup is the gift of Madame Christine Langenhnn of New York, wife of a wealthy importer. On it appears this inscription: "Presented to the conqueror of English Eng-lish prestige on the seas and to the commander and crew of the first merchant mer-chant submarine, the Deutschland." The work of loading the return cargo of nickel and rubber began in earnest today. Stevedores worked hard throughout the day. In the place of iron ballast carried over, nickel was stored. Within a few days, it is expected, ex-pected, the Deutschland will be ready to depart. GERMAN UNDERSEA VESSEL HELD TO BE A MERCHANTMAN WASHINGTON, July 14. An advisory report on the status of the German merchant-submarine Deutschland, submitted to Actlnpr Secretary Polk today by the government neutrality board is understood to hold that the vessel is a peaceful merchant mer-chant craft, and entitled" to all privileges as such. Indications now are that the state department de-partment will make no formal announcement announce-ment concerning the submarine, but that the treasury department will advise to permit her to clear and sail from Baltimore Balti-more whenever her captain desires to start on his return voyage. Mr. Polk received the 'neutrality board's report just before he went to the White house to attend the cabinet meeting. meet-ing. He Intimated that a formal ruling by the department would be necessary only in case the submarine had been found to be a warship, liable to be ordered from American ports. The neutrality board gave its advice after considering the reports of navy and customs officers who made a complete examination of the DeutBChland and concluded con-cluded that she not only was unarmed, ' but could not be converted for war pur- ; poses without extensive structural: changes. FRENCH VIEW OF THE TRIP OF THE DEUTSCHLAND PARIS. July 14. 11 :30 a. m. Gabriel Hanotaux, former minister of foreign affairs af-fairs and president of the Franco-American commission for the development of political, economic, literary and art relations, rela-tions, in a leader In the Figaro today declares de-clares that the appearance of the Ger- (Continued on Paga Two.) UNITED STATES TD PROTECT SDBMR1E (Continued from Page One.) man commercial submarine Deutschland in American waters is a part of German Ger-man diplomacy. It will be followed, he asserts, by a reopening of the question of German resumption of the submarine campaign against merchant ships, and he alludes to it as "a diplomacy to intimidate intimi-date neutral powers and sow discord between neutrals and members -of the entente. .- It Is as If Germany said to the nations na-tions bevond the seas 'the sea no longer is an obstacle; here we are and beware our coming again.' It is a part of the German svstem to try intimidation rather than persuasion. Germany never has been aide to abstain from a certain menacing men-acing arrogance which conceals her adroit maneuvers. "This submarine, quietly slipping into an American port, says in effect, 'I am here now and let us negotiate.' Thus it is with a dagger at the throat that the neutral government Is obliged to answer." |