Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-04-01 | Page 19 | German Steamers Run the Blockade

1 STEAMERS 11 TfOLOCKftOE Overseas News Agency Tells How Supplies Were Sent to Africa. BERLIN, Mart:h 2, by wireless to 6ayvil!c, March 31. The story of how the German troops in German East I Africa were supplied with ammunition j and lyar material by German vessels) breaid.ng the blockade is told in a summary sum-mary jof current newspaper articles on . the su bject given out today by the Overseas Over-seas X'ews agency (the official German news ; bureau). The chief aid in this work was given by the auxiliary cruiser Marij1;, a .brief account of whose exploits ex-ploits during the early part of 1916 was publjMh.fi late last summer. The more deta'jled account given today by the newaj agency reads: " Vn February, 1935, a steamer left a Gerciian port under the command of re-sora re-sora Captain Christiansen carrving Tes, machine guna, several million "cartridges, food, clothing, sanitary ma-terials ma-terials and equipment for the engines r of the cruiser Koenisbero (the "Ger man warship bottled up in African waters wat-ers at the beginning of the war). "The steamer during April passed through a chain of British guard ships and reachnd Mansa bay, East Africa. When entering the bay she was discovered discov-ered by the British cruiser Hyacinthe, which shelled the German ship. Although tho German boat was on fire in places and in a sinking condition in shallow waters, nevertheless, her cargo was discharged dis-charged without hindrance by the enemy. "At the rjeginning of 1916 the auxiliary auxili-ary cruiser Marie left for East Africa commanded by; Lieutenant Soereusen of the naval territorials, also carrying ammunition, am-munition, several thousand rifles, many million cartridges, artillery ammunition, several guns, field guns, field howitzers and gun carriages for the cannon of the cruiser Koenigsberg, together with a large number of uniforms and other materials for the European and native troops and material for the manufacture of ammunition. Lieutenant Soerensen successfully passed through the guard of British ships in the North sea and the Atlantic and arrived about the end of March at Suda bay, East Africa, unnoticed by an English cruiser on guard about fifteen miles distant. The carco had been discharged dis-charged and the steamer was ready to sail when she was discovered and shelled by British warships. The crews Immediately repaired the ship, which five days later was again shelled by the British. Although the vessel was hit more than 100 times yet her crew succeeded suc-ceeded in repairing her once more. Leaving Leav-ing the bay she passed into the Indian ocean, eluding British cruisers and ar-riyM. ar-riyM. on May 14, 1916 at Tlandyong J!Tcock (Java), bringing the first au-thentic au-thentic news regarding the conditions in East Africa. "The newspaper considers that, thanks to these splendid achievements, .the German troops in East Africa are well provided with all that is nec-e?Vy nec-e?Vy to enable them to continue the defense of the German positions against ' a numerically superior enemy."