Show New U-Boat U Outrage Embitters Argentina By John W. W White Jr International News Service Staff Correspondent nt BUENOS AIRES July 25 The The deliberate destruction of the Argentine Argentine Argentine Argen Argen- tine sailing sallIng ship Oriana without notice notice notice no no- tice of any ony kind to the crew has aroused widespread indignation throughout Argentina and stringent police precautions are all that have prevented a repetition of ot the serious rioting which followed the the- sinking of ot th the Monte O The manner In h the submarine submarine submarine rine announced its presence to the Oriana discharging a shell against it without the least warning may indicate Indicate Indicate Indi Indi- cate why there has been no news of ot any trace of the steamer which disappeared while on a voyage from Glasgow to Buenos Aires Following Is the entry made mad by Captain Jensen of the Oriana In his logbook as cabled from Toulon June 6 1917 At p. p m. m we heard icard a cannOn shot without knowing from what direction It came At 8 we we heard icard another and saw a projectile fall fifty meters from our bow Comprehending Comprehending Comprehending Compre Compre- hending that a hostile submarine was near and seeing the Impossibility of escaping on account of ot the clear moonlight moonlight moon- moon light ight and the slow speed of our vessel vessel Vessel ves Ves- sel I gave the order to stop that they might see that we had no idea of escaping and In the hope that they would cease cannonading us Immediately after fter this maneuver a a shell hit us which cut the shrouds on the upper part of the mainmast Another shell passed us parallel tot to t the ship IP at t a distance of ot only some come O Inches on the starboard side The water which it threw up inundated a apart apart apart part of the poop As I saw that the submarine Intended in intended intended In- In tended to sink the Oriana without giving the crew the time necessary to save themselves I ordered the lifeboat lifeboat lifeboat life life- boat to be lowered and the order was carried out Immediately Once all the crew were embarked in the tho boat I gave orders for a course to be bo steered away from the direction whence the shells came When we were at a good distance I gave orders orders orders or or- ders to stop and awaited develop develop- ments The submarine was then well vR Ible After firing tiring three other shells at the Oriana It approached our lifeboat lifeboat lifeboat life life- boat and ordered the captain and crew to come aboard leaving In our boat only four men who knew how to row This order having been compiled compiled compiled com com- piled with an officer and two German seamen with the four men from the Oriana proceeded in the direction of the Oriana which was more or less meters distant These four men from the vessel were the first officer officer officer Ludvigsen and the sailors Erik Anderson Jose Fernandez and ships ship's boy Luciano Gomex According to the declaration made by Ludvigsen the Germans placed on onboard onboard onboard board the Oriana three automatic bombs one in each hold Afterwards all returned to the submarine and the Germans went aboard The commander commander commander com com- mander of ot the submarine then or ordered ordered ordered or- or dered the captain and other members of the crew of the Oriana to return to toI I the lifeboat Two minutes later we heard three consecutive explosions very faint and the Oriana began to disappear with all her sails set After Atter being witnesses of such a lamentable spectacle the crew made towards the coast On the following day at we met the French coastguard coastguard coastguard coast coast- guard ship Indefatigable which transported transported transported trans trans- ported us to the port of Toul Toulon n. n |