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Show Officer Tells How Bremen Eluded British Blockade BERLIN. Dec. 13 (INS) How the great German liner Bremen won in a game of hide and seek with a British submarine was told for the first time today by an officer who stood on the bridge of the Bremen as reich planes drove off the would-be attacker. at-tacker. As the fleet Bremen sped homeward, said the officer "For some time the Bremen's crew remained in a state of alarm, and the German plane circled cir-cled continuously for the submarine, subma-rine, until finally It signaled that the danger was ended. "The bridge ordered all members mem-bers of the crew to return to their posts, and normal speed was resumed." whose name was not given In or- ficial announcements German seaplanes constantly reconnoit-ered reconnoit-ered in the clear skies over the calm sea. Captain Adolf Aherns stood on the bridge throughout the crisis. "A plane first sighted the submarine, sub-marine, and signaled to the Bremen," Bre-men," the officer narrated. "At once the Bremen plunged Into a zig-sag course at full speed. "All members of the crew rushed to lifeboat stations except, of course, the engine room gang, who kept the turbines churning at their fastest rate. "Soon we spotted the periscope above the water, and at the same instant watched one of the German Ger-man planes chase toward the submarine. sub-marine. "For a minute everyone was In a state of highest tension, but it was not long before the submarine subma-rine dived and vanished even before be-fore the plane could reach her. The order to dive came apparently appar-ently as soon as the British commander com-mander sighted the plane. "The attack was well planned, but It failed because of the airplanes. air-planes. The submarine must have dived deep, for it could not be j seen again. |