Show Captain Tells Story of f Raider Experience Rr Ne n 8 i to o The T T Telegram lf rn BUENOS AIRES Jan IS The The Uruguayan Uruguayan Uru Uru- guayan cruiser has left Montevideo to patrol the Ule coast of that country and protect Uruguayan waters from an any violation of neutrality by bythe bythe I the German raider which has recently recent recent- ly sunk a number of or ships According to the newspaper pcr La Razon Razon Ra Ra- zon Ion the steamships Drina and nd Ortega Ortega Or Or- tega were not sunk by the Ule raider r as previously reported The rhe Information th that t these ships ship's had been sent down by the tho German raider came from seamen seamen sea sea- men landed by the tile Japanese ship I Hudson Maru at Pernambuco At the Ute same time another er report was circulated here that the list of ship victims might be raised to twenty Details as to the cruise of or the raider were received ed here hero today from Per According to these the ship left Kiel Germany flying the Danish flag The vessel was in ballast bal last but hut as she sank her victims she took on stores of fuel and supplies After getting by the British fleet the the raider started off towards the southwest south south- west across tho the path of transAtlantic trans trans-Atlan tic commerce As she went along the raider began taking prizes Several of these ships were taken along with German prize crews on board CAPTIVES TRANSFERRED When the tho St. St Theodore a ton British ship was taken it was decided de do- to convert her ber into a prison ship on account of or size and The captives were then transferred to that vessel The commander of the German ship took precautions to prevent the story of his voyage from reaching the pris prig These captives were kept below be low Jaw decks and received scant atten atten- tion ion The raider rode ahead of her prizes When she sl sighted the French sailing ship Nantes the British flag was run up The Nantes was told to lay to and Captain Days Das not suspecting that the steamer was a German war man obeyed As lIe he did BO 80 o the German flag was hoisted on the raider and her guns were trained on the salting sailing ship The Tile Nantes was sunk and her crew was as put on the St. St Theodore Captain Days Das was asked why he ho did not flot tr try to escape CAPTAIN NOT SUSPICIOUS The German did not look anything any thing like a warship to me and I was not suspicious he lie replied I had no hesitation whatever in obeying orders to heave to In addition I had no chance to get away as the tho steamer was much swifter than my vessel It is said that a British cruiser is near neRr the spot where the raider and anti andI the Hudson Maru parted just before the latter tatter vessel started for Pernambuco I buco huco with her captives This warship warship war war- ship had been sent Into the South Atlantic Atlantic At At- lantic to search for the missing steamer steam steam- er Tinto The Hudson Maru was captured by bythe the raiders on January 12 and preparations prepa rations were at once made to send her to some port with the prisoners r The number of captives had grown so cumbersome that the tile German commander com corn mander wanted anted to get rid of at them |