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Show oo EiTEL CAPTAIN ! EXPECTED AID Waited Until Last Moment Allowed Al-lowed Him for German Warships to Arrive. Washington, April 8 Secretary Daniels today gave formal orders to Rear dmirai Beatty commanding the Norfolk navy yard to take the I'rinz Kite Fliederich to the navy yard foi internment Admiral Beatty will dc-termine dc-termine to what extent the ship will be dismantled to proven! any attempt i to leave port Newport News. Ya., April 8 With the Internment today of the German auxiliary cruiser Prim liitel Fried em h and her c rew the commerce destroyer ended her spectacular war career. Details of the actual Internment Intern-ment ol the Prlna Eltel before being taken to the Norfolk navy yard, where she will remain until the end of the war were worked out at a on-ference on-ference earlj today between Admiral Fletcher commander-in-chlel of the Atlantic fleet, Rear Admirals Helm of the battleship Alabama and Beatty. commandant of the Norfolk navy yard and Collector of the Port Hamilton Decision of Commander Thierich-ens. Thierich-ens. of the Prill?. BItel, lo intern his Finn followed the receipt by him of an imperative notice from the United j States government early last night 1 that the time limit for his stay in this port would expire at midnight Had he not asked to intern his ship. Captain Thierichens would have been compelled to depart from American waters not later than 4 am. today Relief Failed to Arrive. In requesting permission of the Washington government to intern. Captain Thierichens explained that "failure of expected relief to arrive' mane the step necessary rather than "deliver crew and ship to fruitless and certain destruction by British and French warships waiting off the Virginia Vir-ginia capes.' It Tas said that he had expected Qerman warships to arrive to aid him in eluding the allies warships. On board the Prlnz Fitel today, whicb up until the last moment before be-fore her time limit expired had ap peared to be ready for a dash to the sea. Captain Thierichens and his men seemed lo be gloomy The captain declared today that he was heart broken because he had been forced to intern ami said that he had not In tended doing so had it not been ab90 lutcly necessary. British Ships Leave. Many British ships were leaving this port today as a result of the decision de-cision to intern the Prinz Eitel. which action acted to relieve the American embargo against allied sblps. Before taking the Prinz Eitel to the Norfolk Davy yard today the breech blOCkji of her guns were to be removed re-moved and the connecting rod of her engines detached. The Prinz Eitel has heen laid up here since March lu when she limped into port following , her remarkable commerce-raiding oyage from the orient, during which i -he destroyed the American ship William Wil-liam P. ft ft |
