Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-04-08 | Page 8 | German Cruiser is Now Interned

GERMAN CRUISER IS NOW INTERNED, . Newport News. Va . April 7 Com- mander Max Thierlchens of the Ger-man Ger-man auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel i Friedricb asked the T nited States government, through port authorities I here tonight, to intern his ship and j crew Up to the last moment the German skipper kept up the appear ance of being ready for a dash to sea, and when the time for decision finally came he explained that failure of "expected "ex-pected relief" to arrive had made it necessary to intern rather than "deliver "de-liver ere and ship to fruitless and certain destruction by British and j French warships waiting off the Virginia Vir-ginia capes " ivujuiiuw me commerce raiaer win make her last cruise of the war. She will be taken to the Norfolk nny jard, across Hampton roads from the ship yard here, .where she has been laid since limping into port on March 10, after the remarkable commence destroying voyage from the orient, during which she sent the American ship William P. Ftye to the bottom Collector of Customs Hamilton hoarded the Eitel shortly after 7 o'clock tonight with an Imperative notice no-tice from the Washington government i that the time for her stay in this port would expire at midnight tonight and that she must leave American waters 1 by 4 o'clock, on the morning of April S I Had Made Up His Mind. Before the customs collector could deliver the message Commander Thierichens handed to him the written writ-ten announcement of his decision This operated to lift the American embargo against merchant ships of all European nations leaving this port which, had been in force since yester- ' day More than a score of British merchant Aessels were Immediately, permitted to leae port and ustoms j houses at Newport News and Norfolk were kept open until 10 30 o clock to-night, to-night, issuing clearances. Arrangements for actual internment! of the Eitel were made at a conference between Rear Admiral Beatty, com mandant of the Norfolk navv ard. Rear Admiral Helm of the battleship Alabama and Collector Hamilton. On being taken to the uav yard tomorrow tomor-row the breech-blocks of her guns will be removed and the connecting rod of her engines detached