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Show GREAT GLEE IS FELT IN BERLIN II II Cruiser Moewe Enrolled on It Honor List With the Emden, It Prinz Eitel and Karlsruhe. I Hr Berlin, Feb. 3, via London, 12:15 H p. in. News of the arrival of the Ap- 11 pam at Norfolk and of the daring Hi) raids of a German cruiser In the main Hi lane ofl sea traffic between South HtJ Africa and Europe has aroused a new Hll outburst of enthusiasm for the navy. Hrj The cruiser Moewc in English, the Hi Seagull was enrolled immediately Hk upon the honor list with the Emden, Hjj Prin Eltel Friedorlch and Karlsruhe. Hk There is no little mystery here rc- H (garding the identity of the Moewe. Hf Admiralty officials evidently were not; W: (Surprised at the news, but for obvi- Hj ous reasons decline to give any infor- H znatlon. H' I A vessel named Moewe is given in tho German navjr list as a sun'eying ship. She formerly was engaged in survey work at the East African station. sta-tion. It seems improbable that this little steamer of 650 tons, with a speed of only nine knots, could accomplish accom-plish the exploits in question. It may have been that some larger steamer, assuming the namo Moewe, when converted into an auxiliary cruiser, slipped through the British hues. The German survoying ship Moewe was sunk by gunfire on August 9, 1914. |