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Show oo OF SMDER How German Ship Seeadler Was Disguised and Passed British Cruiser's Inspection. HONOLULU, T. H., Oct 12. Graphic details of how tho famous German commerce raider Seeadler, which preyed on allied commerce seven months In tho South Pacific before be-fore meeting hor fate on the reefs of Mopoha island, passed Inspection of a British cruiser by assuming the disguise dis-guise of a lumber carrier, wero revealed re-vealed here today by Captain Hador Smith, master of the American schooner R, C. Slade, one of tho three known victims of the German craft Aftor capture by the British and subsequent escape, tho Seeadler put Into Bromerhaven, a German port and In December, 1916, fitted out as a motor schooner undor command of Lieutenant von Luckner and a crew of sixty-eight, half of whom, according accord-ing to Captain Smith, spoke Norwegian. Norwe-gian. With forged Norwegian clearance papers and two four-inch guns concealed con-cealed by a deck load of lumber, the vessel put to sea, encountered a British cruisor, passed Inspection, mounted hor gunB and proceeded to sink thirteen vossels in tho Atlantic, two of them Britishers, Captain Smith said. The final capture in the Atlantic was a French bark on which 300 of tho Soeadler's prisoners wero put and sent to Rio de Janoiro. Tho Seeadler escaped pursuers and rounded Capo Horn, immediately beginning a campaign cam-paign of destrutcion in the' South Pacific. Pa-cific. Depredations of the Seeadler, including includ-ing a converted American vessel, wero announced by tho navy department depart-ment October 4. nn |