Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 27, 12 December 1919 — Page 9

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AMD SUN-TELEGHAM, FRIDAY, DEC. 12, 1919.

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Cbmcee of U-Boat Commander

Tells Story of Bis Return

i The Lusitanla tragedy from the-, , ' viewpoint of the sweetheart of : the German submarine - captain $who ordered the - fatal torpedo-, t fired forme the baskr tor a story by Hayden Talbot in Answers, ' - London. ., That those who once reTeled In the deed nbw are suffering greatest mental anguish it ; made evident in this story of reve- . lationa. . . ' - -. : ;:, - To two women in Germany todayone a white-haired, bent, crashed old lady, the other young in years bnt with

the suggestion of beauty marred by a - century of suffering the Lusitanla ..tragedy means more than to any other ; two Individuals in the world. The elder woman, a widow, is the E mother of Captain-Lieutenant Schwlex ger, now dead, who gave the command that sent the torpedo Into the vitals of the great Cunarder. The younger was ! his fiancee. From pinnacles of Joy and ,7 pride these two women, slowly - and with ever increasing horror, sank into . hellish depths as realization was - forced on them that the man they ' loved was not a hero, bnt the world's - greatest murderer. ' - . Their own people do not ostracize : them they have voluntarily chosen to I be alone. Their original joy, shared f In common with the German people at ' first news of the crime, serve now to ' emphasize their despair. ". ' One of . the - most amazing expert-.-. ences which befell me on my visit to r Germany was the meeting , with this ; fiancee of the man who sank the Lusl- - tenia,' Undoubtedly the reason I was permitted to meet this young woman i.u thn MRiann rnvArninr ail fntTli-

kgent Germans who arrange interviews Vffor foreign newspaper men. Obviously

V ft -was hoped that . I should furnish

v new excuses for the sinking of the I Lnsltanla as a result of the meeting.

She looked very frail, and In her expression there lurked a melancholy l ibit has haunted' me ever since. The 'woman who served as my Interpreter , brought her to me In the public lounge ' of the Hotel Adlon. Accustomed as I .; had become to evidences of the phystlcal ravages on erstwhile German corpulence, this white lipped, sunken eyed, colorless haired, prematurely old I young woman shocked me by the very eight of her. Her voice, as she acknowledged the introduction in perfect ' English, was as dead aaher lack-luster eyes. It was my first experience being In the presence of a human vhfg whose power to feel or express V lion had long since died. It was not pleasant The girl who had dreamed dreams ' of becoming the wife of Germany's

' ' one naval . hero showed no hesttance

at any time as she unfolded her" pit! ful narrative. It was not until after

wards that I learned she was one of ;a family of ten daughter of a physi

cian living In the suburbs of Berlin. '. Certain Death for U-Ront SailorsI i v lt was only the very best and brav

: est officers in the navy , who got Ubeat commands," she began., with just

; a trace of Justifiable pride in - her Otherwise emotionless voice. -"And of course, his mother and I were very proud and happy when he got one of I his own. It took a big man to handle . the crews of the U-boats. The men did not like to go in tham. It was

almost certain death; but good officers cculd make them realize it was all for the fatherland. "When word came that he had sunk the Lusitanla it came from the admiralty to his mother, and then she telephoned me we were all very glad. All wo thought of was that one of the

fastest and biggest English ships had

been eunk.

"My engagement to him had not yet

been announced. I was not yet of age.

But now It was decided to make the

announcement, and a little dance par

ty was arranged at which our friends should learn the news. Of course we didn't know how long it might be be

fore he would return, but we quickly got from the admiralty permission for him to come to Berlin from Kiel on

leave whenever he did come. There

was nothing the admiralty was not ready to do for him then.

t "He came much sooner than we expected two days after the sinking of

the Lusitanla. At nrst we couldn't

understand how he could have managed to do It He had been gone only

a lltle while. We had ' supposed It would be ten days or more before we

sh ould see him. , Even when he arrived in Berlin we didn't know the

truth. Of course, his, mother and

saw right away that something dread

ful had happened to him. He was so haggard and so silent, and so different But In every part of Germany he

was a hero. The newspapers wrote

about him. In the streets everybody was - talking about him. It was an honor to know him." His mother and 1

were " very proud. . Then came . the

dance."

She stopped. Her distress made me

feel like a brute. But before I cotJd

speak she was continuing: Aghast at" His Own Crime

"Of course, I had the first dance

with him; but we didn't get half way around the floor before he led me

right out of the room almost roughly.

In the ball he told me what was wrong with him. It was the first time In my life I was ever frightened. The look

In his eyes frightened me terribly.

"He hadn't sighted a single vessel

near enough to have a chance of hitting it until he saw a big one coming along on a course that would bring

it close to him. He could see It was

a big ship much the biggest he had ever seen. And then, at the proper moment he gave the order. "He was curious to see what effect a single torpedo would have on such a big ship, because now he could see

that it was an enormous ship indeed; so he didn't submerge, but watched everything through the periscope. There were two explosions. The only reason he couldn't be sure that the second one was from the ammunition was Chat it seemed to him too long a time elapsed between the two. It might have been a boiler explosion. He wasn't sure of It But" then oh. it

was very dreadful as he told me about;

It Of course he couldn t hear anything, but he could see, and the silence of it all in the U-boat was worse than if he could have heard the shrieks. And, of course, he was the only one in the U-boat who could even see. He didn't dare let any of the others know what was happening. "And then he gave the order to submerge, and laid a course straight for Kiel. There were three torpedoes yet undischarged, " but ' he was not thinking of them. He wanted to get away from what he had done. He wanted to get ashore. He couldn't torpedo another .ship. . . "He Never Came Back" "This is what he told me that night. And he never went back into the dance room. It was very sad. I didn't mind so much. ., It was bis suffering that mattered, i I was glad only because

his mother dldn t know. ' ; .

"And then, after a little while, he

went back to his U-boat, and started off another time. He never came

back." The last words were uttered with as little feeling as had marked all she had Eaid. After all, pity was mis

placed here. She was beyond pity, a

long way beyond pity.

It was from other sources I Manna

the rest of the story how very gradually it began to dawn on her and on

the mother that the man they had seen a whole people acclaim as their

Idol had actually committed a deed so

foul as to have no parallel In all

history. -

PRODUCTION

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the "checkoff becansed miners violated their contract by going on strike.

John Gatherun, secretary of District 29, United Mine Workers, , declared today that . operators of that

region had refused to deal with min

ers' representatives In the checkoff question. He 'said the workers would meet . today,'- and - that If employers

are willing to resume operations under the contract ' existing prior to Nov., 1, tha miners would vote to go to work Immediately. In Instances where operators refused to comply with the old contract which Included

"the checkoff" the men will remain

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Bolsheviki Capture Base

of Gen. Denikines Army

' (Br Associated Press)

LONDON, Dec. 12. The capture of

Kharkov, in southern Russia, one of the bases of General Denikine, is announced In a Moscow official dispatch

received by wireless today.

LONDON, Dec. 12 An official statement issued by the war office today

says thtat the volunteers of General

Deniklne's army, 80 miles east of Kiev

have been driven out of Plryatln, In

the government of Poltava. The state

ment says that hte Denikine forces have fallen back but are defending themselves successfully in positions

encircling Kiev, on a 20 mile radius.

HEADS EDUCATIONAL DRIVE OF Y. W. C. A.

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16 DOYS GIVEN II.S, FOOTDALL LETTERS

Eixteen hick school bovs "H's were

frRM tha flrat an nail fnAtha.lI ttteA

Pat the chapel exercises' In. the high

school auditorium Friday morning. In presenting "R's", to Robinson, Davis and Nusbaom the student council constitution was waived In favor of these

three first, team substitutes who had

shown, persistence. . , :

First team letter-men Included Emslie, captain: Clark, Zuttermeister. 1920,

captain; Vogelsong. Davis, Dolllns,

Russell, Price, Hoehrner, Motley, Robinson, Nusbaum, .Harding, Loehr,

Svans and Lohman. These men had played at least two-thirds of the sea

son's games including at least one full game. Recommendations were, made by Coach Rock. , Short talks were made following the

Hiss Mabel Cratty.

Miss Mabel Cratty, general secre

W. C A., is at present promoting

tarv of the national board of the

an educational campaign throughout

presentation of football; letter by members of the football and basket-

'ball teams Including Zuttermeister, re

cently elected president of next year's

Pfootball team. Loehr. Dontns, Bmslle

and Coach Fries.- Enthusiastic attendance at the Splceland-RIchmond game in the Coliseum Friday night was

toged. .. ; :.

Circuit Gmrt News )

John N. Elliott , filed suit for the appointment of a guardian for Ena E. Hunt : - - Suit for 'complaint ' on ' aecbtrat was filed by Frank C. Lewis against Hiram 8. Downerd. The- plaintiff demands f 450.21.

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