The Oregon daily journal., June 13, 1915, Page 9, Image 9

- THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,' SUNDAY. MORNING. JUNE 13, 1915.
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SiEA' RAIDER IS
IN BOLD ADVENTURE
Officer: Aboard Craft That
-'Sank Enemy'i -Ships 'Tells'
of Many Adventures.'
TRIALS COME IN DESERT
OrHaJi4 Trip la Arbl Bpt
. , , With TtrroT-lnviXS&g
The following article, which mar gP
proprlatelv be called the Odyssey pf
this Kmden. Is incomparably the most
thrunng jstory.qf adventure produced
by, the war. lieutenant von Muecke
of the Ocrmaa nav tells how he and
41 other .men say their ship destroyed
coa island and fliiillv r.vi.isi rti--
v many , aiter - some most amasintr ex
periencet in Uie Indian ocean and on
the Arabian flfsert The complete
gtory is here told for the first time.
c By Lieutenant Von Muecke.
,r (Ooj.rrlht, IBIS, by th feeler ljadlst.
IncV .
WTHEJ Japan entred' the great war
Vu; on the side of our enemy, our
F" ship ' Einden, was at our east
"Asiatle naval base, Tsiag Tau.
Besides the jLmdon our east Asiatio
naval forces consisted of : the armored
eruisers ; Schorqkorst -and Gneisenau,
and the light cruisers lumbers; and
, the t.eipsig, , ; :
We afeq bad five Kunboats. which
, "Were J Cormoran. litis, Jaguar. Tiger
and Jjucha, and two destroyers There
also wai an armored cruiser belong
ing to our ally, Austria, namely,., Kai-
serin xulisabeto.
- Our gunboats and the two destroy
ers and also the Austrian cruiser Kai
seFin Elizabeth were destroyed by the
Anglo-Japanese fleets. . -
Our two heavy and two, light
cruisers succeeded ia eluding the com
bined Asglo-Japanese fleets; and while
these four- made their way to the
south Atlantic, the Km den remained
n the ndiap ocean, .and for.' months
e - AiisiorJapanese . squadron a
merry chase, destroying over 70,660
tons of British shipping in additions
; to ' doing other damage to the enemy's
ships grid property, e I-1
One.way or other we kept on escan.
ing the attention of the three Japanese
fleets, who were scartunsr for us.
Of course,, the Japanese naval Offi
cers were hot a match for our re
sourcefit captain.
Every 'time we felt that we were in,
a tight holeand that we would have
. toj measure '' swords with ' a superior
. Simmy. 1e iounil nme wav tn bf t ntit
- Of it; at last we teoami past masters
. mm (imt oi uigii sea nue ana
seek,
BUt the best we ever did was. when
we thought we had to fight the heavl,
ly armored Japanese cruiser which
vaa-5tajtlngjfor t just outside Klao
Chau. As we left KiaolCfiau, we "were
surhat we had . to fight thts- Jap
anese cruiser. It would have been
madness for us tof attempt to put up a
flglrt with the Japanese, as we knew
well that - her heavy gaijs would have
, eertainly-,ou,tranged. us, and we would
-have bQen sunk long", before 'we would
be in position to hit the enemy's ship.
' How Ensaxy I, Evadtd.
, So we i utilised th dummy, Xvitinel
which we always kept on. dack.
lOur Kmden was threSr'futtheled, and
: : we made her sppear fotMr-funneled.
t We replaced oup-; blfck, white and
red man-of-war ensignt withtligt of
the British: white ensign; then, we
lined 'Up th crew' along the railing.
We had on board many sailors who
had in ; the past fraternized with the
British sailors.
i These sailors instructed the I whole
crew in giving British cheers, and long
before we sighted the dreaded Jap
anese cruiser, we werd enabled to give
eheers like those of the British sailors.
-ni iasi, wneq. we -paine oy ina Jap
anese ship.? with our dummy 'funnel
sending "out black smoke, our pewly
hoisted British nsign fi ytng from the
mast and t' our. saUra . eheering like
genuine Britishers, we passed by the
epemy .with whom 'wet exchanged: sa
lutes. ' . . , wt .! ...
(From thCt tlmtf txn we roved "over
the high seas and did as much damage
' to. the enemy as we possibly could.
4 After sinking several ships, and" aft
" er reprevision.ing our ship, -one night
. w Biooa oiz near Aiaaras. mat was
; la the early part of September.'
-One. of our crew, some years ao,
had worked there anq knew the place
. weu. .unat evening inis sailor tola
our captain that--tie knew of his per
sonal knowledge that there were sev-
- eral oil tanks near the. entrance to
the harbor. N . ., .. :;-.. '.-.-;.
This' was good news, we waited till
dark, and about 10 p. m. we' stole into
the inner harbor, and after locating
ins tanas witn searorutgnts, wa
SBelled them. . - -
i Before the shore batteries had time
to fire on us, we had cleared, off to
the sea. , -
;Tie following - morning wo could
still see the flames far off in the
herisori. ; Thus we destroyed millions
, of gallons of Oil belonging -; to the
:In the early part of October, per
hips on the tenth, we reached an
.island in the Indian ocean. i .
'.This island is called Dieo Garcia
and is one of the group called Ghagos
island& These islands were "original
K ly Spanish,' but now they are Brlt-
:. Ish possessions,
Later we learned , that there were
-et more than S5 or 40 Europeans
: and .about S00 or 400 natives there.
rTbis island is situated half way be
tween the African coast and Sumatra.
- :When we entered this little water
injeti we learned that no one in that
ooean desert were yet aware of the
. breaking out of the European war. .
$We at once sent a sraail crew to tho
shore and established ifriendly rela-.
tions with the British residents; so
w coaled all day long from a steam
er! which we, had' captured previously
, In the Indian ocean. -c We could . have
easily captured the island and seized
an the coal and provisions there, but
: w needed : urgent' repairs on our ma
ehinery; so we" wished to stay there
for a few days in peace. .
Some of our engineers .repaired one
,C ths motor boats belonging to the
British residents, for which they ; re
ceived . baskets . full - of - cocoanuts.
These people live a - simple life, and
- from the beginning we . fell., in love
with the -place. ;- '
"Towards. the end' of October. late in
the afternoon,': we were abput ;Hine;'or
ten miles of f'--. Penan g. ' 1
Wa hoisted owr dummy funnel, and
once more, wo 'made our ship look like'
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wig beached near the Keeling Inland after, having destroyed British,. FrtBch nd Jp4SM thips,
. after -whlch. Laootenant von Maecke and bia part proceeded Qn thalf W&7 M best the? 60t&
the' entrance of the harbor, where
stood an unknown cruiser and many
ships behind. -
We steamed towards her until we
were, within ' 600 or 700 yards, and
then we sent: her two torpedoes, both
of which took effect apd the unknown
cruiser, which we later found out jto
be- the .Russian ' cruiser Jemtchug,
sank immediately,
At the time we had fired the two
torpedoes, we had likewise sent per a
salvo of 1P0 shots. Our shots also
sent to the bottom - several -sailing
ships in the harbor.
After this ws steamed out of the
harbor as fast as we could,
- Preach Cruiser . Xoasauet Sunk. '
On leaving Penana we were steam
ing at full speed and at about h milM
out we met a steamer. Just then we
sighted a warship in the r horizon.
which we took to be. a large British
crdlaer. But after the early morning
mirage had settled, we found out that
it was tne iTench aestreyer, the
Mousquet l " We approached within
3500 yards and then wo sent a salvo
to her. We Immediately sank her
and saved 85 of her"fcrew. '
Just then ws sighted another de
stroyer making, for us from the di
rection of Penang. ;'i Wo wera chased
by this unknown craft' for about five
hours but we finally . gQt rid of her
In a terrible rainstorm.
With ' full speed ws made for the
Indian ocean, and after , destroying
many, snips, ws again returned to the
Ghagos-KeeHng Islands group, to de
stroy a wireless station; that was on
November 9.'
; The British officers In charge of
the wireless station were evidently
expecting a British cruiser. 1
I was wearing a British uniform,
xnua x approacaea tne commander
of the wireless station and Informed
him that their operations of the wire
less had interfered with the
ments- of the cruiser.
i1110!!
While I was talking to him, who
had come half way from the station
towards the place where we bad land
ed, another detachment of my party
bad already . marched to the station,
and . as r previously arranged. rounded
up the' British who were connected
with the station.
We first placed them under strict
guard, and then, we began to destroy
the station the best we could with
the material at " bur command. '-'
I had made all . arrangements to
surprise the wireless officials before
they cou4 send out distress signals.
However, they already ad sent , out
these signals; 'pot knowing" this, we
kept At our work for about an hour
and a half,
I r was informed that beside the
wireless .; there , were three subraariM
cables from the islands. These cables
are: to Bodrigues, "to Batavia and to
P-erth. :Qur party cut three cables,
and we thought we had destroyed the
whole three. But in reality we had
only destroyed one. real cable, to
Perth; the other two cables we bad
out were dummies. -
'At 9:20 we had scarcely finished
pur work.' i when jwe suddenly:- heard
the whistle of the Emden, in 'distress,
ordering ua e .boari , .
. .We made for the ship as fast as
we CAuld,but upon our arrlval'-.at -the
shore, we found out she waa steam
ing at full speed - towards a cruiser
in tho horizon.
At tha : moment you can imagine
our ' disappointment to see our ship
desert us, leaving us to .the mercy
of those -whom' only a few hours be
fore ' we ' had put under a strong
guard: There, we were. 40 men ,and
three Officers. ' '
- After . 20- minutes r of v rapid confer
ence, wo had decided ' on- our next
move,-when, at . about t:30 we -heard
the first shot fired byour ship rnden
at the distant, enemy, Then another,
and another One followed.- We nor
ticed the ' enemy did not respond for
some -time until she bad maneuvered.
- As we watched our ship fire,-with
every shot sent by her, our hearts
throbbed. ' Then the' enemy's ship be
gan to fire. - V ' -.:' -
About an .hour; after the firing of
the first shot the Emden was on fire.
She was making for Keeling Island,
which is about 15 miles from the Di
rection islands, where v wa were
stranded, ; We realised that all our
hopes to bo reunited to our comrades
were gone. In faot, we did not oars
to Join our -unfortunate brothers" who
wera about to fall Into the hands of
the enemy.- So we hurried the four
Maxim guns which we had' landed
from the Emden for the purpose of
destroying the - wireless station, on
board a schooner called Ryashe. Just
about this time we noticed s that the
enemy's ship, - which had defeated our
Emden. had left her and was pursuing
another, distant ship. While the
enemy's ship waa thus absent from
the immediate vicinity of the Emden,
wWeh was now' , beached near the
Keeling . island,- two ' cutters - and - a
launch, belonging- to our ship were
making towards the Direction island.
Wo were sura that they wera coming
to our assistance. -
Off to Sea Again.
-. Having thus been joined by the
remnants : " of . our :-- destroyed . ship,
which brought, our - number to .seven
officers and 75 men. and having reprc
visloned the 70 -ton schooner Ryashe.
we started on our perilous journey, and
set sail for the highways of the Indian
ooean. . . ; 1 . ' ' " .
. After five days' sailing towards the
east we came across' a Danish steam
er bound to Australian ports. We pro
vailed upon the Danish captaia to re
lieve us of the sick Germans of. our
crew. . So tho crew of our miniature
fleet was reduced to four officers and
50 men. . "
The Danish captain also told us thatJ
he . had a cargo for the "Christmas
islands, and that be was going out of
the regular trade routes tp touch that
British Island. -
We thought It would bo wise not
to go to ' the : Christmas , islands, but
turn "northeast towards Java, the Dutch
colonial possession. -
During this journey, after we had
left, the Danish steamer, we lost three
of our men, whom we buried 'at sea,
and after many vicissitudes, having six
ready traversed pearly 900 miles, en
November 30, we sighted the shores of
Sumatra. t Fearing enemy's ships, for
same time . we kept a good distance
from the shores.
-Finally on December 4, we dropped
anchor at Hog island, a email putcn
island on the northwestern shores pf
Sumatra.' t, "-' .: v-
I went ashore with two of! nay man,
one ' of whom spoke Danish' and the
other Dutoh, . and what surprised me
most waa that the few Europeans per
longing to the island had not yet heard
of the grat- European conflagration
There' was one German, who was born
in the straits. ' Hs was a CSbaceo ex
porter and had for many years delight
ed in the scenery pf that lonely island,
and being quits prosperous, .ha had
made long visits to it in his own prt
vata steam yacht He knew of the
state of '"-war; between Germany and
almost all the rest of Europe.
He received us like the good Ger?
man he was; and put his S5 ton yacht
at our disposal. -
Tou may Imagine our joy upon re
oetvtng this patriotic offer, . eomln
from a German whose grandfather ha
left thai fatherland many years be
fore. . r -
But before making the transfer, he
suggested that he could easily obtain
sufficient ammunition for pur Maxim
guns, which was necessary to defend
ourselves against Chinese, pirates-we
might perchance meet in those waters,
on our way across the Indian ocean to
the' Arabian shores, -where we told
him we were bound... ;
Leaving several members -of pur
crew with his : family, 1 and the bujlt
of it 'in our miniature fleet I ac
companied him . to . Butavia Sumatra,
Where - our German brother filled his
yacht with provisions and . necessary
AtnmiinHInn. Thn wa f.tnpn tr VTfl
island and named our new ship Emden
it. and aiter giving our uerman erotn.
er a draft drawn on the imperial Qer
man treasury, and leaving with pin)
one of our of t leers and seveA men, whs
were Germans born in the. orient we
left Hog island on December 22. Ouf
crew was tbrea officers and 40 men,
One of the officers and seven men wb
Stayed behind did so because they sal
they could get to the .strait settlement
and incite the natives against their
British, officers, I They personally knew
many of the native soldiers belonging
to the British straits settlement troopa,
. Xbadea XX tn Pwrfi,
Towards the and of January wa be
gan to fear - for the future behavior of
our ship.
Early tn February oar ship began ta
look like a tramp just out of the woods.
Whenever wa caught favorable winds
we stopped oar engines and set sail
and the weather was most of the time
favorable for. the season. - W"
. But tho sailing of the ship taxed the
capacity of pur erew to . the utmost
We had plenty of fuel.; but the heavy
seas bad already told an the Emden IL
which waa not built for any kind of
ocean ; voyage, i , .:,"-;.' .
- We had to make a stop somewhere
in order to scraps off the sea weeds
that had plastered the lower part of
the ship. , But we were almost in the
middle of the Indian ocean. - '
To the south, spread thousands of
miles of immense waters; we didn't
dare to turn north for fear of crossing
regular ocean : Uada- routes, . . whieb
meant that those waters would be -frequented
by enemy's ships. ' So we bad
to keep away from the channel belt
TTie safest thin -for -ua to do wag
ta proceed west and. slightly north.
Thus we could hope to make the Arab
lan shores." Of course ' then . our real
troubles would begin. For the entrance
to the - Red -sea. -we- knew, would
be guarded by . the enemy'a ships, as
pecially by the British, v i .
On the fifth of February "w war
approaching the 'Bombay Zanzibar
ocean trade " route, which runs from
Bombay southwest. So we decided to
paint off the name of. our ship. We
also bad : the ensigns of all nations,
and we were well prepared to hoist any
flag; similar: to. the one any steamer
might bear. -f )-.:.. ti -.,.v-
:But an our precautions proved un
necessary, for we only met several
sailing ships, far off on the distant
horizon. .'- i : .-.
Nevertheless we needed repairs and
we needed them very badly. : Unless we
landed somewhere . we. would soon
perish In the mid-Indian ocean.
- Bo - we again decided to run , the
gauntlet to meet the enemy's ship
rather than go to the J bottom of the
aea. On February 10 ; we decided ta
turn north and make for the Lak
k Diva group. British, on the south
western -coast of India and on Febru
ary 14, we sigmted land in the north,
late In the afternoon and It was pot
until nixt day, about S p. m, when ws
were enabled to effect a landing. This
was SchuheUpbars Isle, which la about
200 miles west; of Cochin. India- Ws
spent about four hours seeking some
sort of an inlet where we could attend
to some pressing repairs en our ship.
But before dark we were rewarded witi
such an inlet as wa were seeking.
On February J 6, I ordered all hands
to rest and With the exception . of the
two lookout ' men, whom I ordered to
stay on deck, the rest of the erew went
to sleep. sv, . -t ---1; v i : " ": - : i, : . .
From February 16 to February 20 all
hands worked on -the ship, when once
more we judged her fit to continue her
voyage to the Arabian shores.
From that - time on our- struggles
again began.' with nature. We battled
day and night often without rest for
days; and without sleep,, we sailed en
and on. - X will not' attempt to tell the
story tof those 31 days, because It would
take pages and even books to tell It alt
At last on March 20, after Si days
on 'the ocean, -we : sighted land once
more.. ' '-.
Arabian Ooest Xs Beached. '
The i' Hadramout 1 mountains that
skirt the entire Indian ocean coast
line of Arabia from the northeast to
southwest began to rise- in the north
as though from the depths, of the In
dian ocean." But we had to sail three
days before we could reach' its sSorea.
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At last, on- the 23rd day of March,
w Uwled 4 54kllab. .
rKiflu our Ut voyage w had loat
thrsa . mor member of : oar crew,
wbom. v bad barfed at ea; thus of
ficers and 17 man lapde4 at Malcallah.
a city belonsiag & our Turkiah ally.
At Ma kail wh, we abandoned ear ahlp
for a pajtry aunt to a Portusueae
merchaat, and becan to look for a res
ident consul. - -
At laat. through the assistance of
the Portugruese merchant to whom we
bad sold our ihip. we had arranged
matters: -"for several of , his .-. caravan
driver friends' to griveus safe conduct
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On . th - day el March aur
party. . bow' 40 men all told, and a
eompanled by our ruide, started on
pur journey to 1 Ahkaf desert. ;
One arrived a.t Kl Ahkaf our
truaty Arab handed va ever to " an
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and ba startad oa bla joijrnejr to Ida.
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The next evening, shortly after ana-
set ws again started on our long Jour
ney to Hodeida, a . 409 ' mile JgurneyH
soo miles of wmca was through toe
desert - ' . ' , ' 1
- But at the very last moment. In
stead of going southwest to Hodeida,
we decided to take, a northwesterly
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I must confess 1 began to feas the
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; On the third day of our second de
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bat during the last journey we lost
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at Bada-EU-Ghall. - -
Our number was by this time re
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time on our tragic journey began.
No sooner ; had we arrived at the
Qutsklrta of the , small town of Aba
Arish than we encountered a , strong
body f Tamen Arabs, who waa up tn
arms agalnat the Turks. As soon as
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- ThOs oa April 21 w reached Tamd
on the Red Bea coast Cur ru- .tcr
had been reduced to 20, some of whom
were wounded. Their wounds were
not ko serious as to stop thera from
continuing the rest .of the journey,
-r v Attacked by Bedouins.
At Tamdo we met Turkish officers
who spoke German, They assisted in
to procure horses and insisted that we
should enjoy their hospitality for sev
eral dsys. But we realised that our
slightly wounded men needed a sur
geon's ears, so we left Yamdo f r
Medina, which iauthe terminus of the
Iledjas railway that runs north to
Damascus. t v
-. We would have arrived in that city
in three days, but on- the second Ur
after we had left Tamdo w were at
tacked by a band of Bedouin Arabs,
who surprised us during our midnight
march. ; .
During the encounter our wounded'
brothers were all killed.'
The remainder of us arrived at Me
dina on the 27th day of April.
We boarded a train that afternoon.
Trains on the liedjaa railway run life'
the tramp steamer, that is. whenever
the shipment Justifies the trip.
It took us 16 hours from Medina to
Damascus, and out of the original 73
men and 7 officers who had left the
Emden. only 14 of os are left.
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