THE GEIER.
TNTKRNHJ) AT HOXOLULC
(Rcc'ived November 10th. 12.15 a.m.) TIOXOLULL, November S.
Tho Genna.n cruiser Geier, and XorfldfiUtvcknr-I.loyd r,toanier Locksun have boon interned for.the duration ci tho v.ar. A guard of United State*' troops ha» L-LV-n i>laced over tho yesSoh.
j Tho (Joirr Ls a German third-class cf 1007 ions displacement, built .it Vvilhelnishaveu. in ISIM-SXi, ant] was a xktcr hhip to tho Cormoran and Con- | dor. which have probably been seized in Tsinj.;-tau. The Ueu-r, which carries a creiv of I(>3 officers and men, is arnwl with eight ilm aud seven rnaehinc-Kun.% and two iorpedo tubes. Sho has a spec«:l of 16 knots. j Tho Lock.siiii. -whifii was probably an j armed auxiliary cruisor. since she' bren interned, if; a steamer of 1<557 tons f'ros.s and 1020 tons net register, built in 1002, and owned by the Norddeut-schor-Lloyd. of Bremen. Sho was employed in tho Pnciiir Islands trade.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 15121, 10 November 1914, Page 7
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