GALLANT FOES

Northern Advocate, 18 November 1929, Page 5

GALLANT FOES

ENMITY FORGOTTEN,

NAVAL CAPTAINS FRATERNISE

(Received 9.3 G a.m.) LONDON, November 16.

The newspapers today publish the photograph of a handsome German naval eaptain who arrived in London from Germany, and who, as commander of Submarine UC2, sank 62 ves dels, mostly British, during the war. He is Captain Hashagen, and is visiting London at the express invitation of Commander Lewis, whose mystery ship Ql2 Captain Hashagen sank, holding Commander Lewis prisoner aboard the submarine for 16 days, during which period he sank 10 more British ships. Captain Hashagen and Commander Lewis will sit together at the League of Nations meeting at Reading.

Captain Hashagen told how, when he sank Commander Lewis’ ship,’ he allowed the crew to leave in boats, but called out to Commander Lewis: “I am afraid you must consider yourself my prisoner. Will you step aboard, please.” Captain Hashagen added: “We dined together, but it must have been an ordeal for Commander Lewis to be a prisoner on a submarine for 16 days while yre were sinking British ships. I am somewhat nervous about niy visit, but I hope tho people of England won’t still regard me as a barbarian.”