SILENT VICTORY

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13170, 17 December 1914, Page 3

SILENT VICTORY

, silorieo of tho'ffoftli'Soa, Tfiptfli «««»<>. n long, Icing ■ u : inhrk l'rpm; Ijivernooll iSf plViick^righ i, f 'J'lihii i I drirtN.nboiil 1 Iko a. oofiiet 'goii'i {; L' '' St inko -1 Hq;/c6^s6n '®' 'ThfljDaifi's'ii 'ifipiaiii }kiiii^liijtl|.it , ( ?,V - bS,; / &o;:ij|: mi There is no: escapingjthpni; / said ? The t a ;o'f * light ;rari!siios-:iht6;|M [r; sl:y," Th"o'biltineepec'fns "greafer' tluu IXI over,' Not'.n' light : .sh(!iws'oCtlio;>war ship, , ut • In a f(!,w m|iH)t ep a bontcotnes | r Bide.; Two Britißliofficers'^stpj ; aboard -"With'; a; 'lo^liliie: jackci^(irmed; ; tO f the' ,teethi*- All pi|s songers - art■ ; or^bred\ tlou of tho . procefids, Tho ;bjue jackets ; ■ sinf eiti v : wi i ghty,' el 1 ;! tlijii 11 have' fotuul flohi , eone to , ,t(ilk''toi : Tlie ( \ grumbio '' : bpeaiis'e tMyV-aro'i.'nott busy a enough.- ;/■ s • Tho passengers load : ,them , wit|i; cigar; I, ottes, .plioepiates, and: noWsjiapors;: ,'A e week-old nowspper 'is thViilggcsii prize l. of all "Ifnyfe ji bottle '■ of ,Vwhisky,?(j :, "Soriry, Bir,'can't'tnke : thntH'i . 1, "Found anything' latejy , l''';J <, Yes l A' sir. Wo 'vo 1 had'a pVetiy rleh ■ Ratve^t 1,! in tho NftHli'Sii}, A |pw:tlnyß'igo;Wfl held up a' boat •; ilyingf n''iieiitri[l ;ilag! ; Everything'apparently In But • t our"-' ofll cor' ji oti e<?3 n Y ' px ord in fin' number of; don about i ; Captain^when • qiiostlpned,'didn't think thcrojw()s any- ', 'thing unusual about-f it./''All !. carry coils •of i.ropo,/;' liOi'sald;: ' , ; "Woll; our .ofllcor ibfder.^llß'to cut. I, tho coils,?and; insido wo found, eoi).- •' cealod large, supplies of motor spirit-f- - just tlie-sort of tofrqshmont .the Qorman submrirines. want' to Justain them ,' on long trips from tho operating bnsfi. 1 So wo seized the ship and tbok her into . a Scotch port 11 There's a lot of dirty • work of that description in tho North Sea." V The examination of.the Danish vessel is now .ovor. PaporS"found all correct, Officors and men dimbidown into tlio dinghy, and row off,l in the direction of the mvstery iShlpc, " Good-bye, good ! luck." 1 Again a flood of: light sweeps ovor the Danish- bpnt. -More blinking from ' the mastread, A' All's well—you. enn ! go," blinks theiMorse signal. • Tlio-Danish; vessel solutes tho unseon 1 warship withi .the I "Daniiogrog"-the 1 Danish (lag, i,TJion the searchlight is ' switched - astfivu, and the White Ensign 5 is seen dipping,.in-,reply. 5 • "Whatwas tlionnmo of that ship? 3 "Don't know, Thoy never told us, ' and we couldn't,see.", : "And in our cabin," said Mr.-Maii--1 nus Yde, a Danish engineer, who wis ' a passenger, and who tells this story of r the North. Sea,,"a little Danish ' girl was strumming .011. tlio old piano - a i music-hall air which is very, popular In 1 Copenhagen just nqw,'' Bay and Night, i Day and Night.' " . \ J ' So it goes on, this victory of k Britain's Navy—day and night!