BARALONG'S SKIPPER.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14235, 1 March 1917, Page 8

BARALONG'S SKIPPER.

Mkx WHOM THE HUNS WANT. ARRIVAL IN SYDNEY. PINKER OF ENEMY stSfaiRINES. SYDNEY, February 16. The captain, of t the Baralong is m. Sydney. '" j* It is not generally known that Ger- J many is so keen on _capturine ; him that she has offered a large reward for him — dead* or alive. .He .-appears -to .be the kind of man who would • take; a, good ' deal of taking, anyhow. A Sun- reporter ! was introduced to him yesterday. He was glad he got a palm-to-palm. grip. The captain is one of those who if they shake hands at all, shake heartily. His hand, by the way, seemed to be as broad ' as it is long. H*s : eyes, however, are his most arresting feature. • They are steel-grey m , color. They are like gimlets. His gaze is so steady as to be embarrassing. And he ,doeß_ not let up for one single instant. I Z-^-.C . ".. ' MAN OF DEEDS; NOT OF WORDS. It is human nature to try to look into a man's eyes while he is looking into .yours, but with the captain you feel that after a moment or two you would prefer that he -should look somewhere else. But he doesn't. And when your gaze begins to wander it is irresistibly drawn back to hjg^ .again/ You leave him with relief. He looks to be about 45 years of age. . clean, shave discloses a firm, jaw with thin lips snapped together like a viee t> When, he speaks you see teeth -like jji© white keys of>,a muViaitiire piano. H*>. js about sft lQin m height, and has the chest of a physical culture inanj , .Althoygh he looks to he ill perfect condition, he .weighs probably over 13at. He is not communicative with strangers. His whole bearing suggests that he is a man of deeds, not words'. ' It is stated thfttr'lhe master mariner's .stay m Sydney will be only a short one. SENSATION CAUSED. The Baralong, it will be recalled, Was responsible for a tremendous), sensation. The first Australia knew. oC' it was on January 4 of/Jast year., when, the Stm published the following catole:— In a White Paper, whicK' .has just Ijeon issued, tho British Government publishes a memorandum from the German Government m - protest against H.M.S. Baralong's destruction of a submarine on August 19. The *eply of Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign Minister, is included. Germany's memorandum, which was sent through Mr. Page, United. States Ambassador m Londjon. includes ;the depositions of six Ahjerican members of the crew r,f t"he British steamer -Nicotian, 'which was carrying jnulea- from New Orleans to m Ireland. They say thai 'when ih«y -were 70 miles south of Qngfenstown a submarine stopped and ahriUd. -the ■ steamer, the crew taking, to tflff, boats. An unknown steanMV, which was subsequently identified jjEEJhe Bfjtish auxiliary cruiser H.MrS—-- Baralonjj, approached. The wUIBSSgs B* at e that she was flying the Amewean flag, which wasalso painted on tha. sides, and that she showed signals proffering assistance. The unknown vessel came np and open-

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i ed fire on the. submarine, first with small arms and then with cannon, which at first had been hidden by screens. The flags were not removed* until rifle fire commenced. The submarine was several times struck, and began to sink. - The- commander and a- number of seamen sprang overboard, the seamen 'being unclothed. Some succeeded m boarding the Nicosian. The remainder seized, the Nicosian V ropes. Thqy were killed, partly by the Baralong's gun fire, and partly by the crew's rifles, the commander of the Baralong ordering the men to line up along the rail and shoot the helpless seamen m the water. Then the Baralong was taken alongside the Nicosian and made fast. The captain ordered the crew to board the vessel and search for any Germans who might take refuge there, telling them to take no prisoners. Subsequently the bodies had been thrown overboard, and it was found that four had been killed. The submarine's commander succeeded m escaping to the bows. He sprang into the water, and swam towards the Baralong, raising his hands m token of surrender. "The English seamen on the Nicosian fired at him, and eventually killed him with a shot through the neck. , (The Baralong then towed the Nicosian a few miles m the direction of lAvonmouth. but lfcter sent back the Nicosian with the remainder of her crew and a letter signed by the Baralong's commander. Captain William McBride, to Captain Manning, of the Nfcofian, requesting the latter to impress "upon the crew, and especially the Americans, that they wore to say nothing. . -In the same issue the following cable from our special representative m Lon;dpn. was printed: — '-' The London Daily Mail, In a leading article, says that the Baralong incident occurred m August last, and the news was published then m the United States and Germany. "Why," asks the Mail, "was it Jield back m the British Empire. No one would dream of blaming the navy for dealing with the pirates." AMERICAN OPINION. At the time the Sun received the, following cable from its Vancouver correspondent : A message from New York stages that the press comments that Britain's Note concerning the Baralong case does not deny the facts contained m the. affidavits of the six American muleteers on the steamer Nicosian that the Baralong, as alleged, raised the American: flag and signalled that she was a 'merchantman coining to the I'escue of the Nicosian's crew, that the submarine was therefore taken completely by surprise, and that the .members of the crew were fired on after they were m the water: and that several who were lader found aboard the Nicosian were killed m cold blood. The German Note says that' by reason of this evidence "there is no doubt that Commander Mcßridc, of the Baralong, gave the command to take no prisoners of hapless unarmed German seamen. His crew obeyed his orders, and thus shared m the guilt of murder.