THE GERMAN RAIDER.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11474, 1 March 1918, Page 5

THE GERMAN RAIDER.

SOME OF THE CREW STILL ABOARD. GERMAN SUBMARINE DRIVEN OFF CopeuVngen, Feb. 27. A portion of the German crew of thelgotz Mencii refuse to abandon the ship, and refuse to allow the Spanish officers to unit. The sea is still high and Dutch lifeboats are standing by. A German submarine Appeared on Tuesday. The Danish warships drove the submarine ear of territorial waters, where it is now lying in wait.

THE CRUISE OF THE WOLF. 1 London, Feb. 28. The Australian Press Association secured interviews with passengers fiyfhe Igotz Mendi. Thomas Rees, first officer, said the vessel was going to 8m Francisco on the tnirtyfirat of March when an aeroplane suddenly stopped her south of the Kemaras Islands. The areoplane had been sent by the Wolf, which wasjliyng at’the luck of the islands. The Wairuna’s crew of fortytwo were taken aboard the Wolf and the Wairuna sunk. During the -cruise, Bees saw the Wolf sink nine ships some of which.,were neutr-ils. Two °f the Wairunas officers escaped one eight when the Wolf was anchored uear the Kemaras Islands and subsequently 160 prisoners from sunk steamers were locked up for twentySl ’ght days in the h end and only showed fresh. air one hour daily. They suffered terribly in the tropical heat.