THE CHAMPION PIRATE
Germany has a uew national hero —ber charDpicQ U-boat captain. His name is Luu -Commander Lothar von Arnauld oe la Perieio. of U 35, who sprang into national prominence on the occasion of his visit lo Cartagena, iu Spain, in June la t to deliver a let.erf r ocn the Ka'Ser to Ki g Alfoneo. The Emperor h s jum bestowed upon this German ?vi h a French name the Order Pour 1; Merite for haviugsunk wi ll U 35 an all.-ged total of 126 enemy ships v ith gross tonnage of 270,000 and an aggregate value of £22,500,000. The latest German papers are full of yarrsof the U hero’s achievements and career. H a bo~ty is said to have inemded • four guns captured from armed v’essels, while it is claimed that he has weathered seventeen “bard fights, partly with submarine APcgecbrr he is acclaimed as the survivor of ‘‘one hundred banles,” covering the period of the past Dine months.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 January 1917, Page 3
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163THE CHAMPION PIRATE Hokitika Guardian, 30 January 1917, Page 3
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