KARLSRUHE'S VICTIMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1373, 13 March 1915, Page 4

KARLSRUHE'S VICTIMS.

TOTAL OF TWEN TY-SEVEN

CRUISER STILL AT LARGE

There has been no recent news of the German cruiser Karlsruhe, but, it the last German report regarding her is true, she can claim at least as big a haul as the Emdeu bad to her credit when she was run down and destroyed. The news said: —

“It is reported from Leipsic that the Karlsruhe has sunk 11 com mercial ships during the last fortnight.” In one respect the Karlsruhe has far surpassed the Emdeu iu hei exploits. She has kept on the seas for a much longer period. Moreover, she has been operating for the whole time, so tar as is known, in the crowded and accessible waters of the Atlantic, and, therelore, within compara lively easy striking distance of the British and French naval bases.

Already has her commander, Lieutent Count von Issen, made a name for himself tor audacity and ingenuity as famous as that of U;? Emden’s captain, von Mudlcr. The Karlsruhe’s first appearance in the war was off the West Indies on August 13th. Between September 3rd and October 23rd she was reported as having captured the following vessels:— Tonnage. Cervantes 2,392 Highland Hope ... 3.323 Maple Branch ... 2,761 Strathroy 2,807 Lyurowan ... 2,098 Cornish City ... 2,431 Rio Iguassu ... 2,442 Nueto de Larrinaga 3.173 Maria de Larrinaga 2,578 Farn 2,735 ludrani Pruth 2,867 Condor 1,958 Van Dyck ... 10,328 Glauton 3,021 Hurstdale 2,755

Other vessels that have been missing have been attributed to her, rightly or wrongly. The Karlsruhe has always in attendance on her as tenders and scouts three German ex-merchantmen — the Krefeld, Kio Negro and Asuncion —and, as a rule, one or more of the captured liners. Her captain boasts that he will never be run down by the British squadrons. His escorting steamers are said to form a ring of great radius, 25 to too miles round the cruiser. Each satellite is fitted with wireless, and at once signals the approach of any hostile craft or of an unsuspecting British merchantman. These satellite ships are also used to bring coal and supplies.