INSIDE HELIGOLAND.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 124, 19 October 1914, Page 6

INSIDE HELIGOLAND.

A LADY'S EXPERIENCES. London, AiipuL. iS. A London lady who travelled from Denmark to Leith by idle Danish ship Ficaria, says that on Mie evening on which they leu- Ksbjcrg. the ship way stopped by a German destroyer, the captain of which cam e on board. He was apparentlv satisfied and left, wishing tlie passengers a safe course to England.

| "At 11.50 we saw a big black th.in™ , making quickly towards ua. It proved jto ibe another destroyer. She llaliihed i her searchlights on us and gave the , conunand 'Stand by. The German caplain -and severed armed men came on 'board, and asked to see any papers that we had to show. He then" left und signalled for a Onir.an cruiser to come "to him. After consulting together they called out, 'Follow us to Heligoland* winch mounded very alarming i 0 lB ;„ the depths of the night. 'On our way to Heligoland we were slopped by many German waraliips, the {captains of which came on board. Jlut l't was interesting to see Heligoland and the big Gorman "fleet. It made one feel that it would 'have to be a very bi« i light before the British could takc'llcli' gohmd. As we massed Cinxhavcn we were shut up in a littOe cabin, the curtain's were drawn, and armed men were sent to us. They told u s that if we looked out they would lire on us. After .keeping us in suspense for some time they told us Dhat we were to follow thorn* to Tlamlburg. They sent on hoard many German soldiers. Early next morning Hie Danish Consul came cm board and many German officers to in'speot our cargo and papers. Next day they conducted us hack pasf. Cuxhaven and Heligoland, again, locking us in, and after we were well awav from every sign of anything llliev let us "o"