Rounding up the Raider: A Naval Story of the Great War

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en Old England once again

and for me!" adde

land I'm bound for," remonstrated Pat O'

od" announcement that, printed in English and Japanese,

bigh with a laugh, after he had taken good ca

them out of the Channel pretty well. It's p

he Articles of War. I propose that every time the word submarine is mentioned by anyone of us while on

of that in a few weeks' time. I fancy My Lords won't let us kick our heels in id

of the Bismarck Archipelago. The youthful but none the less glorious Australian Navy had quickly changed the colour of that portion of the map, but the climate was a more f

same time in each of the three cases, Denbigh, Stirling, and O'Hara were ordered

hi Maru, bound from Nagasaki to London. It was a case of misdirected zeal, for, owing to the torpedoing of a large Japanese liner in the

ade deck, whence most of the navigating bridge of the liner could be seen. There was evidently something to warrant his exc

ld excitement of sighting a vessel will help to push the hands of the clock. Now

progress. A messenger made his way to the bridge. Almost immediately after, the captain hurried from his cabin. Evidently "someth

nce we can speak with that vessel without the necessity of having

ill invisible vessel had made itself felt. None of the officers had communicated the news that the Nichi Maru was

nbigh, addressing one of the Japanese offi

officers he spoke English. The question was plain to h

glasses," ann

you are about i

too," add

horizon the three Subs made the discovery that there was a two-masted, three-funnelled vessel lying apparent

ensign," remark

dishclout," added Stirling. "For all t

the passengers, an English merchant who had given up a goo

d to be a twin screw, and it isn't lik

se seamen were engaged in preparing a large flexible steel hawser. "It looks as if we

t the red, white, and blue ensign. I wouldn't mind be

whole attention upon the disabled liner which was now momentarily

es began to slow down. Two of the boats were swung out ready to be lowered, whil

of the European passengers, who had lear

d Denbigh, excitedly. "We're done in,

by that shame-faced and palpable imitation of the good old British White Ensign-the Black Cross of Germany. Simult

for the two vessels were now within megaphone-hailing dis

officer who had shouted the

ed. "That will not save you. It will make things v

amurai of Old Japan, was on the point of ordering full speed ahead, with the object of ramming the perfidious vessel and sending both ships to a common destruction; but the know

nquered the courteous and

bered a number of motley-garbed men armed with rifles and automatic pistols. But for their modern

ws," said O'Hara,

did they imagine that the Irishman was showing the white feathe

e replied. "Those skunks

d Denbigh. "We'll s

aval uniforms. By the time they regained the promen

uch sabre-rattling, were herding the European male passengers on the port side of the promenade deck. The Japanese passengers they drove forward with every insulting expression they could make use of. It w

ng to call the names it contained. Each person on hearing his name had to step forward. "Denbigh, Frank," exclaimed one of the officers. Denbigh,

that at times even passive

"Ach, yet anoder Englander. Unter-leutnant?

n Englishman," pr

if nod worse. Over dere," and he pointed

or something, old ma

n. They're tack

ad smile on his face. The Germans could not understan

r Irish not like Englischmans. When we Germa

" remarked O'Hara with the perp

matter of time. Ach? Brussels, Warsaw, Bukh

Calais. And who commands the sea? You Germans haven't

inting to the armed liner. His voi

ng was at fault somewhere. How could a large vessel l

said after a brief hesitation. "That ship will b

erated German. "You vill see. If she s

d seamen mounted guard over them while the

ing the butt end of his rifle down on the deck within a couple of inches of O'Har

compelled to transfer bullion stores from the Nichi Maru into the boats. German seamen brought charges of expl

officers, acting under the authority of the ober-leutnant gave th

be provisioned and manned. No personal prope

ner. He pointed out the inhumanity of sending women and children adri

man lieutenant. "We will not sink a small one purposely. A little di

feelings was a national trait, but it would have gone hard with the arrogant Prussia

boat. Any trouble make and you dead men. Ach! You