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It laid down, however, that the submarine campaign must, without interfering with its effectiveness be brought into harmony with the general provisions of international law and with the principles of humanity.
George spoke aloud: "If Miss Holland sails for Yaque to-morrow on the prince's submarine," he said, "The Aloha and I will follow her." Next morning St. George was early astir. He had slept little and his dreams had been grotesques. He threw up his blind and looked across buildings to the grey park.
I think we are on the right track now." The observation was made at noon, and then, as nearly as possible, the submarine was moved to a position approximately four miles north of the place where the Pandora was supposed to have foundered. "Down we go!" exclaimed Tom, and down they went. The depth gauge showed more than a thousand feet below the surface when the M. N. 1 came to rest.
I raced to the scene, knowing then that the Dutch tramp had been torpedoed by a German U-boat. Four miles further on I espied a second submarine. I opened fire on the first submarine, which then I saw had taken in tow a boat evidently containing the survivors of the Dutch vessel. I observed one of the Dutch sailors crawl to the bows of the boat attached to the submarine and cut the rope.
A terrific explosion followed the shot. Cappy Ricks, gazing popeyed with horror, saw the submarine disintegrate and disappear in a huge water-spout; when the water settled only a vast and widening smear of heavy fuel oil showed where she had been. From the forecastle head Michael Murphy yelled to Cappy Ricks. "Well, are you satisfied, sir?"
"However, if the last man aboard leaves the boat then there is no way provided for a return to the 'Pollard, and we would be placed at great expense in raising her. I think we have, however, shown you enough to make you believe that we have mastered some new wrinkles in submarine work." "You have shown us more than we can quite digest," admitted Lieutenant Commander Briscoe.
He circled and then dropped a bomb in the centre of a disturbance in the water. Up came oil in great quantities. Another American pilot managed the rare feat of dropping a bomb precisely upon the centre of the deck of a submarine, and had the unhappy experience of seeing it fail to explode as recently happened in the submarine fight off Cape Cod, near Chatham.
And again, if the mine-fields were placed in close proximity to their bases, it would be comparatively easy for German submersibles of the Lake type, possessing appliances to enable divers to pass outboard when the vessel is submerged, to go out and cut away the mines and thus render them ineffective. Nets are also used to hinder the outward passage of the submarine.
Only the Cressy appears to have seen the submarine in time to attempt to retaliate, and she fired a few shots before she keeled over, broken in two, and sank. British naval officers by this time were beginning to wonder how long the German high seas fleet intended to remain under cover in the Kiel canal. "Our only grievance," one said, "is that we have not had a shot at the Germans.
Had there been but one dog, the submarine boy, with all his grit forced to the surface, might have chosen to face the brute, hoping to despatch it with a well-aimed kick. But with two dogs, both intent on “getting” him, young Benson knew that he would stand the fabled chance of a snow-flake on a red-hot stove. “Dat’s right, gemmun, yo’ keep cool,” observed the mulatto, mockingly.
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