"On three different occasions in the daylight we sighted ships, but always hull down on horizon, and always Lieutenant Berg changed the course and sped off. It was a trying time for everybody naturally, but we made the best of it, and there is no gainsaying the fact that our captors did everything within their power to make our enforced captivity as little irksome as possible. We had nightly concerts, and,. during the day, were free to indulge in all the usual deck games.
"We knew, in a general way, were heading for the North American continent, but, when we awoke and saw the land, had no idea what it might be. There is no question to my mind that Lieutenant Berg acted under instructions in bringing the Appam to America, instead of taking her to a Portuguese port, which would have been much nearer.
"The Germans wish to establish their rights under the treaty of 178 to bring a prize ship into an American port and keep her there, without abrogating her character 88 prize. If this can be established la the case of the Appam it will uw" doubtedly have an important effect on the behaviour of this raiding cruiser, and any others that Ger many may get through the blockade. Instead of sinking merctsntmen they will send them into Americs® ports.
Their second reason was the grest advantage of proving to the United States their genuine change of h as regards frightfulness. To hae taken the Appam to Portugal would not have impressed the United States nearly so much as to bring her here, and, with the Lusitanis controversy acute again, what could be more timely than this exposition of the new human Germany!
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