The Archive · 1914

Exploits of the Emden

Though all Britons ardently desire the destruction or capture of the Emden, they certainly will not withhold the admiration due to her plucky and successful raids. That! it least, so far as we can it, ig the fooling of British subjects in @henghai. The Admiralty an. ouncement that she "suddenly apeared" in the Bay of Bengal is no Jeeo dramatic than terse. Where she appeared from, how she got out of the China eeao and whence (this is question that should make some Parties uneasy) she managed to Obtain coal for her long voyage—these are thrilling subject for speculation. In sending back to Galoutta the crews of the five sunken merchantmen on board the sixth that she captured, the Emden proved her chivalry. She has, perhaps, dimmed it a little in firing at Madras. But there is a fort there, and the folly of the act la, perhaps, the most conspicuous part of it. For it was really @ piece of yseloss bra-yada which only advertises the Emden's whereabouts and may thus prove fatal to any further exploits. Let us hope so for the security of the seas. But meanwhile she is to be remembered as " brave and worthy foe.

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