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^ A DARING EXPLOIT
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Wo are reminded by the
Civil War Historian that the
torpedo was used to good ad
vantage in that conflict; also
that this day Is the anniver
sary of one of the most re
markable exploits of the Re
bellion. In that day the tor
pedo was a crude and clumsy
contrivance; it bore little re
semblance to the highly de
veloped mechanical automaton
that has become the terror of
the sea in these modern and
nevilous times; hut it served
its purpose and its destruction
was terrible, as tin* following
narrative will show.
Throughout the summer of
1S(!4 several small armies were
operating- against each other
up and down the Carolina
coast line. The army of the
Potomac had started on its
big- drive against Richmond
and numerous attempts were
made to land forces to the
south of the confederate cap
ital in order that they might
be in a position eo harass the
great stronghold in the rear.
These landing forces invariab
ly came in contact with de
tachments from the Southern
army which, under cover of
, the “Albemarle,” a powerful
“ram” in the service of the
confederacy, always succeeded
in getting the better of the ar
gument. It finely became ap
parent that in order to land
Union forces in this territory
and support their opperations
it was first necessary to put
the Albemarle out of conunis
ion. Rut the dangerous ram re
fused to accept battle with the
1 nion fleet in open sea and
persisted in keeping under the
cover of the coast.
This was the situation when
under cover of darkness on the
night of October 27, 18(54, a
certain Lieutenant Cushing of
the C. S. navy, set out in an
open boat intent upon torpe
doing the Albemarle. He was
accompanied by a mere hand
ful of men and, slipping into
the harbor unseen, he was very
puietly making his way thro
ugli a barricade of logs when'
di**00y?red at n distance of 20
yards front tile ship. The en-i
emy opened fire at once, hut
the darmg lieutenant forged
ahead through a shower of bul
lets, thrust a torpedo under
the ram and blew it up.
As he was backing out of
danger a heavy bolt from the I
shattered gunboat struck his
j craft and sunk it without
warning. The gallant little
crew swam for their lives hut
only two, I nontenant Cushing
and one other, succeeded in
reaching a Union cutter that
was standing in wait outside
of the harbor.
In comparison with the gi
gantic naval operations of the
present war, this single ex
ploit pales into insignificance.
But the results obtained made
this daring deed one of trem
endous importance. Through
tin* list* of a single torpedo,
tin* blokade was broken and
from that time on to the close
of flit* war the Union forces op
erated without serious inter
ruption along the Carolina
coast and co-operated around
the Southern capital. It is just
another instance of an illus
trious deed that contributes to
the glorious traditions of the
American navy.
GERMAN DISCORD "
The mutiny in the German
navy and the report of several
outbreaks among the soldiers
are not important except as in
dications of general discord
among the German people.
Only a short time ago it would
have been considered an im
possible 1 hing that docile, well
disciplined German soldiers or
sailors would revolt. That
they have displayed individual
spirit enough to rebel is a sym
tom of national ferment and
that gradually the people have
come to lose faith in the omni
potence of the kaiser and his
military machine.
As the days go by the lead
ers in Germany who look upon
war and an opportunity for
conquest as a blessing are now
steadily decreasing, recently]
stated an exchange. The best
known of the highly placed ad
vocates of war to the last gasp
are Von Tirpitz and Von Hin
denburg, two men whose occu
pations will be gone when this
war is over. Opposed to them
are the ever increasing group
of Germans who realize that
in due season the truth must
he faced and the future wel-'
fare of their people depends]
upon obtaining peace as cheap-1
lv as possible.
Tt is an interesting sidelight ;
on tin1 naval mutiny that one
of thy battleships involved ini
tile revolt was tin* Westphalen
.one of the largest of tin* Gor
man navy. According to the
claims of the British admiral
ty, the Westphalen was sunk
in the battle of .Jutland, June 2!
in 1010. The German naval
authorities denied that tin- bat
tle ship of (bat name bad been
lost, and tbo British were un
able to determine the identity
of the ship which was seen to
founder and which was not re
ported in the list of German
losses. The diselossures of the
mutiny seem to prove conclu
sively that thi‘ Westphalen
was not lost in the battle off
the Jutland coast.
The homicidal auger of the
kaiser was indicated by the
dispatches from Amsterdam
which said that he demanded
the execution of one man in
ever seven in the mutiny in
volving four battleships. To
carry out this bloody order
■would necessitate wholesale
executions. The rage of the
I kaiser was braved by his cool
Jer henchmen, Dr. Michaolis of
I the reiebstag and of the Ger
man people. Doubtless Micha
|elis foresaw a larger and more
important uprising if the Ger
man kaiser carried out liis
cool purpose of exacting a
bloody penalty for disobed
ience. While great importance
cannot lie attached to the inci
dent of th(> revolt, it is not at
all unlikely that it is an indi
cation of (lie deep seated na
tional dissatisfaction and des
pair and the harbinger of in
ternal strife during the winter
months.
Wonder who will win out in
Germany? Tin* leaders of the
Keiehstag have protested the
appointment of Count von
Hertling, yet the latter has ad
vised the King of Bavaria that
he has accepted the Imperial
Chancellorship of Germany.
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