We are glad to record that on Thursday evening the
German commerce destroyer, the Prinz Eitel Friedrich: was interned by the American authorities. The captain of the 'Eitel Friedrich' should enter the field of journalism, for he has evidently a great eye for sensational effect. For example. just before the internment took place he asserted that he was expecting the arrival of relief in the shape of " the Dread- nought cruiser ' Von der Tann ' and a large submarine." These ghostly allies were to engage the British and French cruisers while the ' Eitel Friedrich,' flags flying and decks cleared for action, was to make her gallant rush for the sea. But no rush came, and, we may add, no Von der Tann ' and no large submarine. The verbal introduction of these vessels was, however, a master-stroke. The 'Von der Tann ' has long been a. naval " Snark." No one has seen her recently, but of course that may be because she is a boojum, and when you see a boojum you suddenly and swiftly vanish away and cannot therefore give any account of what you saw.
