_Adventures With the German Raider "Moewe"_
_Told by Dr. Orville E. McKim, Survivor of the Sunken "Georgic"_
This is the dramatic story of the four American surgeons, starved
in German prisons, whose demand for release by President Wilson
nearly resulted in a declaration of war against Germany. Few more
dramatic tales have been brought forth than the story of adventure,
hardship and peril at sea, short commons on land and the new danger
from the sky which was related by four American professional
men. Snapped up by the German raider in mid-ocean, they cruised
around for days while the commerce destroyer was gathering in
further prizes. Then they made the voyage in the _Yarrowdale_ to
Swinemunde, under such conditions that they expected the ship's
seams to open and the vessel to sink beneath them at any moment.
They lived for more than two months in prison camps in Germany,
on the meagre prison fare provided by the German government.
This is the record of how the Americans of the _Yarrowdale_, by
enduring hunger, deprivation, cold, despair, and days of pitiless
imprisonment, wrote their names in the annals of the United States.
It is romantic, for the elements of daring naval adventure and
of international diplomacy are present. Ambassador Gerard, after
several communications to the Wilhelmstrasse, which were more
than energetic, was promised the release of the Americans, and
the threatened declaration of war on this issue was averted. Dr.
McKim, an American veterinarian, was aboard the White Star liner
_Georgic_, in charge of twelve hundred horses for the Allies, when
she was sunk by the German raider _Moewe_ during its romantic
exploits. He was taken to Germany, with the other prisoners, on the
_Yarrowdale_. Dr. Snyder was captured aboard the British steamship
_Voltaire_, the first vessel to be captured by the raider, while
he was returning to America from France. Mr. Zabriskie was the
veterinarian on the steamship _Mount Temple_, a Canadian horse
transport, which lost three men from shell fire. Dr. Davis and
Dr. McKim were on the White Star liner _Georgic_, the most
important bag of the German raider. Dr. McKim was the first of the
Americans to return and related his experiences in the New York
_World_--Copyright 1917 by the John N. Wheeler Syndicate. A few
episodes from his adventures are now retold.