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cruisers arrived at Bonabora. The Ad- 

 miral went in and anchored at 9 a. m. ; 

 the other stopped outside. Some of 

 the officers of the Schamhorst went 

 ashore and bought cattle for which 

 they only paid $20 per head. When 

 the owner of the cattle wanted more 

 money they told him he should be 

 thanlcful for what he got as 

 otherwise the men would take 

 all that he had for nothing. 

 So shut up, said those German 

 officers. 



"After feeding up some of 

 the European residents that 

 went on board the Schamhorst 

 with champagne, cold storage 

 delicacies and cigars, the Ad- 

 miral wormed out of them all 

 the important items he wanted 

 to know. Namely: 1, Where 

 was the French Admiral and 

 his vessel the Montcalm? 2, 

 What was the time and route 

 of the New Zealand steamers ? 

 3, What time would the San 

 Francisco steamer pass or call 

 at Tahiti and her route? 4, 

 Were there any coals at Tahiti ? 

 5, What strength of guns did 

 the city of Papeete have and 

 what were the different lights 

 for entering the passage at 

 night time ? 



"The traitorous fools were 

 so scared or drunk the}^ told 

 the Admiral everything apper- 

 taining to Tahiti and the 

 position of the different stores, more 

 especially the Societe Commerciale de 

 r Oceanic, the one belonging to the Ger- 

 man trading company. The vessels 

 left Borabora at 3 p. m. and were off 

 Papeete bright and early on the morning 

 of the twenty-second. The bombard- 

 ment began about eight. Through the 

 commander of the Zelee refusing to 

 deliver the town, their demands and 

 wants came to naught. Report is 



they steamed to the N. N. E., to 

 intercept the Moana going up and 

 the Maitai coming down from San 

 Francisco. And, likely as not, they 

 have gone on to the Marquesas as the 

 different stores of the S. C. O. up there 

 are full of all kinds of provisions and 

 nothing to trouble the cruisers either. 



Eight-Inch Shell in a Club. 



THIS MISSILE FROM THE GERMAN CRUSIERS PASSED RIGHT'THROUGH 

 THE POPULAR CLUB " CERCLE BOUGAINVILLE." THE CLUB 

 MEMBERS WERE NOT PRESENT. 



"Although the Admiral made a state- 

 ment to some at Borabora that he was 

 accompanied by the Gneisenau and 

 the Nurnburg, this is not sure. The 

 steamer that accompanied them was 

 an English tramp full of coal which 

 they had seized. She was called the 

 Titania. Although the Moana, when 

 two days off from Tahiti on her 

 way from New Zealand, caught a wire- 

 less message from the Schamhorst to 

 spreading that the parties who furnished a cruiser at some distance informing her 

 the information to the German Admiral of the bombardment of Papeete and 

 wUl be brought to trial for high treason, that the town was in flames. 

 Of that anon. But the visit to Borabora "Three dead shells were picked up 



explained why the S. C. 0. 's stores and and on the back plate of each was said 

 buildings were not fired on and why to be marked the name of two prominent 



