ble layer. That was my greatest delight--how the Englishmen
will be vexed when they learn that we passed safely by Perin. On
the next evening we saw on the coast a few lights near the water.
We thought that must be the pier of Hodeida. But when we measured
the distance by night, three thousand meters, I began to think
that must be something else. At dawn I made out two masts and four
smokestacks; that was an enemy ship and, what is more, an armored
French cruiser. I therefore ordered the _Choising_ to put to sea,
and to return at night.

[Illustration: WAR ZONE

AROUND

THE BRITISH ISLES

AND

THE RED CROSS SERVICE . A BRITISH MONITOR . THE DEATH OF A TRAITOR

The conning tower and periscope of a submarine whose officers are
taking observations on the surface. In the War Zone submarines
sank merchantmen and passenger ships]

[Illustration: Prayer in a French church which the exigencies of
war have converted into a Red Cross hospital]

[Illustration: French soldiers bringing up wounded Germans found
in captured trenches and putting them in ambulances to be carried
to the nearest military hospitals]

[Illustration: A Red Cross dog has been hurt while performing invaluable
service in seeking out the wounded. Now the dog's own injuries are
being carefully dressed]

[Illustration: The death of a traitor to France. It was believed
that he used the wings of a windmill for signalling information
to the Germans]

[Illustration: One of the new British monitors bombarding the German
base at Ostend, Belgium. The monitor is armed with one powerful
15-inch gun]

[Illustration: Lifeboats and drowning passengers from the "Falaba,"
a passenger ship torpedoed by a German submarine March 28, 1915.
More than 140 people were drowned]

[Illustration: The Great liner, "Lusitania," which was torpedoed
by a German submarine, not far from Old Kinsald Head, Ireland,
May 7, 1915]

"The next day and night the same; then we put out four boats--these
we pulled to shore at sunrise under the eyes of the unsuspecting
Frenchmen. The sea reeds were thick. A few Arabs came close to us;
then there ensued a difficult negotiation with the Arabian coast
guards. For we did not even know whether Hodeida was in English
or French hands. We waved to them, laid aside our arms, and made
signs to them. The Arabs, gathering together, began to rub two
fingers together; that means 'We are friends.' We thought it meant
'We are going to rub against yo