Luckner?

Where Is Von

A REMARKABLE story about Count von Luckner has been published in some British and American news papers.

Count von Luckner is the amiable German gentleman who was in charge of the raider “See Adler” in the last war; who lost his ship in French Oceania; who made a remarkable open-boat voyage with certain members of his crew from French Oceania to Fiji; who was captured in Fiji and interned in

New Zealand; who made a dramatic escape from the internment camp in New Zealand; and who, a couple of years ago, travelling in his own yacht, re-visited the scenes of his adventures in the Pacific, and renewed some old friendships with his old enemies. It was freely and aggressively stated, in many places, at the time of his visit, that actually he was a German spy.

The new story about Count von Luckner appeared first in the “Daily Province”, published in Vancouver. This said that Captain Franz von Rintelen, a former German secret service agent who now is interned in England, stated that Count von Luckner had disappeared mysteriously in Germany soon after the outbreak of war.

Von Rintelen expressed the opinion that von Luckner, because of his anti- Nazi views, had been arrested by the Nazis and placed in a German concen tration camp.

This, of course, does not square off with the story that Count von Luckner was a spy. Von Rintelen’s story may be eye-wash. In the case of the Nazis, one never knows. Von Luckner really may be busily spying now, somewhere around the Empire.

Calms and contrary winds delayed the American yawl “Marie”, so that the voy age from Suva to Auckland ocupied 23 days. All provisions were exhausted shortly before the vessel reached Auck land late in August.

Count and Countess von Luckner —a photo graph taken in Papeete, Tahiti, at the end of 1937 when they cruised through the Pacific on board their yacht “See Teufel”. The Count is showing his wife a gun from the raider “See Adler” which he commanded in the 1914-18 War.