DEUTSCHLAND

Ger. commercial submarine, built 1916 to communicate with U.S. in defiance of Brit. blockade. Gro tonnage, 790; carrying capacity, about 440 tons. Left Bremen, June 14, and reached Baltimore on July 9, with mails and dyestuffs; legal question as to her detention settled in her favor; returned with nickel and rubber, and reached Bremen, Aug. 25. Her commander, Oaptain K6nig, became a popular hero and wrote a description of the voyage. W.), department, W, France;\formed of parts of old province of Poitou; named from two rivers by which it is traversed, tiles; agricultural and mineral products, coal, marble, granite; capital, Niort. Area, 2,337 sq. miles. Pop. 337,627.