It was Vuković, who had insisted on going down with his ship. About fifty other men were killed. When Koch came out of his house, feeling that there must be no more delay in sending the radiogram to President Wilson, a young Italian Socialist ran up to him in the street and told him of the fate of the flagship. As the news spread everyone thought it must be the work of some Austrian officers. It was feared that they would explode the arsenal, and that would have meant the destruction of the whole town. Amid the uproar and chaos, Koch had placards distributed, saying that the _Viribus Unitis_ had been torpedoed by two Italians, who were in custody. And then the wireless was sent to Paris. The two officers were taken to the Admiralty and then placed on the dreadnought _Prince Eugene_, it being rumoured that the Italians of Pola intended to rescue them. Subsequently Koch and other officers, together with Dr. Stanić, President of the Italian National Council, went out to see the prisoners. Stanić was left alone with them for as long as he wished. And when Koch saw them--he did not then shake hands--and asked if they knew what they had done, "I know it," replied Rossetti rather arrogantly. Paolucci's demeanour was more modest. "I was your friend all through the War," said Koch, "and now you sink our ships. I can only assume that you were ignorant of what had taken place." They said that that was so. "But if you had known," said the Admiral to Rossetti, "would you have done this?" "Yes," he answered. "I am an officer. I had my orders to blow up the ship and I would have obeyed them." Koch had undertaken that if it turned out that they were unaware of the ship's transference to the Yugoslavs he would kiss them both. He did so, and allowed them to communicate with Italy by wireless.