Already the typical masts of the British destroyers and trawlers arose above the horizon. We, therefore, did not have a minute to lose in order to escape these hostile and most dangerous enemies. I made my decision quickly and called to the captain of the sunken steamer that he could let one of the oncoming ships pick them up as I could not spare the time, but had to go "north-east." Then I submerged--right in front of the boats full of survivors. (Here the captain graphically describes his escape from the British fleet; how near they came to his capture. He relates many interesting tales of the "Days of Terror," "A Lively Chase," matching wits "The British Bull-dog," and the joy of "Homeward Bound."--EDITOR.) FOOTNOTES: [3] All numerals relate to stories told herein--not to chapters in the book. [4] (The captain here describes a night of perilous adventures and escapes on the sea, until morning brought them face to face with death.) "PASSED BY THE CENSOR"--TRUE STORIES FROM THE FIELDS OF BATTLE _Experiences of an American Newspaper Man in France_ _Told by Wythe Williams, Officially Accredited to the French Armies on the Western Front--Paris Correspondent of the "New York Times"_ The brilliant stories of American journalists form an important part of the literature of the Great War. Mr. Williams is one of the ablest of these correspondents. His dispatches from the battle grounds received the commendation of Ambassador Herrick and Premier Clemenceau of France. At the outbreak of the War Williams was stationed in Paris. He was refused, with all other correspondents, any credentials permitting him to enter the fighting area. He daringly worked his way to the fighting lines, where he was arrested, returned to Paris as a prisoner of War and lodged in the Cherche Midi prison, the famous military prison where Dreyfus was confined. He was released under the intervention of Ambassador Herrick, but still baffled at getting to the front as a war correspondent, he volunteered for service in the Red Cross as an orderly on a motor ambulance. The stories which he tells are classics in American journalism. They have been collected into a volume entitled "Passed by the Censor" from which we make the following selections by permission of his publishers, _E. P. Dutton and Company_: Copyright 1916. [5] I--STORY OF THE AMBULANCE DRIVER IN PARIS I never expected to drive a motor ambulance, with badly wounded men, down the Champs Elysées. But I did. I have done many things since the war began that I never expected to do;--but somehow that magnificent Champs Elysées--and ambulances--and groans of wounded seemed a combination entirely outside my wildest imaginations. This was a result of the eight days' parole, after my release from the Cherche Midi; I was forbidden to write anything concerning my trip to the battle fields.