There was no response.
"Hello below!" he shouted again in German.
"What do you want?" came a sullen voice from below.
"We're in possession of this vessel now," said Frank. "Come up here and surrender."
"We'll stay where we are," came the reply after a brief pause.
"But you can't man," exclaimed Frank. "Don't you know when you have been captured."
"We'll stay here awhile," said the spokesman of the sailors.
"But you can't stay there forever, and you can't submerge," said Frank. "Come up and surrender."
To this the lad received no response. Frank reported to Jack.
"So they won't surrender, eh?" said Jack. "Then we'll go down and get them."