The appearance and disappearance of the new Holland had caused much consternation on board of all the warships congregated outside of San Francisco harbor.
Several on board of the Corcoran had known the celebrated spy, Barton Peeks, and from these men the English captain gathered that he was an entirely different looking individual from Oscar.
"We have been duped!" said Captain Gresson. "That rascal must have been a Yankee."
"Then his submarine boat must have been the Holland XI.," added his first officer.
The foreign ships were very uneasy, yet just at present those on them had nothing to fear.
The course of the new Holland was straight for San Francisco.
"We must inform the naval authorities of what has been done at Honolulu, and of the expedition to Alaskan waters," said Oscar.
The new Holland arrived at San Francisco without anything unusual happening, and here Oscar spent a full hour with his superiors.
The naval commander was well satisfied with the work at Hawaii, and astonished that the bombardment of the Golden Gate was to be little more than a ruse.
"We must send a strong fleet to Alaskan waters at once," he said. "And the new Holland must go with our warships."