ON THE HIGH SEAS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2247, 5 September 1914, Page 7

ON THE HIGH SEAS

GERMAN WARSHIPS AT LARGE : IN PACIFIC

SENATOR MILLEN'S WARNING

(Rec; September 4, 8.30 p.m.)' \ Melbourne, September 4. ' Senator Millen, Minister of Defence,. , states that the public of 'Australia does not realise that a bloody war:is actu- ; ally reddening the world, and that onlytho very preparedness of Australia has kept the bloodstains from Australian soil. Our enemies have a fleet in tho Pacific which is quite capable of doing serious damage., and so far has succeeded in eluding our own fleet, wliich i is not a difficult proposition among the 1 million islands in ilie southern seas. The important point is the German aquadrons would like to raid oiir commerce, destroy cur ships in the harbour, and help themselves to coal, but '• the men and guns are ready, at all 1 vulnerable points. ■ ■ . ■ I HELIGOLAND ENGAGEMENT. ' ; I GERMAN GALLANTRY.' '. ' •■ i , London, September 3. ; A naval lieutenant, after describing tho Heligoland fight, adds: "The German'cniiser Mainz was immensely gallant. When last s'evn she was absolutely wrecked below and aloft. Her whole midships was a fuming inferno. She had one gun forward and one aft sti\\ spitting both fury and do 8«» like a wild cat mad from wounds. A cruiser of the Breslau class recommenced fir- . ing, but we did not care a farthing, for straight ahead of us, in lordly procession, like elephants walking through a ' pack of dogs, came the Lion, the Queen Mary, the Invincible, and the New Zea- ', land, great, grim, and uncouth as soma" antediluvian monsters." CATTAHO BOMBARDED. 1 Paris, September 3. Die French fleet bombarded Cattaro,the Austrian naval base near Montenegro, doing great damage. Several buildings were demolished. SUNK BY A MINE. \ London, September 3. The Swedish steamer St. Paul (2534 tons) struck a mine in the North Sea and foundered. The crew was saved. ' GERMANS BUYING SHIPS. (Rec. September 4, 5.30 p.m.) London, September 3. The German shipping companies arei endeavouring to secure British vessels, especially in New York, to replace the Gorman till the end of the war, with the object of protecting German trading interests.—"Times" and Sydney. "Sun ,7 - services.