THE LEIPZIG PUTS TO SEA

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2266, 28 September 1914, Page 7

THE LEIPZIG PUTS TO SEA

NEWS FROM SAN FRANCISCO •'.. San, Francisco, August 18. ' ~ 'Shipping interests here are eager to learn whether', the German cruiser Leipzig, which steamed out of the-harbour at 12.30 o'clock this morning, after taking on.; coal and supplies, will resume its patrol. of ' the . coast, looking for marine, prizes, or will proceed toward its nearest Hag port, Apia, Samoa, whither, its companion in these waters, the.cruiser Niirnberg, is believed'to be, beading. ■"■During' her 'twenty-four hours'- stay here; the-Leipzig ; was permitted to take on only 575 tons'of coal, enough to tako her !to Apia instead of the 3000 tons she had ordered. Under the neutarlity laws, American ports are now closed to the cruiser for three months, arid shipping' men, are inclined to believe that the Leipzig will not risk tho depletion of its coal supply, by remaining off this port. • : Merchantmen of tho belligerent .'iatioiisi including twenty-five British bottoms, are tied up here, and their sailing depends upon the Gorman cruisers guitting these waWs. .'. The Collector of tho Port, interpreting the neutrality laws yesterday, said .that no prizes of war could be brought into Sa.ii'Francisco. This ruling was received with much satisfaction by steamship oporators. Meantime, -the! Japanese cruiser Idzumo, which life San Diego late'yesterday, is steaming op' the coast, with the reported intention of tagging the Leipzig about whe'reovcr it goes. '■ The French cruiser Montcalm, a more formidable craft than the German cruiser, is believed to be standing off this port. . FIRING HEARD OFF CALIFORNIA ' ■■- COAST. Monterey, Cal., August 18. Reports of heavy firing at sea wore received here last night from several sources. Captain M'Donald, of the steamship Frank H. Buck, which arrived here last night,, said he hoard cannonading when oIE' Pigeon Point, north of Santa Cruz.