SEA OPERATIONS OFF SOUTH AMERICA

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2329, 10 December 1914, Page 5

SEA OPERATIONS OFF SOUTH AMERICA

_____ NEUTRAL STATES DISCUSS THEIR RIGHTS DIPLOMATIC COMMISSION TO BE APPOINTED. (Rec. December 9, 9.40 p.m.) Washington, December 8. Twenty representatives of the Central and. South American Republics' mot under the presidency of -Mr. W. J. Bryan, United States Secretary of State, and after a discussion agreed that the activities of the belligerents in South America'n waters had already created considerable friction. It was decided to appoint a Commission consisting of diplomats to formulate practical steps with a view to a more vigorous assertion of neutral nations' responsibilities. The conference agreed that the form in which , the operations of the belligerente were developing redounded to the injury of neutral States, because the respective rights of the belligerents and of the neutral States were not clearly defined. It is proposed that the Diplomatic Commission shall report its findings to the Governing Board of the Pan-Ameri-can Union. — t— : : THE NORTH SEA SENTINELS CLOSING THE FIRTH OP FORTH London, December 8. The Admiralty has, notified the fishing fleet in the Firth of Forth to stop its operations. It is probable that the Firth will he closed till the end of the war. AUDACIOUS RAIDS BY ALLIES' ■ SUBMARINES. - Paris, December 8. M. 'Augagneur, Blinister of Marine, interviewed as to the naval operations of the war, remarked that the Bntieh and French submarines were daily performing raids of remarkable audacity. ANOTHER SWEDISH STEAMER MINED. Stockholm, December 8. The Swedish steamer Norra Sverige, 723 tons, was sunk by a mine on the coast of Finland. The crew of twenty perished.—"Times" and Sydney Sun services.