THE MINE AND SUBMARINE BLOCKADE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2397, 1 March 1915, Page 5

THE MINE AND SUBMARINE BLOCKADE

FRENCH ©ESTROYER SUNK SWEDISH STEAMER SERIOUSLY DAMAGED r. , « , n ,Paris, February 26. llie French destroyer Dague, whilo escorting a supply convoy, struck a mine al> Antivnri (Montenegro) and sank. Of lier crew 38 were drowned [The Dague was .launched at Bordeaux in 1910. She displaced 730 tine her speed was 33.2 knots, and slio carried two 3.9 in. and four impounder <nu ls ' and four torpedo tubes. She carried a crew of 68.] • " ' SWEDISH STEAMER BADLY CRIPPLED. (Kec. February 28, 5.5 p.m.) [V , . . , Amstordam, February 27. The Swedish steamer Svarton (2.t09 tons) has arrived at the Dutch port of Yiuuideir seriously damaged, either bv a mine or a torpedo when near the Dutch [Coast. . PIRATE WAR Ii\ T THE ADRIATIC. J (Kec. February 28, 5.5 p.m.) , , . ' London, Fobruary 27. I ho .Austria* Admiralty bus avowed to 6ink all ships in- tlia Adriatic at Lem 600 tw&-

DEADLOCK IN GERMAN-AMERICAN NEGOTIATIONS BERLIN FEARS AN OPEN RUPTURE.' Amsterdam, February 20. file feeling at Berlin is that the German-American negotiations have reached a- deadlock. Both parties aro obdurate, and the gravest developments, involving a rupture, may happen at any moment, everything depending on the discretion of the German submarine commanders. Uneasiness prevails among Americans in Berlin,. Dresden, and Munich.—"Times" and Sydney, "Sun" services. ; WAR RISKS ON AMERICAN VESSELS, Washington, February 26. America is considering the raising of the war risk premium consequent on the destruction of American vessels in'the war zone.—"Times" and Sydney "Sun" services. London, February 27. Berlin official wireless reports have been issued which indicate that the English flag has disappeared from the North Sea, .English sailors refusing to sail. —-"Times" and Sydney "Sun" services.