SUBMARINE PIRATE RAMMED AND SUNK

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2422, 30 March 1915, Page 5

SUBMARINE PIRATE RAMMED AND SUNK

MERCHANT STEAMER'S EXPLOIT LIVERPOOL STEAMER SUNK BY SHELL-FIRE London, March 28. Captain Eyans, of the steamship Lizzie, states that he witnessed the tor-, pedoing of the steamer Delmira by the German submarine L' 37. He maintained full speed and ran over the submarine, which was damaged or sunk, judging by the oily surface of the water afterwards. The Lizzie then picked up the Dolmira's crew. The British steamer Delmira was sunk by a German submarine in -the Channel, while she was on her way to Boulogne. The Delmira was a steel vessel of 3.159 tons gross, built in 1905, and owned by the British and Chilian y.S. Company. PIRATICAL ATTACK WITH LOSS OF LIFE Loncjoti, March 28. The Liverpool steamer (1295 tons, built for the Moss Shipping Company, of Liverpool, in 1909), has been sunk by shellfire off the Cornish coast. Tho engineer was killed and thr&e of tho crew injured by shrapnel. A patrol yacht brought the crew to Now Quay, a bathing placo on tho Cornish coast. (Kec. Maroh 29, 7.20 p.m.) London, March 29. The. Vosges, when attacked, evaded the submarine for two hours, preventing the discharge of the latter's torpedo. Tho- attacker then used her deck gun, and the. Vosges suffered terribly. The ship was riddled with bullets, her deck fittings were swept away, while fier captain, mate, second mate, ship's boy, and a lady passenger, were fatally wounded. ... Finally the submarine abandoned the chase, and fired a final shot,-making a, hole in the Vosges's waterline, two feet square. The captain went over the side to ascertain whether the damage was repairable and narrowly escaped being drawn into, the hole by the rush of water which led to the Vosges sinking. The submarine subsequently ohased the steamer Aquila. GERMAN SUBMARINE SEEN OFF THE CLYDE. London, March 28. A German submarine was sighted near the Firth of Clyde. THE BULLYING OF HOLLAND (Reo. March 29, 5.15 p.m.) London, March 28. The "Times," in a leading article entitled "The Bullying of ' Holland." says:'"'We are in the presence of deliberate German attempts to apply the principal of frightfulness to neutral shipping—especially Dutch shipping. The Dutch" Press rightly observes that the German blockade practices against England go far beyond any action of Britain against neutral countries trading with Germany. Can. it be Germany's intention to goad Holland into an attitude of settled hostility towards Germany? We fail to perceive any advantage the Germans can hope to derive." Feeling in Holland is greatly perturbed over the sinking of the Medea, which is described as an act of arbitrary violence. The country is demanding complete compensation from Germany.—"Times',' and Sydney "Sun" services. MR. BALFOUR AND THE BLOCKADE AN ENLIGHTENING STATEMENT ISSUED. (Reo. March 29, 10.5 p.m.) London, March 29. Mr. A. J. Balfour has drawn up a statement for circulation in the United States. He. points out that the Allies' blockade policy is in accordance with the spirit of international law, and is less injurious to neutrals than a strict blockade, for it does not kill a single civilian, and cannot- destroy neutrql property. If it violates the letter of International Law by discriminating between Scandinavia and the United States, this is not due to policy, but to a geographical accident. Replying to those who say that a crime by one party does not justify the. other modifying its policy; Mr. Balfour points ou.t that this is confusing international morality with International Law, of which an obligation is conditional upon its observance by both parties. If it wero otherwise, the rules of warfare would be loaded dice in favour of the unscrupulous.