AN ACT OF PIRACY AND MURDER

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2425, 1 April 1915, Page 5

AN ACT OF PIRACY AND MURDER

THE SINKING OF THE FALABA INQUEST ON THE VICTIMS OF THE OUTRAGE London, March 30. At tho inqliost regarding the death of the victims of iho sinking of tho Falaba, the chief officer or tho vessel stated that the submarine was without a number, and first flew the white ensign, then the Gorman flag. The members of the submarine's crew were dressed in khaki. Witness "'as placing the last twentv of those 011 board tho Falaba in a boat- when an explosion blew the boat to nieces. The Coroner said the act was one of piracy and murder, and hoped, if tho submarine were captured, those aboard would be commensurately punished. THE WIRELESS OPERATOR'S CALL FOR HELP. A survivor of the Falaba states that the wireless operator sent a message to Land's End that the Falabar had been torpedoed, and that those on board had taken to the boats. The submarine then interrupted with her wireless, and forbade the sending of any more messages. PRESS COMMENT ON THIS "DELIBERATE SLAUGHTER." New York, Starch SO. The "New York World," commenting on the sinking of the steamer Falaba, denounces Germany's act in decreeing tho deliberate slaughter at sea of defenceless non-combatants —men, women, and children. The "New York Hei'ald" remarks: "It is the day." SURVIVORS OF THE AGUILA PICKED UP. London, March 30. One of the Aguila's boats, with fifteen of the vessel's crow and two passengers, has been picked up. TThe Aguila was sunk off Pembrokeshire on' Saturday last. Nineteen of her crew landed and 29 were reported to he missing.!