LINER CHASED FOR OVER THREE HOURS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2433, 12 April 1915, Page 5

LINER CHASED FOR OVER THREE HOURS

SUBMARINE PIRATE OUTSAILED. GERMAN NOTE TO THE UNITED STATES London, April 9. A German submarine chased the Holt liner Theseus off the Soillies. She •ignalled the steamer to stop, but instantly th?, Theseus set off at- full speed. The submarine opened tire -.vith a niaehine-gun, and subsequently fired snen shells from a. three-inch gun. Five of the sheila struck tho steamer, but nil above waterline. Nobody waa taiurtd,

The submarine vainly tried to get the Theseus on the quarter, finally at 250 vartls distant, but a heavy sea prevented her torpedoing the steamer. She then abandoned the chase, which, had lasted for three hours and forty minutes, during which fifty-seven milos was covered. BRITISH TUG TURNS ON THE ENEMY SUBMARINE ATTACKED, BUT JUST MISSED. London, April 9. The South Shields tug Homer was towing the French barque. Sonis, grainladen, to Sunderland, when a German submarine ordered her to stop. The Homer waited till the submarine was abeam; then cast off the hawser, and steamed at a speed of 11J knots straight for the submarine, but missed her 'by threo feet. The submarine fired a torpedo,, which missed the tug, and then abandoned the pursuit. She torpedoed the barque. BARQUE APPARENTLY UNDAMAGED. (Rec. April 11, 5.5 p.m.) London, April 10. The Sonis has been towed to Deal. She ia apparently undamaged. PORTUGUESE COAL SHIP TORPEDOED. , London, April 0. The Portuguese sailing collier Durno, bound for.Oporto, was torpedoed on April 3. She sank slowly, and the crew took to the boats and reached Helwick lightship. RUTHLESS. TREATMENT OP FRENCH SAILORS THREE MINUTES TO LEAVE THEIR SHIP. (Reo. April 11, 3.30 p.m.) Paris, April 30. A submarine gave the crew; of the French sailer, Chateaubriand, off the Isle of Wight, ten minutes to leave their ship, and then torpedoed and sank her within three minutes. The erew, numbering 24, were in two boats in a rough sea, and experienced intense sufferings. They were foodless for forty-eight hours. They reached Treport with the help of a lifeboat. BERNSTORFF ATTEMPTS TO EXPLAIN AWAY THE FALABA. London, April 9. Count Bernstorff, German Ambassador to the United States, justifies the steamer Falaha outrage, on the ground of military necessity. British merchantmen arc armed .and German submarines must act quickly. The responsibility for the death of the American citizen rests, he says," with Britain.— "Times" and Sydney '.'Sun" Services. REPORTED ATTACK BY BRITISH SQUADRON (Rec. April 11, 5.5 p.m.) . Christiana, April 10. The newspapers express the opinion that a British squadron has attacked German submarines off Sartoro, a group of islands west of Bergen, on the west coast of Norway. ANOTHER NOTE TO THE UNITED STATES GERMANY QUOTES A "PRECEDENT." (Rec. April 11, 5.5 p.m.) Washington, April 10. _ Germany has addressed a Note to the Government complaining that the United States is not observing neutrality, through her failure to accomplish anything in her diplomatic correspondence w.th the Allies in' the direction of obtaining for American exporters the right to ship foodstuffs for the civilian population of a belligerent country. Tho Note> quotes the American embargo on the exportation of arms to Mexico in 1913, as a precedent for Germany's demands. (Rec. April 11, 3.30 p.m.) . - V Londoni April 10. The German Note to the United States complains that civilians in Amerca have virtually acquiesced in the British blockade of German commerce. While tho American Government insists on tho legal right to ship arms and .ammunition to the Allies, it does not pursue its right to. ship foodstuffs and non-contraband to belligerent civilians. The Note urges a hotter observance of the spirit of neutrality *in general. - BITTER FEELING AGAINST GERMANY IN AMERICA. London, April 9. A Washington correspondent says:—"lt is now in Britain's power to finish ' a troubled chapter in connection with Anglo-American trade relations. Britain must theoretically, but not in fact, give up her right of arbitrarily interfering with neutral shipments suspected of having an eventual oneriiy destination. He adds: "The feeling against Germany was never more 'bitter in America.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Service.)