OUTRAGES BY SUBMARINES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2468, 22 May 1915, Page 5

OUTRAGES BY SUBMARINES

THE FALABA CRIME BRITISH INQUIRY OPENS , London, May 20. Lord Mersey has opened an mquiiv into tho sinking of ths steamer Falaba by a German submarine.' The Solicitor-General emphasised the shameful crime of sinking an unarmed, unoffending, passenger ship. TRAWLER BLOWN UP BY A SUBMARINE. CREW PICKED "DP. London. May 20. 'A' submarine blow up the trawler Chrysolite off Kinnaird Head, fortyseven miles north of Aberdeen. The crew were picked up by a passing steamer. FRENCH TRAWLER SUNK. THIRTEEN LIVES LOST.. (Rec. May 22, 0.50 a.m.) London, May 21. The French trawler Jusc has beeil torpedoed off Dartmouth. Her crew of thirteen perished. (Rec. May 22, 0.60 a.m.) London, May 21. Lieutenant Sayle, who served in the Sixth New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the South African War, was killed at Ypres. fWEEK'S LOSS IN MERCHANT SHIPPING. London, May 20. During the week ending May 18 there were 1438 arrivals and departures. Two vessels totalling 8173 tons and four. Dshing vessels were submarined. MURDER BY AEROPLANE ATTACK ON AN AMERICAN . STEAMER. (llec. May 21, 8.30 p.m.)'; New York. May 20. Tho oil tank steamor Cusning has arrived. The captain reports that a German aeroplane dropped three bombs in & deliberate attempt to sink tho vessel in order to murder a member of the crew. The case of the Cushing is included— with the Gulf Light, the Falaba, and the Lusitania—in the list of protests upon which is based the latest Note from the United States to Germany. MURDERS OF BRITISH PRISONERS OUR MOST EFFECTIVE REPLY. (Rec. May 21, 5.35 p.m.) London, May 21. In tho House of Commons, Sir J. B. Lonsdale (U.) asked what action the Government was taking with regard to the murder of British prisoners by. Prince Ruppecht's- Bavarians. Sir Edward Grey (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), in reply, Baid that the successful of the .war would be the most effective action.—. "Times" and Sydney "Sun"'Services.