GERMAN PIRATE SUNK

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2485, 11 June 1915, Page 5

GERMAN PIRATE SUNK

OFFICERS AND • CREW MADE PRISONERS TREATMENT DISCUSSED IN PARLIAMENT London, June 9. Mr. Balfour, First Lord of the Admiralty, announced in the House of Commons that a Gorman submarine had been sunk, and six officers and twentyone of the crew made prisoners. TREATMENT OF PIRATE PRISONERS. RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUTRAGES DEFERRED. London, June 10. Referring m the House of Commons to the policy to be adopted with regard to the treatment of prisoners from captured German submarines, Sir.' Balfour, First Lord of the Admiralty, said that arrangements were being made whereby their treatment would be identical with that of other prisoners. "This does not indicate a change of opinion as to tha character of the acts in which the prisoners were concerned. Their practices were not merely a flagrant contradiction of the laws of war, but were most cowardly and brutal. "It must be remembered, however, that the attacks upon defenceless vessels were not the only violations of the laws of humanity of which the Germans were guilty. The Government was therefore of. opinion that the submarine problem could not be treated in isolation, and tho general question of personal responsibility could bo roserved until the end of tho war." SUNK BY SUBMARINE PIRATES. FOUR VESSELS REPORTED. London, June 9. The British collier Lady Salisbury was torpedoed off Harwich by a submarine. Sixteen of tho crew were saved : two who wore reported missing were later picked up. _ Two trawlers and a Frenoh bnrquentino were also torpedoed yesterday. The crows word saved, .

dria on June 8, says:—"The fighting is confined to that part of the lino known as Oman's Post'. The Turks sapped up to two holes outside a trench, caused rnme explosions, and turned them into bomb-proof shelters. "IVo parties of Light Horse attacked and occupied tlio shelters, but we were onlv able to retain one trench beyond our left, which tho Now Zealandors took and held for forty-eight hours. Afterwards, when enfiladed by artillery and tjhe trench became untenable, the New Zealandors retired to their old positions. "General von Sanders direoted the attack on May 19, and the men say i n i oll ' y directs some more. All the men are in splendid fettle, and are being well fed."