THE HESPERIAN CRIME

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2563, 10 September 1915, Page 5

THE HESPERIAN CRIME

GERMANS ALLEGE THAT LINER STRUCK A MINE ACTION BY AMERICA . UNLIKELY By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ~ Now York, September 8. Lount Bernstorff announces. that evidence received l in Berlin indicates' that tho Hesperian struck a mine, and was not torpedoed. PUBLIC DISILLUSIONED. ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services) «ti m: London, September 8. , iiie limes correspondent at Washington says that it is unlikely that diplomatic action will result from the torpedoing of the Hesperian. Tlio act Jias checked the light-hearted assiiirii>» tion of complete German repentance for her submarine sins, and bae stopped l discussion concerning peace ' , prospects, which the pro-Germans have been steadily cultivating. THIRTY-THREE MISSING. HEROISM OF THE WOMEN. September 8.;-? IJiirty-tliree of thoso who were oti board tlie Hesperian are missing. A wounded Canadian declares that the women behaved heroically; they were unsparing in tlieir efforts to distribute lifebelts, and in assisting' ,the wounded into the boats.: A girl remarked: "You are dying for us. - It is our turn now." ONE AMERICAN CITIZEN LOST. . New York, September 8. A Router's message from Queenstown states that it has been established tliat one American was lost in the Hesperian. THE SINKING OF THE ARABIC SUBMARINE COMMANDER'S REPORT Washington, September B.' ' The State Department is informed that a German submarine commander reported having torpedoed the Arabic, when.the Arabic attempted to ram his submarine, which was then engaged in sinking another vessel. j

MORE SEA PIRACIES SEVERAL VESSELS SUNK London, September 8.-: The Ellerman liner Douro, the Norwegian barque Storesand, and the French steamer Bordeaux were submarined.'" The crews were saved. The Russian steamer Ehea (1145 tons) was sunk by a submarine without warning. The crew and two women : • were landed at Liverpool. . , 1 . ,' ; [The Douro was a vessel of 1603 tons, and the Bordeaux of 4530 tons. The Storesand was a steel 'barque of 1638 tons.] . ■ ' t •. Paris, September 8. The Generale- Transatlantiqiie .Company's steamer Gauteinala has been submarined. The was saved. . ' ' BRITISH NAVY'S ACHIEVEMENTS Paris, September 8. Desoribing a visit to tho Grand Fleet, M- Eeve Baziu, the well-known French author and journalist; says he learned by various means that the British have struck such a powerful blow at the German undersea fleet that, though still able to annoy, it cannot secure a definite decision. Its losses have been too heavy. The British have sunk freat numbers of submarines, while French torpedo-boats have accounted for ethers. I