THE SINKING OF THE HESPERIAN

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2571, 20 September 1915, Page 6

THE SINKING OF THE HESPERIAN

GERMAN NOTE TO AMERICA RESPONSIBILITY DENIED Washington, September IT. Mr. Lansing, United States Secretary of Stato, has received a Note from Gonuaiiy denying responsibility for the sinking of tho Hesperian. ENEMY'S SUBMARINE FLEET. (Rcc. September 19, 10.30 a.m.) London, September IS. The "Motor Boat" newspaper estimates that twenty German submarines havo been sunk, of which fifteen wero largo sea-going boats. Germany commenced the war with eleven sea-going craft, and sixteen which wero unsuitable for voyages beyond tlio North Sea. then she has added eighteen seagoing craft. Two of these are known to bo in tho Mediterranean, leaving twelve available for European waters, of which four arc always under repair, so that Germany thus has eight submarines for work beyond, the North Sea.

DRAWING THE NET ON THE SMUGGLERS CONTRABAND TRAFFIC IN "SWED- ; ISH BOUND" SHIPPING. By Taleeraph—Press Association—OoDrrlslt (Rec. September 19, 5.20 p.m.) : Copenhagen, September 18. Owing to suspicion having been cast upon food-laden ostensibly bound for Swedish, really intended for German, ports, the Swedish Government has decreed that prohibited articles must be sent from port to port by rail, not by water. SWEDEN SHORT OF COAL SUPPLIES FROM ENGLAND HELD up. (Rec. September 20, 0.10 a.m.) Copenhagen, September 18. There is crroat anxiety in Sweden over the non-arrival of coal from England. Gas-works and private factories are in a desperate position. It is reported that Britain is annoyed at Sweden's Tefusal to allow the agreed amount of food to pass to and from Russia.