ANOTHER ACT OF MONSTROUS ATROCITY

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2660, 4 January 1916, Page 7

ANOTHER ACT OF MONSTROUS ATROCITY

SINKING OF THE PERSIA LOATHING OF GERMANY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright i y (Rec. January 3, 7.10 p.m.) ' Ths "Daily Telegraph" says: "Prompt upon the opening^' there is another act of monstrous atrocity, as if our enemies were under a fatal compulsion to. repeatedly remind lrumauity for what .Germanism stands, and . what success m the war would mean. Austro-German 'frightfulness' decrees it; to be the business of the Navy to sink liners, and it is the business of diplomats to construct a defence afterwards. The sinking of the Persia deepens the loathing with which Germany is regarded throughout the civilised world." THE PERSIA DISAPPEARED IN FIVE MINUTES. ■ (Rec. January 3, 7.10 p.m.) _ ■ . Cairo, January 3. The survivors from the Persia include ten military officers. The vessel was struck amidships at one o'clock in the afternoon, and disappeared in five minutes. It was a miracle that anyone was saved. Four boats were lowered with the greatest promptitude. The captain was drowned. He was last seen swimming after the liner's plunge. THE SURVIVORS TOTAL ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE. 4 . London, January 2. Lloyd s reports that 153 survivors of til© Persia have arrived, consisting of fifty-nine passengers, of whom seventeen are women, and ninety-four of the crew, of whom fifty-nine are lascars. . 1 ' THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY MISSING. (Rec. January 4, 0.30 a.m.) London, January 3. Approximately 390 of tlio Persia's passengers and crew are missing. •SPLENDID CONDUCT OF PASSENGERS AND CREW. (Rec. January 3, 10.35 p.m.) ' London, January 3. Tlio Honourable Charles Bigham, who was a passenger on the Persia, telegraphs that tlio vessel was struck oil the port bow. No attempt was made to assist. It was impossible to lower the starboard boats owing to the heavy list. Five or six of the port boats were lowered. The conduct of the passongers and crew was splendid. There was no struggling or panic. British warships picked up four boats after they were adrift for thirty hours. Two of the boats were drawn down, and tlioro was no time to cut. the ropes. Tlio waves almost immediately washed.the Persia's deck ami swept the passengers and crew into the sea. The Hon. Charles Bigham sank, and on rising bumped his head against'a boat, and was thus saved. There are no tidings of the two other boats which wero launched, It ie feared there are no further survirorsi