DEMAND FROM AMERICA

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2693, 12 February 1916, Page 5

DEMAND FROM AMERICA

THE ATTACK ON THE PETROLIS By Telegraph—Presß Association—Copyright Washington, February 10. Mr. Lansing, Secretary of State, lias lemanded from Austria an apology for naking an'tibiae); without warning*oil ike steamer Petrolio in December. He isks for tile punishment of the commander of the submarine and an indemnity. Tho submarine continued firing, although the steamer had stopped. The 3aptain of tho Petrolio refused to sell liis provisions, and thereupon the crew jf tho submarine forcibly helped themselves. "THE BETRAYAL" PRESIDENT WILSON AND THE SCRAPS OF PAPER. '"Ernes" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) London, February . 0. The New York "Tribune" says that when the public understands that President "Wilson has betrayed it by tho acceptance of Gorman "scraps of paper" permitting Americans to live 011 the high seas subject to the German pleasure, its indignation will be destructive. AN APOLOGY TO HOLLAND HUN PIRATES TO PAY TIIE^PRICE. By Tolesreuh—Press Association—Gopyrisht The Hague, February 10. Germany lias apologised for the torpedoing of tlje Artemis, and has offered ail indemnity. [The Dutch oil steamer Artemis (2312 tons), from Rotterdam to London, in ballast, was torpedoed on Wednesday in exceptional circumstances. Four tor-pedo-boat destroyers stoppedtlie vessel at midnight near Noord Hinder, and the Gormans boarded her. They found that she carried no cargo, and, satisfied by the search, made an entry in the log to that effect. They eidered the vessel to an anchorago, where two of the tor-pedo-boats ordered her to Zeebrugge. The captain protested that ho did not krioiv the locality, and asked for a pilot. The Germans, in bullying tones, ordered him to quit the vessel within fivo minutes, alleging that if he disobeyed orders they would torpedo the vessel. A torpedo was fired before tho boats could be lowered, and the Artemis received a gaping hole, but floated on her empty oil tanks. The crew reboarded her four hours later, and took the steamer to Rotterdam.]