THE SUSSEX CRIME

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2744, 12 April 1916, Page 5

THE SUSSEX CRIME

DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENTS EXPECTED WILL AMERICA ACT? By Telegraph-Frees Association-OopyrißM _ London, April 10. The "Daily Mail's" New York correspondent says: "There is no need to rear that the Government will show weakening over the sinking of the Snssek." Ho predicts a dramatic develop' ment in a few days. GERMAN DISCLAIMER, (Bee. April 12, 0.40 a.m.) '■ " Washington, April ibi The Government received a German Note disclaiming all responsibility.. for the sinking of the Sussex. The Unite-l States Government will not act before April 18. . ..', .. SIX.STEAMERS SUNK FIVE BRITISH; ONE NORWEGIAN. (Rec. April 11, 9.5 p.m.) ~. _, „ London, Anril 11. Lloyds reports that the British Steamers Zafra, Glen Almond,- Silksworth Hall, Eastern City, and Yvonne have been sunk. The Norwegian steamer Sjolyst -was torpedoed without warning northward of Ushant. The crews were landed. ' [Zafra, 3578 tons, English and American S.S. Company, Ltd.; Glen Almond, 2888 tons, Austin Friars S.S. Company, Ltd.; Silksworth Hall, 4777 tons, Silksworth Hall SIS. Company, Lid.; Eastern City, 434140n5, St. Just S.S., Company, Ltd.; there is no British Yvonne in Lloyd's List—a French ship pf that name, 123 tons, is listed as belonging to the Pochet-Decroise Company, of Bayonne, France; Sjolst, 997 tons, Henriksson, Norway.] ;, DANISH STEAMER ;SUNKr ; •' : (Rec. April' 12, 0.40 a.m.) ! w-. , ■ , P ? r,s ' A P"I ir. • An Austrian submarine torpedoed tie I Danish steamer Caledonia (1816 tonB) [ m the Mediterranean, without warning. The crew were picked up. .THE LATEST SUBMARINE CAPTURE PIRATE U BOAT OF NEWER' TYPE. London, April 10. ~-T h? , Da,l y Telegraph" states that the submarine which the French captured on Tuesday was of the newer type. Two officers and twenty seamen surrendered. Tho majority of them lare m their teens. GERMAN SEA TRADE WITH NORWAY COAL AND-OIL CARRYING UNDER •; '.'-; , -' ESCORT:' ■; •■;;: '_".■'. ~:. Copenhagen,:April,lo. ! .The Aftenposten" says for the first time since ,the beginning of the waT German steamers arrived at Norwegian west coast,harbours.with coal, taking back.fisu and train oil. Many German submarines and torpedo-boats esctirted the steamers to territorial waters.