PIRATE BLUFF FAILS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2776, 20 May 1916, Page 5

PIRATE BLUFF FAILS

- BERNSTORFF'S WARNING TO NEUTRALS ' TURNED DOWN BY AMERICA By Telegraph—Prose -Association—Copyright Washington, May IS. Mr. Lansing, in reply to a question, confirmed his decision not to convoy Count von Bernstprff's Training to neutrals'. . He said, lie' had never heard of a' merchantman seeking an approaching submarine on' the high, seas -until Count Bernstorff's Note , insinuated that British ships habitually'did'so. He had never credited the. German reports to that of. feet. . - ■ Count Bernstorff, acting on instructions from Germany, has issued a warning, to all German citizens to observe scrupulously the American laws, particularly" those governing neutrality. THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE BELLIGERENTS PRESIDENT WILSON'S VIEWS. ("Times",and Sydney "Sun" Services.) (E-ec. May 19, 5.5 p.m.) London, May 18. President Wilson, addressing American newspaiper _ correspondents, said that, America wished for peace because she. loved peace. She had nothing to do with the present qunrrel, which had carried those engaged-in it so far that thoy could not be held accountable by the ordinary standards of 'responsibility. SUBMARINES ACTIVE IN THE - : BALTIC THREE GERMAN STEAMERS SUNK. Stockholm, May 18. A submarine, believed to be Russian, shelled, tho German steamer lvollga for twenty minutes off Landsort Island, on tho 16th.y . She. then torpedoed, the steamer, which sank. Two of tho crew were injured: The captain-- and three men are missing. The German steamer Bianca was shelled and torpedoed and sunk at the same spot an hour later. The captain was taken prisoner, and tho. remainder of the crew rescued. • A Russian submarine torpedoed the Gorman steamer 1 Hera near Landsort Island on the same day. The crew were saved. . . ! A Copenhagen message states that 6omo reports attribute the. torpedoing of German vessels to a British submarine. VALUABLE GOLD SHIPMENT LOST THE SINKING OFTHE BATAI VIERA.V. London, May 18. I Tiie Dutch steamer Bnt-aviera V., which was- blown up whilst travelling from London to Rotterdam, carried seventyfive thousand sterling in gold.