THE LUSITAMA CRIME

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2845, 9 August 1916, Page 5

THE LUSITAMA CRIME

GERMAN PRICE FOR AMERICAN ; LIVES LOST - r OFFER TO PAY £1000 PER j HEAD j Australian-New Zealand Cablo Association.'. ' i New York) August 7.- '• -j The Nen' York "Sun" says that) > Count Bemstorff (the German Auibas-' i sador) is urging Mr. Lansing (Secrc-l j tary of State) to sign an agreement; i whereby Germany will give strict. j countabilifcy in cash for every Ameri- ; \ can lost in the Lusitania, the price to' ] be 5000 dollars (about £1000) for each j i man, and less for women and children., i It is feared that if the agreement is; , ] made tho public will strongly protest 1 j against the proposed money equivalent! j for. American lives. ' ~ .| THE SUBMARINE HUNT IN THE j ATLANTIC -j WHERE IS THE DEUTSCHLAND ? -.j Portland (Maine), August 7.. j ' j A submarine was sighted off tha, j coast. It is believed.to be'either thej I Deutschland or the Bremen. It is un-, 1 derstood that tho British warships in-.' • tend 'to follow the Deutschland aorosS- j tho Atlantic, and to capture hec on'" j the other side. , * ] AN IMPUDif BLUFF " ] GERMANS ENTER SWEDISH PORTr .! FOR COAL. v;' | Stockholm, August 7."': .j The Germans captured tho Swedish' j steamer Thetis (1011 tons) and theu! j impudently put into a Swedish pdrt, ihj | spite of . orders, to re-coal. Tho Ger-j. I mans subsequently insisted on permis- j sion to quit tho harbour, and! threatori-j . j ed otherwise to blow up the steamer., • j Swedish warships have been dispatched.: • i STRONG FEELING IN SWEDEN.;' v - j (Hec. .August 8, 9.55 p.m.) .* | London; August 8. , 1 The "Morning Post's" Stockholm, i correspondent says that tho Thetis affair is somewhat critical. There is a t strong feeling in Sweden. The Government declares that as the twenty-four, • . ; hour limit had expired, the Thetis ia ; ' i no longer a prize, and refuse? any ox- .. : tension, of time. Two Zeppelins and > German patrol ships are waiting off. j Slite. Tho Swedish Press is unanimous in. its opinion that the liavoo caused byj i the German raiders constitutes an un-. . • prccedented violation of neutrality and.:- j the laws of war. Diplomatic negotia-! -j tions are proceeding. . i HUN PIRACIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN A TOLD BY THE SURVIVORS OF THE* SIENA. (Reo. August 8, 7.10 p.m.) ■ ■. ■■ Genoa, August 7. . j Eighteen survivors of the Italian. j steamer Siena, which was bombarded. j by a tiibmarino carrying the Austrian flag, havo arrived. They state that the. . j incendiary shells caused a firo oil the. | vessel. Six boats were lowered. Three, ■ were smashed, and tho, others are missing. ' .-. 4 The papers are indignant at the callousness of neutrals in not protesting . . j against thes? outrages. - j GERMAN DEMAND FOR AIR AND r SEA FRIGHTFULNESS ' DEPUTATION TO THE KING OF BAVARIA. (Rec. August 9, 0.50 a.m.) - ' Berne, August 8. • Tho King of' Bavaria, in reply to deputation demanding a submarine atid; air warfare against England, Gcr-i x many's worst enemy, said that Ger-, . ; many reserved her right of unrestrict-; c(f submarino and aerial warfare, which; would Too continued with ' increasing; . energy. He concluded by appealing,' to tho people not to create, dissens'ionp,; .J in Germany. .