APOLOGY TO AMERICA OFFERED

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2945, 4 December 1916, Page 8

APOLOGY TO AMERICA OFFERED

; ;; ■ —___+ SHE SINKING OF THE MARINA WAS NOT JUSTIFIED . PIRATES' LATEST NOTE Australian-New Zealand Oablo Association. ' New York, December 1/ The German Ambassador (Count von Bemstorff) has delivered Germany's answer to the American Note regarding iho sinking of the British' steamer Marina, offering an apology; the punishment of the commander of the submarine, and an indemnity for the 'American victims if it is proved that : the sinking was not justified. America ■is requested to furnish all available, details, as Germany's inquiries'have not •been conolusve. . \lha British steamer Marina was torpedoed without warning off the Irish coast on October 28. There- were fiftysix Americans on board, of whom six were killed and two injured. Nineteen lives were lost out-of a- total of 104. The vessel was not a. transport.] HER SUBMARINE WEAPON WHY GERMANY QUARRELLED ■ .WITH NORWAY. Christiania, December 1. The German Imperial Chancellor '(Herr Von Bethmann-Hollweg), in an interview with the "Berlin Tageblatt," stated that the Germans regarded Norway's submarine restrictions as an unfriendly act, and Norway's assistance in the transport of contraband as prolonging the. war. The Tecenb food crisis in England, Franco, and Russia, indicated ' lhat Germany was on the right road, and 6he would not bo deprived of licr submarine weapon. THE "5.0.5." CALL AS A PIRATE LURE SHE "SiO.S." OALL AS A PIRATE '.■'■' LURE. 'Anstralian-Nfiw Zealand Cabin, Association. (Rec. December 2, 7.50 p.m.) Rome, December 1. '• German' submarines in the Mediterranean are 'sending out the wireless 1'5.0.5." signals in the hope of bringing vessels to the sceno of the supposed attack, where the submarines torpedo them.: - CATEsFtoIS • . 'Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. (Rec. December 2, 2.40 p.m.) London, December 1. Tho latest victims of tlio German .' submarines includo the Rcapweld (3417 tons), Luceston (2948 tons), tho Greek steamer Michael (2410 tons), and the lArroroa. I ELLERMAN LINER SUNK LOSS OF THE OITY OF BIRMINGHAM. IA-nstraTion-Ifflw Zealand Cable Association. (Rec. December 3, 5.5 p.m.) London, Decembor 2. The Ellerman liner City of Birminglam_ (7498 tons) iva3 torpedoed in the ,' Mediterranean. Two hundred passengers hayo been landed at Alexandria.' PIRATES IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC DUTCH CARGO BOAT SUNK. iAustralian-New Zealand Cable Association. (Rec. December 3, 5.5, p.m.) las Palmas (Canary Islands), Dec. 1. On Thursday a German submarine sank the Dutch cargo boat Kediri (378b tons). The crew were landed. GENERAL WAR ON "ALL TRAWLERS." . !Außtralian-Kew Zealand Cable Association. (Rec. December 3, 5.5 p.m.) London, December 3. • German U-boats stopped an Icelandic trawler, which was carrying fish to England, and allowed them to return on the captain promising' not to carry food to England. _ The submarine commander - arnc d him that all trawlers going to England would be torpedoed.