THE PIRATE WAR

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3124, 30 June 1917, Page 7

THE PIRATE WAR

DANISH BARQUE SUNK WITHOUT WARNING CREW SEVENTY HOURS IN OPEN BOATS (Rec. June 30, 1.80 a.m.) Copenhagen, June 29. The 'Danish barque Ivitgut was torpedoed and e unk without warning. The crew were seventy hours in open touts. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable'Assn. LOSS OF THE MONGOLIA RESCUES EFFECTED IN A MONSOON. (Kec. June 29, 8 15 p.m.) London, Juno 28. All the Mongolia's 450 passengers, excepting two English and one Parsee, are safe. Of the crew, six English and fourteen natives were lost. The Tescu.es were effected in monsoonal weather, off Bombay. It is believed that all tho deaths were due to the explosion. The survivors, after their trying experiences, aro comfortably qnartered-in Bombay. Those for destinations beyond Bombay aro proceeding iu another of the- company's ships.—Aus.-IT.Z. Cable Assn. MINE PROBABLY LAID BY A BAIDEE. (Itec. June 29, 5.15 p.m.) London, June 2S The "Evening News" says: "Although the Germans are extensively using submarines for mine-laying, the mine that sank the Mongolia was more likely to have been laid by a raider, which Germany probably supplies through an organisation iu a neutral country. Another possibility is the corruption of neutral captains, leading them to arop a few mines outside British ports. — United Service.

THE TORPEDOED DUTCH STEAMERS COXTIUDICTOTIY STATEMENT FROM BERLIN. Amsterdam, June 28. A Berlin official statement, confirming tho offer of compensation for tho seven torpedoed Dutch steamers, declares that tho torpedoing was , due to the derangement of the submarine s wireless. -Uns is a striking contrast to tho announcement which threw the responsibility on tho Dutch shipowners.—Router. DYNAMITE ON A BRITISH STEAMER London, Juno 28. A. telegram from Stockholm states that dynamite was discovered on a British steamer loading there. German agents are suspected.—Router.