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Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 March 1916, Page 3

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(Received This Day 0.20 a.m.; NAVAL DUEL. -Lroiuloii, March zO. aiie Groil w;ia light jirotectedi cruiser armed with two /"in. guns, six lui. guns and thru torpedo tubes. She left Wilhelm shaven a,t the beginning of tile month. The Aieantara, dissatisfied "with the Greif's assurance tliafc she was a peaceful snip lowered a uo-at. The Moewe's tricks were repeated: a button was preseil and the peaceful merchantman transformed into a foe. Her three torpedo tubes ■were immediately at work. The firstmissed,, but the second and third found their mark. The .British commander like a Hash ordered a terrihe 'broadside into the enemy, whoso delirium of delight was turned into tense anxiety. ' Though the lint-ish gunners were .surrounded by strieKen men and the A loan tarn was mortally hit, they ■worked feverishly, and did their utmost

to repair damage, while nor guns raked the Greif until both were sinking, the Greif foundering with a number of her crew. , GREAT BRITAIN'S TRADE POLICY'. 'I he Daily Chronicae asks : Dors anyoiu- an pose ihat England ought to re»uso nfter tiio war. to have any trade with one hundred and tiftv million ol people ill Central Europe? Such a policy would cause the V'ss ot our commercial prominence, whereto £he United States would .succeed and New Vwk take i>ondon's place a.s the heart a.ntl; nerve centre of tne world's trade.' I'In; j.it. Hon. D. Lloyd George will be ho party to so disastrous a policy. lie is no cosmopolitan, but a fervent patriot, and holds that the chief thing to bear in mind is what is best for the welfare of the mass of the people auu the Empire. (Received This Day a.30 a.m.) THE LOSS Ol 1 ' THE SUSSEX. London. March L'b., The Sussex's passengers totalled whereof 69 were iatuledi at Dover. Thought the steamer's rockets were (in rivalled for strength and purity is SHARL AMD'S Bakinsi Powder. I Once thied —always used. Costs less than other compounds—worth more. Advfc.

I clearly vi'-iblc, a sailing vessel came jwithm oUO yards of the boat sent to I seek succour, and then proceeded in til© opposite direction. <Jrocker and x'en- ' field, two Americans, have been piaced !in the hospital at Dover with their 'skulls fractured. Aliss' lialdwin, of i Aew Yyik, was killed, and two other I Americans are missing. Two badlywounded passengers died aboard the iiritish destroyer. As the Sussex's boilers continued to work alter the explosion, the electric light helped to cheer thiftkpasen,geis while awaiting rescue. The damage extended to the captain's bridge, and great destruction was caused ill the vessel's interior. The dining 100111' was wreeiced, and several kilied there. The capsizing . of the lifeboat was due to the passengeis overcrowding it, against the officers' advice. -Many of its occupants were drowned, and many jumped; into the water, missing the boats, and perished. , i'asseiigors have stated that' the •-.cone aboard the .Sus>ex was most desolate. Crowds 'wore awaiting what seemed to bo inevitable death, and passengers were on board the raits or clinging to pieces of wood, looking about for hcip, which, owing to a mishap to the aerial wires, was not forthcoming. Women were baling out the boat with hats and handbags. "Ilie ground swell of the water increased, and those clinging to the rafts and wreckage at 7 o-clock in the evening returned aboard. j The Nil, se\',s sailors were splendidly s-olf-snenlioing, and acted 111 that spirit throughout. There was a Minding crash and a. .tremendous upheaval, and the miraculous feature of the affair was that although one-third of tlio Sussex was blown away slie did not "sct-tSt.?" one single inch.