On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 50, 2 March 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

THE BLOCKADE

ALLIES’ SHIPPING BLOCKADE. United Press Association. Washington, March 1. The news contained in London dispatches that the Allies have decided that they have liberty to stop ail shipments to and from Germany has given credence to the view that Germany’s outrageous behaviour necessitates comprehensive retaliation, it is taken for granted that America’s informal communication to London and Berlin, suggesting the possibility of a. compromise between Britain and Ton. tonic war methods, has failed.

THE EMDEN ESCAPEES REACH DAMASCUS. London, March I. A German wireless states that the Ayesha’s crew have reached Damascus, and will be at Constantinople shortly. '(The Ayesha is the vessel on which part of the Emden’s crew escaped from the Cocos Islands.) SUGGESTIONS TO SHIPOWNERS FROM SCANDINAVIA. Times and Sydney Sun Service. (Received 8.0 a.m.) London, March 1. A Scandinavian shipping congress urges shipowners not to raise freights on grain and coal imports, hut to urge diplomatic negotiations with a view to utilising the idle ’ tonnage. The conference suggests that an agreement he arranged allowing Scandinavia to purchase ships from the belligerents.