On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 59, 12 March 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

RUNNING THE BLOCKADE.

GUNS FOR CERMANY.

THE STEAMER BLENDA HELD UP Unitbd Press Association. (Received 8.30 a.m.) Copenhagen, March 11. The Blenda is not allowed to sail, the authorities being satisfied that the guns were intended for' Germany. , j

NORTH SEA INCIDENT.

SUBMARINE FOULS A TRAWLER AND SINKS. (Eeceived 8.55 a.m.) London, March. 11. The Westminster Gazette states that a German submarine on February 23rd attempted to dive under the trawler Alexander Hastie in the North Sea, but fouled the trawler, and later reappeared on its broadside, then turned over and remained so for twenty minutes, and then sank. Much oil rose to the surface.

TREATMENT OF CAPTURED SUBMARINE CREWS.

GERMAN NEWSPAPERS DEMAND REPRISALS. (Received 11.30 a.m.) Berlin, March 11. The newspapers are angry at the treatment being meted ouj; to the captured crews of the submarines, and they demand reprisals. YESTERDAY'S TOLL OF THE BLOCKADE. (Received 11.50 a.m.) London, March 11. Names have been posted at Lloyds of seven small steamers which were sunk yesterday. ANOTHER SEIZURE OF KNIVES AS CONTRABAND. (Received 11.30 a.m.) Copenhagen, March 11. , Another hundred tons of butchers' knives destined for Germany, were seized at Trelleborg on the ground j that they could be adapted as bayonets at a trifling cost. .MISCELLANEOUS. Christiania, March 11. The Naval Commission was satisfied that the Norwegian steamer Belridge was sunk by the Germans. London, March 10. . Official: The Ariel sank the submarine 1112, not the U2O. She resetted ten out of a crew of twenty-eight. A submarine sighted in Dublin Bay, judging by the large size, was the Ul2. Either the numbering of the submarines has been altered to deceive England or they are training double crews.

Work in Dardanelles.

FRENCH TROOPS IN TRANSPORTS United Pbesb Association. Berlin, March 10. The Frankfurter Zcifcnng telegram from Rome states that twenty-two French transports passed near Malta going to the Dardanelles.

gag MISCELLANEOUS. Times and Sydney Sun Service. London, March 11. A Berlin wireless message declares that not a single warship reached the mine-fields, and the attempt at landing failed. •• Constantinople is quiet, and full of confidence. United Press Association. London, March 11. Turkey's ammunition, especially projectiles, is reported to be almost exhausted. The gunners defending the Dardanelles are economising shots to hide the poverty of their magazines. Germany is pressing Roumania to allow ammunition transit to Turkey, but unsuccessfully. Athens, March 10. The bombardment of the Dardanelles on Monday destroyed thirty guns belonging to motor batteries. Fog on Sunday necessitated a postponement of the bombardment. ,