On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 89, 17 April 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

SUGGESTED REPRISAL. REPLACE SUNKEN VESSELS BY INTERNED ENEMY SHiPS. (Received 8.-Id a.ui.) Paiis. April 16. M Mezauhan, president of the Brittany Shipowners’ Association. ! s ingests that every Allied ship sunk { liv the submarines will be replaced by one of similar size from the 27s tierman vessels interned in French ports. The Ministei' of Marine is considering the plan. DENIAL FROM BERLIN. NO OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE BRITISH WAR CREWS. (Received 8.25 a.in.) London. April 16. Berlin declares that the German warships never had the opportunity of saving the British war crews, and repudiates the accusation that it was purposely neglected. THE NORTH SEA MYSTERY. ...TEN WARSHIPS WITHOUT COLORS. Times and Sydney Sun Service. London, April 16. Steamers arriving at Christiana assert they met ten warships in northern waters in the North Sea, which they supposed were German. they were flying no colors.

THE BLOCKADE.

FOUR SUBMARINES AT WORK. Amsterdam, April 16. Four /submarines are operating around the Noord Hinder lightship. COLD-BLOODED MURDER. London, April 16. The Ptarmigan was bound for Rotterdam, with a cargo of tea, milk, and sugar. She was torpedoed without notice. ‘Eight out of seventeen were drowned. When the submarine was sighted all hands were called up, and they rushed the lifeboat. In the excitement someone dropped the painter and the boat was overturned. While the crew was struggling in the water a torpedo was launched, shattering the other boat and the Ptarmigan began to sink. The rest of the crew jumped into the sea. All wag over in three minutes and the submarines departed. The survivors righted and boarded the lifeboats and a Dutch boat picked them up.