America

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 54, 3 July 1915, Page 5

America

THE ARMENIAN INCIDENT. ENCAGED ON ADMIRALTY BUSINESS. Unitku Pkkss Association. Washington, July 2. Mr Page has cabled stating the Admiralty has notified him that the Armenian was engaged on their business. The captain of the Armenian believes the submarine rescued three of ihe crew. The mate states the first shell killed "en men. The operator continued to send out "S 0 S" until a shell destroyed the wireless apparatus. Four men, after terrible suffering, died of ivounds on board the boats.

THE LEAKAGE IN WIRELESS.

WARNING OF THE WELBURY.

(Received 9.25 a.m.) Washington, July 2

The Government is contemplating ,he placing of theSayville wireless station under American control, as it is believed the movements of the British and French trans-Atlantic -hipping are being notified to the 'Jerman Admiralty.

In connection with the attack on the steamer Welbury, it lias been disclos>d that someone in Cuba, before the ,-essel sailed, painted on the inside of the hold an intimation that the Weljurv would never reach England.

FURTHER PARTICULARS. CREW RESCUED BY TRAWLER. (Received 10.25 a.m.) London, July 2. Submarine gunfire sank the 4000tonner Welbury off Castletown, with 5400 tons of sugar. Before the ship left Cuba., someone painted inside the "lokl: "Your cargo for England will never get there." A trawler picked up the crew.

raw""-"*-**-SUBMARINE WARFARE. Amsterdam. July 2. The Hamburger Nachrichter is disappointed with Mr Gerard's views of the American attitude, and declares there is no evidence of Americans opposing the delivery of supplies and ammunition to the Allies. Therefore the submarine war, of which the Lusi'tania.was a victim, is a powerful and indispensable part of the German, warfare.

NEW SUBMARINE BASE. GERMANS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC. (Received 9.5 a.m.) Washington, July 2. The authorities have received information that there is a strong proba bility of Germany seeking to establish a strong submarine base on the New England coast. (New England is the district in the U.S.A. comprising the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. Here settled the .hulk of the English Puritans and Scotch Presbyterians, who, in the time of the Stuarts, crossed the Atlantic to enjoy religious .freedom. The inhabitants are enterprising and industrious and to them properly belongs the name or "Yankees.")

BRITISH ADMIRALTY'S STATEMENT. (Received 9.5 a.m.) Washington, July 2. The British Admiralty's statement will diminish the tension in official circles. - ' .

PULLINC THE WIRES.

BERNSTORFF FOOLS YANKEELAND. FALSE USE OF WIRELESS. (Received 11.30 a.m.) Loudon, July 2. The Xew York Journal states that Count Bernstorft' is using the Sayvilte wireless station as an adjunct of the spy system. The .journal, which has been collecting messages lor months, handed to the authorities copies of every line transmitted and received at Siiyville during June, proving that Count Bernstorft' had persistently fooled the United States Government and the censors. Count Bernstorft' furnished the United States with a false translation of the code used. Another prolific way ol sending coded messages was ostensible requests for repeats, containing masses of figures with secret meanings. These pretended repeats were not reported to the United States Government.