On the Sea.
ARMED MER CK A NTM EN.
XFIdTEB sEbKBB ASSOCIATION. (Received 12.35 p.m.) London, July 8. The Foreign Office announces that helligerent merchantmen are entitled to carry and use armament in se'fdefence. The principle has been «rally ,and British ships so armed have been .trading regularly to various .countries since an parly stage o.i: the war. A GERMAN EXPLANATION. (Received 11.45 a.m.) Stockholm, July 3 . t Tbe German explanation of the alleged interference with the mads on tllfe «Bjoefn is that ;several mailbng:we're found hidden \mder the cortl, : and being. 'suspiciously' heavy were opened and found to contain contraband in «fehe form: of wire-cutters which were destineß for England. These were.eorifiscated.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 59, 9 July 1915, Page 6
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113On the Sea. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 59, 9 July 1915, Page 6
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