On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 73, 26 July 1915, Page 5

On the Sea

OUR SILENT NAVY.

A NOTE OF CHEER. HEAVY TOLL FROM THE GERMANS.

LORD FISHER'S INVENTIVE GENIUS.

United Press Association. (Received 10 a.m.) London, Julv 25

The Observer, in a review of the year's operations and military and naval work, answering the pessimists. says: Within six months we shall have nearer four than three millions of men under amis or in training. Nothing can prevent Britain's military force turning the balanace against Germany's forty years' of preparation. It is impossible to lift the veil of the Navy, but wo know that a considerable number of German submarines will never return to Port. No outsider can possibly tell how many have been sunk or captured, but the Admiralty has no reason to be dissatisfied. Newconstructions since the outbreak of the war are probably the most notable in wartime annals, and this is, thanks largely to Lord Fisher's inventive genius." RUSSIAN COLLIER SUNK. United Press Association. (Received 9.35 a.m.) London. July 25. A submarine sank the Russian collier Rubonia, bound from Cardiff for Russia, between Orkney and Fair IsJe. The crew of thirty reached Orkney in their own boats.

NORTH SEA PIRACY AGAIN.

(.Received 9.30 a.m.) London, July 25

The Aberdeen, trawler, was submarined in the North Sea. The crew lande at Stromness.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

United Press Association. London. Julv 23

The Taeliche Runniehan publishes a violent tirade by Admiral Kirchoff, denouncing the verdict in the Lusitania case. He declares that the submarine attacks on unarmed merchantmen will be continued, regardless of the fate of neutrals.

Petrograd, .July 23

The, Czar is decorating Commander Max Horton with the Order of St. George. The Germans still persist that no warship was submarined. Copenhagen, July '2l.

Fishermen on Mano Island found the wreckage of a German steamer and ammunition boxes. She apparently blew up a feu days ago. when a terrific explosion shook the houses in many places.