Second Edition. On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 62, 12 November 1915, Page 6

Second Edition. On the Sea

THE ANCONA CRIME. FURTHER DETAILS. A BRITISH PASSENGER’S STORY. United Press Association. . (Received 8,25 a.in.) At alta, November 11. A British third-class passenger by the Ancona, interviewed, said the vessel called at Messina on Sunday and embarked 130 third-class passengers, mostly (Cheeks and some Italians, the •majority dicing children, though there were many women. .The ship sailed at live o’clock in the Afternoon. The captain was warned of the presence of submarines and took all possible! precautions.' At one o'clock on Monday afternon he. sighted submarines a great distance away and they.made full speed in the Ancona’s direction, j firing a shot wide across the vessel’s, hows. This signal caused the wildest j panic even among tlie men. ’I he passenger. does not remember whether the Ancona stopped after the first shot, hut believed the engines wore still go- - jug. The submarine continued to shell the ship while rapidly gaining upon her. HORROR AND__]|JDICNATION. WHAT WILL WILSON DO ? TALK AND HELPLESSNESS. (.Received 8.25 ami.) /. • j New York, November 11. There is an outburst of horror and indignation. It is*expected President - Wilson will demand reparation, argu- ,, ing that non-combatants should he allowed full means to escape. He Joes not consider that small boats are places Vd safety jmder international law. It is generally believed, that Germany, through Austria, is making another effort to flout the law ot humanity, believing that there will be no retaliation. The outrage comes at ' the' very time the German-Amermans hiive opened a virulent campaign in the Western ''States to defeat Hr. ,Woodrow Wilson for the Presidency on the ground that bis policy favours the Entente. The Americans; on the Ancona were chiefly dews returning from Palestine,. It & .pointed out* in official circles’ that the United States is in a more helpless positioir As regards Austria than, ever'she is with Germany. 1 ’Tho’^ltalian Embassy describes the sinking of the Ancona as absolute murder. The ship was outward-bound, anil therefore could have had no munitions on board. MURDERED INNOCENTS. ;?j> ; BOAT/ LOADS OF WOMEN V SHELLED. "■ GERMANS JEER AT DROWNING ' PASSENGERS. ' , ; - ; j (Received 9.5 a.m.) -Vf( Rome, November 11. f ’ The’Ancona’s captain has arrived here, and confirmed the report that the shelled the boats in the davits when tb6v„ were lull of people, arid many were, killed and wounded.; "Some of T/hc shipwrecked swimmers approached the submarine, hut were repulsed with jeers. 1 The captain declares emphatically that the submarine did not signal him to. stop, but first fired a shell at live miles range, grazing the vessel. Ibe Ancona, stopped dead, and the last shell hit her and the torpedoes were ired vfheu only a quarter of a mile away, from'the ill-fated ship. , (Received 1.-10 u.m.) New York, November 11. ■ The agents of the Ancona have received reports that over four hundred : t'fuls were saved but there is nothing official from the Company. Ambassador Page reported to Washington that twenty passengers, believed to be Americans, in the third-class, ' were lost. Mrs Grid, an American physician, who was among the saved, was recently working at an Italian . convalescent hospital.

HARROWING scenes. A TALE OF HORROR. / RUTHLESS GERMAN WORK. (Received 9.5 a.ra.) Malta, November 12. ' The sixth shot Rom the submarine completely destroyed the chart house , and the Ancona’s engines were stop- ,, ped! - The submarine was now seen plainly to be flying the Austrian flag. She came alongside, and the commander talked to the Ancona’s captain, and~in a somewhat curt manner, we were told we would be given a few minutes to abandon our ship. I he submarine withdrew a short distance, and no time was lost in making airangements, but soon a regular pandora nmn reigned amongst the passengers. The women appeared to have completely lost their heads when the submarine continued to .fire around the vessel, and there was a rush for the boats;'which wore being lowered, ■tome of these were not free from the davits,-and were overturned by the '■eayy load, the occupants being i brown out “and many drowned. Heart-rending shrieks rent the air, blit help was not forthcoming. Everyone acted for himself. The submarine ( ntinued to charge shot after shot, V.'i.th a ruthlessness all the more inOc improhensible th e Ancona’s assailant y.as firing all round the vessel as

though anxious to create the utmost terror. The passengers interviewed adds that eight lifeboats took away fair complements, but fears that fully onehalf the passengers and crew perished. Some time after leaving the vessel, ho hard four shots in succession, and the Ancona had been blown up. A British steamer brought his boat to Malta. Press comment on the loss of the Ancona is much less vigorous than in the case of the Lusitania, and the general belief prevailing is that there is little America can do in view of the German attitude. AMERICAN INDIGNATION. (Reeived 1.50 p.m.) New York, November 11. The New York Herald says the Ancona infamy is but one in a grand scheme, and that Germany assumes that this Government can be kept asleep, but tide of popular wrath is rising higher at each unspeakable outrage. The Tribune says: Germany disavowed the, Lusitania, while the Ancona destroys the last semblage of verity in the assertion that President Wilson had won a diplomatic victory over Germany, honorable to the United States ai)d useful to neutrals.