On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 75, 4 March 1916, Page 5

On the Sea

__„ .tfflltrw i .jihi.i»h.»i^. i i THF NAVAL PRI7F FUND. I TOTAL OF £6,000,000 TO DATE. rwithp Peksh Association. (Received 9.55 a.m.) London, March 3. The .Viv.-'l Prize Kiind, now to six millions, which is distributable alter the war among all naval ranks. GERMAN MENDACiTY. THE SINKING OF THE ARABIC. AMAZING LIE RUN DOWN. BRITISH ADMIRALTY'S INFORMATION. TTnttvti Puyss Aknooiatjor. (Received 9.35 a.m.) Xew York, March 3. A remarkable example oi German mendacity has been put on record. Count Bernstorff banded to Mr Lansing a report justifying the sinking of the Arabic, which was based on the reports of Schneider, the commander of the submarine. Britain has informed Mr Lansing that the affidavit i s obviously false, as a naval patrol sank Schneider's (127 immediately after the Arabic sank'. Two of the wounded from the submarine's crew, before dying admitted that they sank the Arabic. GERMAN RAIDER MOEWE. CAPTURE REPORT UNCONFIRMED. [United Phess Association.] (Received 9.30 a.m. ) Washington, March 3. The reported capture of the Moewe is not confirmed. The rumour appears to depend only on the statement of an American captain who arrived at Buenor Ayres. MINE-SWEEPER TORPEDOED. THREE LIVES LOST IN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN. The High Commissioner reports: London, March 3 (3.30 p.m.) The Admiralty's mine-sweeper "Primula" was torpedoed and sunk on Wednesday in the Eastern Mediterranean. Three lives were lost. MINES IN THE BAY QF BISCAY. FRENCH STEAMER LOST. SIX OF THE CREW KILLED. (Received 9.5 a.m.) Paris, March 3. The steamer Lakos was mined and sunk off the island of Yen, in the Bay of Biscay. Six of the crew were killed.