On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 14, 15 August 1916, Page 5

On the Sea

MARITIME PEACE TERMS.

PROHIBITION ON GERMAN V SHIPPING. I quid PRO QUO FOR SUNKEN SHIPS. ' Press Association- —Copyright. ! Published in “The Times.” I ' 8.45 a.m.) New York, August 14. ! The United States’ shipping officials have been informed that a clause will be inserted in the peace treaty, prohibiting German steamships from calling at Allied ports for a certain number of years. The prohibition will embrace Australia, New Zealand, and 'other colonies. ( It is understood that the Allies are I likely to insist on a quid pro quo for I the sunken ships, and will probably | demand the Vaterland as a reply ,to |the Lusitania. SUBMARINE DEUTSCHLAND. REPORTED LOSS IN THE ATLANTIC. Press Association—Copyright, .Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. New York, August 13. An officer of the French cruiser Admiral Aube, reports that the cruiser received a wireless ■ from the British patrol in the Atlantic, saying they had sunk the Deutschland. The captain refused to confirm or deny the report. The British Admiralty officials have not received any confirmation of the story.

IN TME BALTIC SEA.

GERMAN ACTIVITY ON NORWEGIAN COAST. Press Association—Copyright. Reuter’s ‘Telegrams (Received 11.30 a.m.) Copenhagen, August 14. Steamers from England report that, German warships, Zeppelins, and submarines are patrolling the Norwegian coast. DESTROYER LOST ON DUTCH COAST. SIX OF CREW MISSING. Press Association —Copyright. 1 Reuter’s Telegrams (Received Noon.) London, August 14. The Admiralty announce that the destroyer Lassoo was sunk on the Dutch coast, being either torpedoed or mined. Six of the crew are missing.