ON THE SEA.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 24 March 1917, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

DUTCH STEAMER TORPEDOED. HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE. Eeceived 8.45. NEW YORK. March 23. The steamer Healdton was torpedoed at Terchclling (an island in Holla, off the Zuyder Zee), and twenty were drowned and one killed. k TRENCH SHIPPING' RETURNS. Received S. 45. LONDON, March 23. French Official:—For the week ending March 18, arrivals of merchantmen of over 100 tons (excluding fishing craft) were 920; departures were 914. The sinking of French vessels was six over and six under* 1600 tons. THE "MOEWE'' AGAIN. AMSTERDAM, March 22. A Berlin official mesage says: The auxiliary cruiser Moewe has returned home from the second cruise in the Atlantic. FRENCH DREADNOUGHT SUNK. Received 10.45. PARIS, March 23. A French dreadnought has been sunk in the Mediterranean. AMERICAN ARMED MERCHANTMEN. AMSTERDAM, March 23. It is rumoured that Holland refused America's request to admit American armed mciichantmen to Dutch ports. It is assumed, therefore, that Anglo-Amer-ican shipping will be entirely debarred. The "Handelsblad" suggests that Britain and America should certainly regard this as an unfriendly act.

AMERICA ON HER DIGNITY. WASHINGTON, March 22. The State Department makes it known, officially that they refuse to consider any neutral suggestions until Germany withdraws the submarine blockade. i