ON THE SEA

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 80, 28 August 1914, Page 5

ON THE SEA

STEAMER STOPPED BY GERMAN CRUISER. HER PEOPLE COURTEOUSLY "', TREATEp. '' v Received 28, 12.20' a .m. London, August 27, The steamer Galician lias arrived. The vessel reports that a German cruiser signalled flier to stop, and not to use her wireless system. The operator mediately sent "5.0.5." signals. He had sent the first three letters of the Galician's name, when the Germans signalled, "We -will blow up the "bridge if another letter leaves." German officers .came aboard. They were very courteous. They arrested a British army officer and a gunner. While the incident was proceeding a German liner disguised in the'colors of #he Union Castle Line appeared. The cruiser forced her to hoist the German mercantile flag. The Galician's passengers cheered the ■Germans as they left. The Galician was allowed to proceed after the wireless apparatus had been wrecked. BRITISH AND GERMAN TORIPEDOERS. British Losses. Received 27, 11.55 p.m. Sydney, August 27. A Reuter message, via New York, dated the'evening of the 26th, reads:— Pekin, 27th.—The British lost 11 i killed and wounded on August 24 in- a j torpedo-boat fight with Germans off | Tsingtau.