Maritime Activities

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 219, 23 February 1915, Page 5

Maritime Activities

SUBMARINE IN THE IRISH SEA. THE HORNET OF Till; ATLANTIC. KAIU.SRUHK STILL ACTIVE. London, February 21, The steamers Potaro. Highland Brae, Hemisphere and two sailing vessels have been sunk in the Atlantic, presumably by tlie Karlsruhe. The crews numbering 192, have landed at Buenos Ayres, also 51 passengers from the Highland Brae. [The Karlsruhe is an armoured cruiser, built in 1013. Her tonnage is 4820 tons and she carries twelve 4-in. guns. Her speed is 2(i.75 knots.] THE GERMAN BLOCKADE. SUBMARINE IN THE IRISH SEA. WHITE MEN AMONG GERMANS. ANXIETY IN DENMARK. Loudon, February 20. A submarine torpedoed and sunk th > s'liall coal-laden steamer Bownshire off the island Calf of Man on Saturday evening. The commander of the submarine gave the crew five, minutes to leave. [Calf of Mart is a small island to the south-west of the Isle of Man.] Paris, February 21. The boatswain of the ViHe-de-Vile-which was sunk by a German submarine in the English Channel, states that the submarine, seeing the' ship's boats making desperate efforts to reach the coast, towed them towards Barfleui, until they saw the smoke of approaching torpedo boats, when she leisurelv submerged herself. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, February 2). The Dutch Government recommendwl shipowners to instruct captains, in' the event of meeting submarines, to stop and give all information. There is anxiety in Copenhagen as to the effect of the German piratical operations. A number of crews refused to risk sailing and. left tli-ir ships, but fifty Danish ships are crossing the North Sea. The Norwegian steamer Nord Ca't struck a German mine in the Baltic and foundered. The whole of tile crew were drowned. The, Times, in a leader, commenting on the blockade, says: "The great dav lias come and pone, and at the moment of writing nobody is any the worse. We can imagine the streets of the Gennan cities crowded with credulous and expectant people T-atchintr the bu'le'tinhonrds end eagerlv awaiting the downfall of Furlend. They will have to wait a long time."

DAUNTLESS SEA-CAPTAINS. BRITISH TRADERS RUN THE GAUNTLET. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Receiyed <S2. 5.25 p.m London, February 22. The usual complement of sea-going vessels passed Gravesend and Tilbury to<!av freight laden, ranging from tramps to big liners. All will run the gauntlet of the so-called blockade.* 'Cantains. mates, and seamen assume a nonchalant attitude regarding the German threat If the risks are suggested, they reply with expressions of amused contempt and defiance, and declare that the risks are no greater than at any time during the last six months. The master of one large liner declared that if a submarine attacked his vessel he would not only dodge, but would turn upon the attacker. An enormous amount of war insurance on oversea commerce, continues to be placed on the open market at low rates. The pressure at Llovd's is so great that a long string of waiting brokers blocks the gang-ways.

"REGARDLESS OF CONSEQUENCES." BRITAIN'S NEW ALLIES. A TILT AT AMERICA. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 22, 5.10 p.m. London, February 22. The Lokal Anzeiger declares that the fight entered upon on Thursday must be fought either with all recklessness or not at all, and we German s are resolved to fight regardless of consequences. The Vossische Zeitung says that German measures at sea are directed against Britain's two allies. One is the American arms traffic, and the other is starvation.

STARS AND STRIPES FOR PROTECTION. AMERICA BECOMING IRRITATED. A VEILED THREAT. Times and Svdney Sun Services. Received 22. 5.20 p.m. London, February 22. Count Reventlow writes to the Tages Zeitung that Germans at present do not admit friendly relations with America, that public opinion is filled with •tmost bitterness against the United -.ces, whose ships will not be protected by the Stars and Stripes unless convoyed I>.V American warships. The Times' Washington correspondent says tlie German reply to the American Note has not much improved tilings. The convoy suggestion is felt to be out of the question owing to the mines Germany threatens to lay as her next step. It is possible that advantage will be taken of the oiler in the German Note for a continuation of the conversations, though little is expected to collie of them. It is felt that the situation must be solved by events, anil na amount of words will be able to avert the gravest trouble should American vessels sulTer.