With the Fleets.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 235, 13 March 1915, Page 5

With the Fleets.

GERMAN ARMED LINER. OVER-STEPS THE MARK. AN AMERICAN STEAMER SCUTTLED. Received March 12, 8.35 p.m. New York, March 12. The German armed liner Prince Eitel Friedrich has arrived at Newport with 326 prisoners from various vessels which she sank. The captain states that he put in for repairs. Since he left the Easter Islands he sank one Russian sailer, two French sailers and one steamer, two British steamers and one sailer, also the American sailer William Frye. The latter's captain is amongst the prisoners. He states that he Left Seattle in November bound for Queenstown with 5200 tons of wheat valued at £OO,OOO. The Prince Eitcl overhauled lier in the South Atlantic oil January 27th, declared the cargo contraband, and started to jettison it. After a few hours the captain said this was too slow, and decided to destroy the ship. Washington authorities are irritated by the sinking of the William Frye, and are inquiring into the incident. Probably the Prince Eitel Friedrich will be interned. NOT UNEXPECTED. Received March 12, 11 p.m. _ New York, March 12. The Neutrality Board has recommended allowing the Prinz Eitel to repair under the naval authorities' supervision. RUNNING TIIE "BLOCKADE." Received (March 12, 11 p.m. London, March 12. Numbers of vessels report having evaded submarines on various parts of the coast. GERMAN SUBMARINE DESTROYED. BY COLLISION WITH A TRAWL. GERMANY DEMANDS REPRISALS. London, March 11. The Westminster Gazette states that a German submarine on February 23, attempted to dive under the trawler Alexander Hastie, in the North Sea, but fouled the trawl. Later she reappeared on her broadside, or overturned, and remained so for twenty minutes, when she sank, and much oil rose to the surface. The names are posted at Lloyds of seven small steamers which were sunk yesterday. Berlin, March 11. The newspapers are angry at the treatment of the captured crews of submarines and demand reprisals, (Mr. Churchill announced that the captured crews would not be treated as ordinary prisoners of war, since they might have been guilty of breaches of international law by sinking vessels and their crews without notice.)