With the Fleets.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 239, 18 March 1915, Page 5

With the Fleets.

BLOCKADE ANNOYS AMERICA PIIOTEM TO BE MADE ibcc.ve.l March 17. Jlp.m. \\ aiiiiLftoi). .March 17. Piv-.d< nt. Vi d-<>n announces thai lii imnn 'I!.i1 1- a:i,l vigorous jn-ot>-st will b made agaiii-t tiif British decision ti p'.aiv .ii! embargo uii 'icrnian trade. Th St.i..' ))> (. ai'tnu ii:. duo not conceal it ken disappointment at tilt; failure o it-, efiorts to secure a modus vivciid betw, en Britain ail,l Oermany oil tin basis of Germany'* oner to give 11; submarine warfare against merchant wen. The futility of further protc.-t i> ailmitte.i mile:, lrtaliation is threat l lied. ANOTHER HORNET. INTERNED STEAMER SLIPS OUT. Receive,l Mal\:h 17, 11.3.1 p.m. London. March 17. La- l'»1ma« r= >,<•«* tiiat Urn interned li;imti!i.; liner .Macedonia slipped out from lir- inner hariior during tin- t< :n]n rarv ab-ence of the •ruarci-.liip, and di-p.tv tile removal of pari; of In r m.Hhin ry. It is believed that she is Using iier winde-- io attract German oomnu-re -di--iroy. in order to deliver war .-lore- which are aboard the Macedonia. (La. Paima- is the c'li f town on (.rand ' anaiv J-hind. a Spanish pos--'.-sh :i in t'.e Atlantic roni'l-east of 'i'< nrr'f'f.j TIIK dijimikn-. A ■ • -T i-<>rK S;I.\TTIJ;I-D. A'ti-teraam. March 10. Gen:: :iy i- gr.a'.ly <ii~t3 c ->i d at th'j io-- of t': ■ llri'-dm. She and the Karlsruhe were her la-t hope on the high seas. German-, are humiliated at the hoi-ting of the white flag. The Kaiser's message to Admiral von Tirpitz is dc-scriU-d 35 of the ■saddest. COUNT BERXSTORFF'S LATEST. AXGRY AISOUT THE DRESDEN. Received Mareli 17, 8.10 p.m. Washington, March 17. Count- von Bern-torff offieiallv notified the American Government that llritUh warships -.ink tlio Dresden within neutral waters, and asks that an investigation b e made. ONLY NINETEEN MISSING. Received March 17, 11.30 p.m. New York, March 17. The Orama has arrived at Valparaiso. She report} that nineteen of the Dresden's crew are missing. SWEDISH CARGO CAPTURED. BY GERMANS IN THE BALTIC. Received March IS. 12.15 a.m. London. March 17. Renter's Copenhagen correspondent reports that the Swedi-h steamer Gloria, grain-laden, from La Plata to Stockholm. w*» captured by Germans and taktn to Swinenmnde. RESTRICTIONS REMOVED. Wellington, March 17. The Chief of t'le General Stair announce.-, that all restrictions are now removed on tlie publication of ordinary .shipping news. (The general public are not aware, perhaps, of the embargo placed recently upon the publication of certain shipping news. It is seen now that tieDresden was the cause of the restrictions being imposed.)