With the Fleets.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 252, 3 April 1915, Page 5

With the Fleets.

STEAMERS TORPEDOED.

GERMAN VIEW OF THE FALABA CASE.

"A PAINFUL DUTY."

Received April 3, 12.50 a.m. London, April 2. The steamer Seven Seas, from London to Liverpool, was torpedoed off Beac'iy Head without warning. There was a tmriiic explosion, and llie lioc'/iui .if tiie steamer was torn out. The vessel sank in three mniutes. Eleven were drowned and seven saved.

The Emma was nearly split in two, and sank in three minutes.

The Admiralty states that to the end of March the German cruisers sank fiftyfour vessels, mines twelve, and submarines 38. Out of 155!) vessels which arrived and sailed during the last wee'-: in March only five, aggregating 10,200 tons, were tofpedoed and imnk, excluding the Dutch vessel Medea.

Berlin, April 2. The official justification of the Faii'.ba outrage states that the destruction of human lives is now a painful duty, as the submarines are compelled to' net quickly. Britain is frightened, as the sinking of the Falaba proves that llie security of the passenger traffic has ceased.

A "BRILLIANT" EXPLOIT,

SUBMARINE 'SINKING UNARMED MERCHANTMEN,

Received April 2, 1.35 a.m. London, April 1. The Germans gave the Flaminan's crew_ seven minutes to leave the ship, and jeered at the occupants of the boats. The Germans similarly taunted the Crown Castle. 'Que of the officers said: "We thought of sinking you with all hands, bnt decided to give you a chance.* T&e boats were out for Gi hours before being picked up. The Chinamen cowered in the bottom of tfhe boats, refusing to move, I

A STEALER SUBMARINED,

©EKMAN SUPPLY VESSEL CAPTURED. Received April 2, 5.5 p.m. London, April I. Tire French steamer .Emma was torpedoed off Beachv: Head, without warning. Seventeen are missing. The Lodowsky van Nassau, an oilladen vessel, was captured and brought to Newhaven. Sire had been supplying submarines. The captain was unable to produce- papers. The crew was composed mostly of Germans,

FRENCH SUBMARINES' LOST.

Rtceived' April 2, 5.5 p.m. London, April 1. Tile Times' navar correspondent says that it is not known how many submarines of the French navy have- been sunk, but it is understood that at least five were- cliumed' before the latest report. In no case was it possible 1,0 identify the boat, but the presumption is that tlley were undoubtedly stink.

GERMAN SUBMARINES BATTERED.

Received April 2, 5.5 p.m. Petrograd, April 1. Tt is aemi-ollially stated that the Russians battered four German submarines whilst nullifying nineteen submarine attacks.

GERMAN SUBMARINE SUNK.

BRITISH STEAMER ESCAPES.

London, March 31. The German submarine U'2S torpedoed the Flaminian, from Glasgow for Capetown, off the Scillies on Tuesday. The crew were landed.

Official.—A French light cruiser cliased a submarine at' Dieppe, fired heavily on the periscope and then passed above the. submarine, Gil rose to the surface. Ten shots were fired at the Flaminian, which was eventually torpedoed. The crew had barely time to take to the boats.

A submarine off the 'Scillies chased the City of Cambridge for V/ s hours. Shells damaged the deck of the Cambridge, but she escaped. The U2B chased the Crown of Castile for an hour and sunk her by shell fire. She deliberately aimed at the bridge, but missed. The crew'was rescued.

A German seaplane bombed the Dnte'i- trawler Hibcrnia in the ~orth Sea. No harm was done. Later a torpedo boat stopped and .searched the Hibcrnia and allowed her to proceed. Stockholm, March 31.

Swedish newspapers scarcely credit the Falaba and Aquila incidents. The Tidningen declares that it reveals a perfectly horrible desperation.

Petrograd, March 31. The Novoc Vremya refers to the hideous depth of German degradation. The hour of reckoning is near when the enemies of humanity will pay to the fullest extent.

Paris, March 31.; Raymond Swoboda has been arrested.; Incriminating documents show that • b'iik mission was to blow up the linei- I,;v Touraine, on which he was a He represented himself as a from Paris, where he had long rattled;.