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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 255, 7 April 1915, Page 5

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GERMAN SHIPS SUNK BY GERMAN MINES. NEW SUBMARINES PUTTING TO 6EA. SMART AMERICAN SATIRE. 5. , The German steamer Grethehesoth struck a German mine in the Baltic and sank. The crew of twenty-sis were drowned. Another German steamer foundered similarly. The losses are attributed to the melting of the ice and the loosening of the mines. Large German Dreadnoughts are active in the Baltic. London, April 5. The Russian barque cabled earlier was the Hemes. She was sunk by bombs near St. Catherine's point, Isle of Wight. The samif submarine torpedoed And Bank the steamer Glivirte near by. Both crews were saved. The New York press asks if Admiral von Tirpitz has definitely ooandoned naval warfare, inasmuch as the German submarines are giving the enemy warships a wide berth and hunting excursion viossels and fishing smacks. It asks how General von Hindcrburg would contemplate an order to use the army to kill men, women and children working in the fields and then' dash away from the enemy's troops.

Amsterdam, April 5. . The Germans towed two submarines from Antwerp to the North Sea, through the canals via Ghent. There was a vigorous cannonade from Zeebrugge on Friday, the ships replying. London, April 5. The Times correspondent in New York says proof that the German merchantmen were ready some years ago for tho outbreak of war is shown .by the suits being tried against the Kronpr-inzessin Cecilie. Captain Pollock testified that when he took over the vessel in 1012 he received from the former captain a sealed envelope with instructions not to open it until he received a message telling him of illness and signed Siegfried. On the night of Juljji 31, when the Ceeile was a thousand miles from Plymouth, a wireless message came: "Eberhardt suffering from catarrh," and signed Siegfried. Captain Pollock opened the envelope and found a code, which lie deciphered: "War has broken out •with England, France and Russia." Later he received a message from the German Admiralty: "War only threatened. Do not touch port in France, England or Russia." Ksnatety--

TURKISH CRUISER MINED.

THE CREW RESCUED. Received April C, 8 p.m. Amsterdam, April 5.

An official message from Constantinople says the Medjimm Medjideh was mined at OtchatoiT. Turkish warships saved the crew, and the cruiser was torpedoed to prevent her being raised. GOEBEN AND BRESLAU FIGHTING.

BUT ONLY AT LONG RANGE.

ENGAGEMENT NEAR THE BOSPHORUS.

Received April C, 8 p.m. Petrograd, April 6.

Official: Our fleet near the Crimean coast exchanged shots at long' range with the Goeben and Brcslau, and pursued them until dusk.

During the night our torpedoes <ncountered cruisers a hundred miles from the Bosphorus. The enemy opened a vigorous fire, but avoided an engagement.