ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 October 1915, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

BLOWN UP, GERMAN CRUISER SUBMARINED. Received Oct. 35, 5.5 p.m. London, Oct. 24. A Russian official message states that a British submarine, near Lifbau,, sank a German cruiser of the Prinz Adalbert type (8858 tona).

SWEDISH STEAMER ARRESTED. ANOTHER BLOWN OT. Copenhagen, Ofct. 24. The Swedish Bteamer Hugo left Tronkhejin with 800 'bales of rubber for Archangel. The Norwegian authorities, suspecting she was going to Germany, sent a torpedo boat to follow her, which found the Hugo changing her course southwards. She was arrested and brought to Christiansand. Her pretext was that she intended to complete her cargo at Bergen. The Swedish steamer Rumina, with wood pulp for Loudon, was captured by a submarine in the Baltic, and was proceeding under a German officer to Libau when she was blown up by a mine. Six men were drowned, and the captain and ten of the crew and the German officer landed in Gothland. EXCUSES, AS USUAL. SINKING OF A NORWEGIAN VESSEL London, Oct. 24. Times and Sydney Sun Services. A German note to Norway justifies the sinking of the Sveinjarl because no neutral marks were visible, and the submarine was obliged to regard her as an enemy ship. It agrees to indemnify the losers, but asserts inability in future to accept responsibility for such mistakes where neutrals challenge the dangers of German submarine warfare and neglect the precautions recommended by Berlin. Berlin, Oct. 24. A communique says that Russian vessels on the northern coast of Courland 'bombarded Petroggo, Domesness, and Gipten, and landed weak forces at Domesness.

Copenhagen, Oet. 24. The Russian expedition to Courland was stronger than the Germans imagined. It has pressed forward since Saturday morning, and the Germans are falling back. It is believed that British submarines seared off the German war ships. COMMERCE RAIDING. A NEW GERMAN CAMPAIGN, IN WEST INDIAN SEAS. Received Oct. 25, 7.5 p.m. Washington, Oct. 25. Circumstances point either to the insttitujtion of a new commerce-raiding campaign by the Germans in the Carribean Sea, or the beginning of a series of filibustering expeditions in Mexico. The departure of several sea-going motor-boats with escaped German warrant officers who were interned at Norfolk, and the mysterious movements of several American vessels in the Gulf of Mexico, have baffled officials, who are anxious to prevent a violation of neutrality.