BRITISH STEAMER TORPEDOED.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 April 1917, Page 6

BRITISH STEAMER TORPEDOED.

6BVEX FATALITIES. - Received 'April 12.3 a.m. London, April 15. The .British steamer Kittuvake was torpedoed off Holland. Seven were killed. NORWEGIAN SHIPS. LOSSES AND ADDITIONS. Received April 10, 12.5 a.m. Christian*!!, April 15. Eighty-two Norwegian ships of 130,027 tons were lost during; March. Fortyone vessels of n tonnage of 31,058 have been added, and the fleet now consists of 3339 vessels of a tonnage of 2,437,702. SUBMARINES IN CUBAN WATERS. Havana, April IS. Cuba denies that tlierp are any sub'marines in Cuban water?. RUSSIA. GOVERNMENT'S PROCLAMATION. , 'STROXGLY ENDORSED. Received April la. 5.25 p.m. Pelrograd, April 14. A meeting of the Workmen's aiul SoldieiV Committee adopted by 32f> votes to 55 a resolution endorsing the Provincial Government's proclamation, which iho committee considers an important step towards the realisation of democratic principle in foreign policy, and declaring that the oliidal renunciation by all the Governments of ideas of territorial expansion would powerfully contribute to ending the war, but while the war continues the Russian democracy recognises that the disorganisation of the army and the mcj'cening of its lighting capacity would l)c disastrous to the country and liberty. The committee appeals to the people to concentrate their energies in assuring the army that the population will provide everything that is indispensable. The executive of the WorlcmcnV, and Soldiers' Committee emphatically denies the report that the Russian .Socialists sent delegates to any secret peace negotiations to Copenhagen or elsewhere, and declares that it lias not the least idea of such negotiations.