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Naval Activities.
LATEST CABLES. (THBOUWE REUTER'S AGENCY.)
AMERICANS OF TORPEDOED STEAMER,
LONDON, February 23rd. The American Consul a Barcelona re- ports that there were five Americans on board the torpedoed Swadish steamer Skogland AUSTRIAN
DEFIED
SUBMARINE
MADRID, February 23rd. An Austrian submarine held up the Spanish steamer Victoria Eugenia from Buenos Aires, off Tarragona, and de- THE "ATHOS" TORPEDOED.manded the surrender of eight Britanz, The Captain pointed out that the abip 1,450 OF THOSE ON BOARD SAVED. Was in territorial waters and asid be would sink the vessel before giving up, The submarine then withdrew. The steamer was given an ovation on arrival at Barcelona
PARIS, February 23rd.
It is officially announced that the Messageries Maritimes mail boat Athor, from China transporting Senegalese tirailleurs and Colonial labourers to France has been torpedoed in the Medi terranean. PT,
Two escorting destroyers, aided by a gunboat which came up saved 1,400 of those on board..
AMERICAN MISSIONARY FROM SOUCHOW DROWNED,
A PROTEST FROM SWEDEN.
STOCKHOLM, February 23rd. The Swedish Government has protested to Germany against the torpedoing of the Swedish steamer Faering and the sailing ship Hugo Hamilton.
A GERMAN OFFER CAREER AS LONDON, February 23rd
It is announced that Germany tha WASHINGTON, February 24th offered Spain, regular passenger com The American Consul at Malta felemunication with Falmouth, similar to graphs that Robert Haden, an American the offer made to the United States Missionary from Soochow was drowned. when the Athos was torpedoed in the
Mediterraneun on the 17th inst, The
ship was torpedoed without warning when 10 miles cast of Malta,
Mr. Haden was drowned when return- to the ship to assist others.
The submarine showed neither Ang nor Lember
The Athos, which was well-known an Hongkong, was one of the newest and best boats of the Messageries Maritimes fleet. She was a twin screw stramor of 12,000 tons gross, built in 1914 Her de niensions were:Length; 508 ft. breadth, 61 ft depth, 45 £t.
ITALIAN TRANSPORT.
TORPEDOED,
SOME OF THE TROOPS SAVED.
ROME, February 24th.
The transport Minds, journeying to Salonika, was torpedoed on the 15th inst., when 160 miles west of Cape Mata Fan. Part of the troops abcard were saved,
DELIBERATE BRUTALITY. ANOTHER CASE TO BE RECORDED.
LONDON, February 23rd. One of the worst instances of deliberate eubmarine orutality recorded up to the present has been revealed in the case of Lowestoff fishing smack which was stopped on the 13th inst., 48 miles from and. The skipper and crew were order
The British vessel Perseus has been
26TH. 1917.
NO TIME MUST BE LOST.?
Italian Bront.
EARLIER CABLES, (THROUGH ESUTER'S AGENÓY.) THE ITALIAN FRONT.
OUR RESPONSIBILITIES GRAVE
BEYOND WORDS"
LONDON, February 23rd.
An Italian official communiqué re porta
The enemy seized an outpost at Coldi- lana We counter-attacked and drove him out. Wo took some prisoners.
Our airships dropped a ton of high explosives with visible success, on the aviation ground at Prosecco.
General.
LATEST CABLES.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AŬRNOT.]
DRASTIC RESTRICTION OF IMPORTS.
MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S PROGRAMME.
LONDON, February 23rd. The House of Commons we crowded when Mr. Lloyd George made his pro BLUE FUNNEL BOAT SUNK.ed statement regarding the further restriction of imports and the encourage- ment of greater food production in the United Kingdom. Among the numerous The Perseus which was 6,728 tons, was distinguished visitors present were the built in 1908 by Messre. Workman, Clark Premiers of Canada and New Zealand, & Co, of Belfast for the Ocean Steam Robert Borden, and Mr. William F. ship Company, of which Messrs. Alfred Holt & Co. are managers. Her dimon sions were Length 443 feet, breadth, 62 feet 0 inches; depth, 32 feet. Her port of registry was Liverpoolof abc Perteus,
Now of the sinking the which was on her way to the Far East, was received in the Colony several days sgo. It is reported that the officers and crew were saved. Franco-Belgian Froni
LATEST CABLES:
{THROUGH KHUTER 8 AGENCY.]
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
RAID
LONDONERS WREST THE RECORD FROM THE CANADIANS.
LONDON, February 23rd.
Massey
Mr. Lloyd George who was loudly cheered upon rising to address the Allied cause depended upon the solution que, said the ultimate succese of the of the tonnage difficulties. Over a million tons of our shipping was allocat ed to France alone, a considerable amount to Russia and Italy, and thera was also a considerable amount sunk.
THE SHORTAGE OF TONNAGE There was not only a shortage for the general peds of the nation bat for mili tary purposes. The nation must, there fore, be prepared for drastic sacrifices to cope with submarinism, otherwise disas ter donfronted . The tonnage pro- blem must be tackled ruthlessly and promptly by naval measures by the building of new ships and by dispensing with unnecessary importa and increasing Home food production.
The shipyards must be used to the utmost for the constraction of anti- submarino craft as well as merchantmen,
Reuter's correspondent at Hvadquarters says a London regiment has wrested from
IMPORT OF TIMBER. the Canadians the record of carrying out the most successful raid One hundred In regard to the Imports, the prolifem and twenty prisoners all Prussians were brought back, and, at the least, 300 of timber of which 6,400,000 tons were of the enemy were killed. Five
in order to save tonnage. The best ethods of economising timber were The assault was made balf an houring nestigated. The French Govern- sailor placed bombs aboard the smack after collceting all the provisions, before sunset on the 20th inst. Two The crew of the smack were then ordered flanking parties met 500 yards to the ment had given two forests for the use of into a host and told to pull away. rear of the German trenches while their our army in Frans and he was afraid be must ask for more, The supply of They were picked up sixty-eight hours comrades in the centre were still bomb home timber must also be increased He later after being exposed to bitter colding and bayoneting the trapped Prus thought he could get sufficient labour to and heavy weather, without food or sans Many knew the German language tell enough trees for all purposes. water, the whole time.
and confused the enemy by shouting mis leading orders.
Led to board the submarine, German guns were captured as so pumported last year, must be dealt with
CREW OF WORCESTERSHIRE"
LANDED
LONDON, Lobruary 22nd. The passengers and crew of the Worces tershire were landed on the 18th inst.
WAR ON THE SUBMARINES. SUCCESS OF BRITISH MEASURES.
We were taporting millions of tons of The Londoners remained in the iron ore while there was plenty of low- trenches for an hour, thoroughly destroy grade ore in Great Britain. If we could ing them. The retaliatory German artilgment the supply of labour we could lery fire was wild and ineffective,
A SERIES OF SUCCESSES.
SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S REPORT.
LONDON, February 23rd.
Sir Douglas Haig reports tant we have improved our position to the north of Gueudecourt, capturing a portion of trench and taking 30 prisoners. Auto of We occupied a post to the Petit Miraumont
enormously increase the output. A large
however saving of tonnage therefrom, would not come, unfortunately, until late in the year,
FOOD STOCKS LAMENTABLY LOW
Our food stocks word at present lamentably low, not owing to submarines but to bad harvests. For the safety of LONDON, February 22nd.
the nation, we must make every effort to In the House of Commons, Sir Edward
increase the production in 1917. There were a few weeks in which to sow Spring Carson, besides giving instances of war
wheat, oats and barley and in order to ships ramming submaciues; mentioned
induce farmers to plough up pasture the engagement of two British patrol boats and two submarines. One of the A raid was carried out to the southland immediately he proposed to guaran submarines was apparently sunk. The east of Boucher during which dug-outs too the farmer a minimum price for a fate of the second was doubtful. Another were destroyed and a number of the definite period, while a minimum wage patrol bont reported that it hit the oneroy killed. dane would be fixed for the agricultural conning tower of a submarine with its We repulsed raids to the south of labourer, Rent raising would be prohi fifth slict and it is believed the aub Armentiers. In the neighbourhood of bited and the Board of Agriculture marine was sunk A seaplane also bomb-Ploegsteer wood a small umber of the would enforme cultivation. The guaran- ed a submarine in the net of diving. enotay reached our trenches but they wers teed minimum price of wheat per quarter would be 80 for 1917, 55/- for the next either killed or taken prisoMaza.
two years, and 45 for the following SUBMARINE CREW STRANDED
three years. ENEMY ATTACKS REPULSED. IN HOLLAND,
AMSTERDAM, February 23rd.
A German submarine crew of 14 are stranded on the island of Walcheren be tivcen Domburg and West Kapelle. The military are guarding them.
SWEDEN FEELS THE PINCH, RESULT CAUSES INTENSE
INDIGNATION."
LONDON February 23rd.
There is intense indignation in Sweden over the torpedcing of the Sweden sailer. Hugo Hamilton. The cargo of four thousand tons of nitrate of soda was
LONDON, February 23rd.
A French coniunque states:There has been artillery firing in Alsaco and Lorraine. The Frenca repulsed enemy coups de main in the Boisson and
Beronvaus: oreas;
MORE GERMAN LYING EXPOSED.
DRASTIC REDUCTIONS. Paper imports would be reduced to 040,000 tour, which is half the present allowance. All essential foodstuffs would
LONDON, February 23rd,
Mr. Lloyd Geurge, in a letter, appeals
BARLIER CABLES.
GERMAN INTRIGUE IN SPAIN.. GERMAN CONSUL ARRESTED.
MADRID, February 23rd.
Herr Moyer, the German Consul
to the Free Churches to co-operate in the Cartagens, has been arrested, it connec campaign of economy and increased foodtion with the discovery of the submarine production. He urges the formation of base. Another German, named Kaller, local groups to cultivate land o-opera- has also been arrested. tively and concludes with the words our The Madrid Police are actively search.
the ring leader. no time must be lost." responsibilities are grave beyond words; ing for another German believed to be
The authorities are determined to public opinion, which demands the most THE DEMAND FOR IMMEDIATE probe the affair to the bottom to satisfy vigorous suppression of German intri- Bucp.
HOME RULE. NATIONALISTS THREATEN TO FORCE GENERAL ELECTION.
MADRID, Februrary 23rd.
There is an explosion of wrath in Spain at the discovery of buoys at Car- LONDON, February 22ndtagena, containing material for German The Nationalists attach the utmost im- plots in Spain. It appears that coast portance to the debate on the resolution guards found, close to the harbour, two demanding immediate Home Rule and buoys connected by chains, to which were declare that the refusal of the demand attached thirty water-tight cases, one full will make an election inevitable.
of explosives and the others containing correspondence and instructions for Gor mans occupying official positions Spain The submarine which placed the buoys also secretly landed several men. instructed in the use of explosives.
BANISHMENT FOR THOSE
ARRESTED..
LONDON, February 23rd. An official statement has been issued in Dublin that those arrested yesterday under the Defence of the Realm Act have been prohibited from residing in Ireland. GERMAN FIRMS IN THE EAST, MANCHESTER MERCHANTS SEN
TENCED FOR TRADING.
LONDON, February 23rd." Harry Broughton, the principal of the Stonebridge Cloth Manufacturing Com pany has been sentenced, at Manchester,
to s year's imprisonment, and his sop to fine of £50 sterling, for trading with German firma in the East
CANADA'S PART. INTERVIEW WITH SIR ROBERT BORDEN.
LONDON, February 23rd. Sir Robert Borden, interviewed by Router's said 400,000 men had enlisted in Canada for overseas service of whom 300,000 had already crossed the Atlantic. Further recruiting was being considered.
Over 300,000 men and women were work-
Besides Muller and Kaller, à man styling himself an American named Barry Wood has been arrested. The Government is acting with the utmost Vigour, Senor Romanoes and Bonor Gimeno are conferring separately with the American, French and German Am- bassadors, and also with Mr. Gerard
A BRIBE OFFERED AND REJECTED.
GERMANY "SURPRISED."'"
MADRID, February 23rd.- A telegram from Berlin states that Ger- many is surprised at the Spanish reply to the Fabmarine Note, Germany offer- ed to provide Spain with coal, to buy a portion of the orange harvest, and to transfer some of the German ships de- tained in Spanish ports to compensate.- for the damage done by submarines.
IN AMERICA, GERMAN PLOTS
SCORE OF FIRES AND A FOOD RIOT
NEW YORK, February 23rd. ing in mudition factories in Canada. One person was killed and fourteen in- Sixty millions sterling had been raised injured in a food riot av Philadelphia. Canada since the war in addition to the Two thousand five hundred people took assistance rendered Great Britain to the part in the riot, which, it is believed, extent of fifty millions for munitions, was instigated by German agente. Canadians were convinced that there would be no abiding peace except through the victory of the Allier.
AND CHILDREN. SAFEGUARDING THE WOMEN
NO TRAVELLING IN THE WAR ZONE
OSTAWA, February 23rd. An Order-in-Council forbids women and children to embark from Canadian ports for destinations in the war zone
THE WAR CONFERENCE.
ARRIVAL OF OVERSEAS. PREMIERS.
LONDON, February 22nd. The Canadian Premier, Sir Robert Borden, on his journey to England, as accompanied by Mr. Robert Rogers, the Canadian Minister of Public Woras, Mr J: D, Hazen, the Canadian Minister of Marine and Fisheries and of the Naval Service, and by the Premier of Newfoundland, Sir Edward P. Morris, All will participate in the War Confer
ence.
STRIKES AND RIOTS IN GERMANY,
There has been a mysterious outbreak of a score of incendiary fires at Now Britain, Connecticut; where there are many munition works. Martail law has
A plot has been munition factory at Youngstown, Ohio, been enforced PEN
have and
two Turks carrying dynamite been arrested.
LATER
The authorities have evidence that the- food demonstrations were instigated by Germans with the object of securing an embargo on food exports. It is stated that four thousand sterling was paid to: the recent deputation to the Moyur. THE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS. A FORECAST.
LONDON, February 23rd. The Times says that to-day Mr. Loyd George will announce the restrictions. on imports, which in some cases amount to twenty-five per cent, including, fruit, mineral ores, timber, paper, paper-making materials, silk goods and dress materials,
The Premier will, it is stated. also. aonounes bold measures to encourage food production, including the guarantee of minimum price to farmers for wheat, oats and barley for not more than ave years, and not less than three, an increase in farm labourers' wages, and further restrictions in the use of grain for the manufacture of alehohol
THE ARRESTS IN IRELAND.
LONDON February 23rd. PROCESSIONS HEADED BY THE It is announced that the Irish arrests
RED FLAG.
are mostly of Volunteer leaders. They include the author. Darrel Figgis, Capt. Liam Mellowes, Councillor 8. T. Kelly. the editor of the Catholic League Bulletin, J J. O Kelly, and also, unviber of Gaelic officiale,
AMSTERDAM, February 3rd. Strikes in Germany are spreading. Hundreds of women and children, head cd by the red flag, are clamouring for bread Shops were looted in Aix-la- Chapelle.
THE NEW GOVERNOR OF BENGAL.
put on the free list, but apples, tomatoes and certain raw fruits would be prohibited; oranges, bananas, grapes volpiends and nuts would be reduced to twenty-five per cent of the quantity im-
LONDON, February 22nd. ported during 1915, and canned salmon
The Earl of Ronaldebay had an audi- would be reduced by fifty per cent. Mineral water would be prohibited, and ence of the King and Fissed hands upon Cocoa and coffee would be temporarily his appointment as Governor of Bengal. stopped, as we had large stocks of these His Majesty invested him with the in- two commodities. The importation of signs of the Grand Cross of the Indian foreign tea would be prohibited, while Empire. Subsequently the King and even the importation of Indian tes would Queen received the Countess of Ronald- be reduced to a certain extent. This ebay, would save 900,000 tons.
THE NEW ZEALANDERS' RAID.
LONDON, February 23rd, Rautar's correspondent at Headquarters urgently needed by Swedish farmers, Theys that yesterday's German wireless crew of thirty-four are missing. The mesange concerning 200 British dead is s. pro-Germanton-liladet says polgy notable instance of hardy lying. Tho and compensation are insufficient. Sared. en must demand from Germany substi- tutes equally important to agriculture.
EARLIER CABLES. THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.
FURTHER, DETAILS.
LONDON, February 23rd. Nine of the crew of the sunken Cardiff steamer, Rosalie, have been saved, and the remaining twenty-one, including all officers have been lost.
THE SILVER MARKET.
LONDON, February 22nd.
OBITUARY
MR JONATHAN SAMUEL MP
LONDON February 23rd The death is announced of Mr Jonathan Samuel, Liberal M.P. for Stockton-on- Tees, of which town he was Mayor ou three cccasions.
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He regretted exceedingly the stoppage New Zealanders carried out the raid sad of certain luxuries from France and remained for upwards of half an hour Italy. The output of beer would be re- in the German support trenches, doing duced to ten million barrels, saving 600,000 tons in imports for its manu-
Messrs Montaga's report on the silver gitarom Hongkong and South China: great destruction and capturing 44 prichiro Spirits would be correspond market states there has been a certain soners. They found the German trenches strewn with dead from our bombardment. ingly reduced and restrictions would be amount of general competition while imposed immediately. Steps would be offerings have increased owing to the set If the Germans really counted corps taken to prevent speculative buying back in price inducing profit taking and seven eights of them were Germa D.
and, if necessary, the Food Controller freer sales; also the Shanghai Exchange would coatrol commodities. If this pro- showed weakness and a little selling The Near East
gramme were carried out and those able occurred and consequently the price de to help in production did help, there clined. was not the slightest doubt that we could face the woret the enemy could do.
Loud cheera.)
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The captain, chief engineer and two PROGRESS IN MESOPOTAMIA.
of the crew of the sunken Cardiff steamer, Carlo, have been made prisoners and the remainder landed
LONDON, February 23rd. Four of the crew of the sunken London steamer Jalin Miles were injured and two killed They have been landed. Fourteen others are musing,
LONDON, February 23rd
RUM WINES AND SPIRITS. Mr. Walter Long, on behalf of the An official message from Mesopotamia Premier, announced in the House of says we have secured and consolidated two Commons that the importation of rum lines of trenches at the southern end of would be stopped and that the importa the Sanniyat position. Fighting con- tion of wines and spirits would to re tinura. The Tigris has risen to hoodduced seventy-five per cent, compared level, hindering operations
LONDON, February 2nd Silver is 37 9-16 Thore is no demand and the market is quiet
BOMB EXPLOSIONS IN SPANISH SHIPYARD GERMAN AGENTS SUSPECTED
MADEID, February 23rd.
Two homhs exploded in a shipyard in Bilbao German agents are suspected.
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