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THE WAR.

The following Cables were published in an "Extra" usued on Sunday morning.

NAVAL ACTIVITIES.

(THROUGH REUTER A AGENCY.]

THE SINKING OF THE **MEDEA.?

LONDON, March 28th... The Admiralty report that submarine U stopped the Dutch steamer Medea, whose name was painted in large letters on her side, at 10 o'clock on Thursday morning oft Beachy Head and ordered her to send alongside a boat with the crew and ship'e papers. The ship was then sunk by gunfire. The submarine fused- to return the papera

1 British destroyer brought the crew. to Doveta

THE DUTCH INDIGNANT.

LONDON, March 26th: An Amsterdam

declares message that the Dutch are mest indignant at the sinking of the Medea. The Telegraaf says that the nows has caused deep emotion throughout the whole country. which will interpret this friendly act as the German reply to the Dutch request for an explanation of the seizure of Batavier F. Zanstroom Dutch national sentiment claims satisfaction for the

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It is announced that the Heden had a cargo of 18,000 boxes of oranges,

LIVERPOOL STEAMER SUNK BY SUBMARINE.

LONDON, March 26th. A German submarine has sunk the Liverpool steaner Delmira in the Channel. The ere were given ten minutes in which to take to their boats.

EONDON, March 27th.

5.40 a.m. The Delmira has been sighted derelict and afire, and is badly ashore at La Hogue,

The crew state that the vessel would have escaped but for the Chinese stokers refusing to remain in the stokohold..

The Cabinet and the Naval authorities are conferring as to the whole situation.

GERMAN AEROPLANE SHOWERS DARTS.

LONDON, March 28th.

A German acroplano showered about steamer Diana in the North St. Many Are hundred darts on the Norwegian of them struck the decks, but the crew took shelter, and none of them were hurt

DARDANELLES FORTS NO LONGER FORMIDABLE.

LONDON, March 26th. A message from Athens states that the Naval officers participating in the opera tions consider that the Turkish mine defences of the Dardanelles are already considerably weakened. They believe that the Straits would have been forced already but for the floating mines. The Forts are no longer sufficient to bar the

passage.

Reports from Constantinople stats that the city is suffering from a lack of coal and the electric power-stations have conse- gently been obliged to cease work,

The abandoned dwellings of the subjects

RUSSIAN FRONT

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] THE RUSSIAN RAID ON MEMEL.

LONDON, March 26th, An official German account of the Russian raid upon Mema says that the Kaiser's son Joachim accompanied the troops that liberated the town.

PREPARING FOR A SEIGE, CIVILIANS ORDERED TO LEAVE. ORACOW.

LONDON, March 20th. Reuter's correspondent at Venice re- ports that the civil population of Oracow has been ordered to leave that city immediately, in anticipation of a sloge.

RUSSIAN PROGRESS.

LONDON March 27th.

A Petrograd official communiqué says that the Russian offensive in the West Middle Niemen encountered enemy coun- ter-attacks. The fighting continues

The Russians continue their progress between Bartfield and Usjok. Although the enemy have been reinforced, the Russiana have captured one thousand seven hundred prisoners and two guna.

FRANCO BELGIAN FRONT

(THROUGH WEUTRE'S AGENOT.] ARTILLERY DUELS.

Lownox, March 27th

A Paris evening communique reports artillery duels in the Nieuport region. We carried and occupied further south a farm in front of our lines north St. George's

BRITISH AIRMEN'S ATTACK ON ANTWERP. EXCITES THE ADMIRATION OF THE INHABITANTS.

CALM PREVAILS.

LONDON, March 28th, A Paris communiqué reports that calm prevails along the greater part of the front, where there have bean continuous rain. We easily repulsed a number of minor atack

GENERAL.

(THROUGH BEUTER'S AGENCY.]

THE KING VISITS HARWICH. TALK WITH THE MEN IN A DESTROYER'S STOKEHOLD.

LONDON, March 26th. day and inspected the warships at that King George visited Harwich on Thurs- port, including one of the later tub marines and a destroyer, which had taken part the North Sea battles. His Majesty spont twenty minutes in the destroyer's stokohold, talking to the mon, some of whom pointed proudly to battle marks. A

His Majesty also witnessed the flights of seaplanes

THE FLIGHT OF MARITZ

LONDON, March 26th.

ATROCITIES IN TURKEY.

LONTON, Marah 27th, A Now, York masage reports that a cablegram to the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions states that all the men from the Gulyashan village, maar Urumrinh, havo been shot by Kurds, and that the women were violated,

Sixty-five rofugees were taken from tha French American Missions and hanged from gibbets erected in the yards of the Mions

S.S. "MECKLENBURG.”

INQUIRY OPENED AT THE HAGUE.

LONDON, March 27ths

A telegram from The Hague states that an official inquiry has bost opened into the case of the steamer Mecklenburgi

THE AERIAL ATTACK ON SEVENBERGEN.

LONDON, March 27th. The Netherlands have protested against the action of an aeroplano in attacking

A telegram from Swakopmund S. Zevenbergen and have asked Germany to

Africa, slates that a captured

open an inquiry into the matter. German officer reports that the rebel

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FRONT.

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TRANSPORT WORKERS AND EXCESSIVE DRINKING,

LONDON, March 20th.** The transport workers have written to Mr. Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, strongly approving of the Government's campaign against excessive drinking on the part of a small minority The workers are in favour of restricting the hours during which public houses ay rusin open, and suggest that food canteens should be provided for night workers

COTTON WORKERS AND THE WAR

spinners have arranged to meet a deputa

The Federation of Master Cotton-

tion of cardroom workers to consider the application for a ten per cent, bonus owing to the increased cost of living.

The North-East Lancashire Cotton spinners' Association have already de elined the weavers application for a war bons on the ground that the outlook of the trade in cotton cloths is gloomy.

THE SITUATION IN AUSTRIA

AND TURKEY.

DESCRIBED BY A DISTINGUISHED ARRIVAL FROM VIENNA

LONDON, March 28th.. Renter's representative at Amsterdam says the Dutch newspapors declare that the bravery of the British nirmen in the sympathy and admiration of the recent raid on Hoboken has won the inhabitants of Antwerp. They faced a terrible fire as they cruised calmly above

LONDON, March 26th. the shipbuilding works; and it was a

Reuter's representative has interviewed miracle how they escaped. They did no

a distinguished personago, just arrived harm to the city. Some shells from the from Vienna, who brings the latest and German guns, however, dropped on the most reliable information as to the situa town, and the Germans endeavoured nation in Austria. He says that trains of availingly to convince the inhabitants must have been a great fent for the that there came from the aeroplanes. It airmen to find the works in the mist that prevailed qu

Four Germans were killed and sixteen wounded at the submarine works, a addition to which there were many minor casualties.

FIRE-SPRAYING TRENCHES.

LONDON, March 27th, The Germans in Alsace sprayed burning

FRENCH AIRMEN'S EXPLOIT.

of the Allied Powers along the Dardanelles liquid into our trenches at Reichackor have been pillaged the Turkopf, but without result.

It is reported that with the I aid of searchlights, fired upon the mine- sweepers operating in the Straits on the night of the 24th inst. The Allies rar- ships replied. and succeeded in silencing] the batteries. The mine-sweeping was continued all night.

-Eight warships, including the Queen Elizabeth. Agamemnon, and Cornwall entered the Straits on the afternoon of the 25th inst. to protect the minesweeping operations, which are being attended by satisfactory results,

POOR TURKISH ARTILLERY FIRE.

LODON, March 20th, A telegram from Malts says that the sailors invalided from the Dardanelles. speak in derogatory terms of the Turkish artillery fire. One warship, engaging the forts in the Narrows, was under fire for several hours with the shells falling thick and fast all round her, but was struck by only one shell and that did not do much damage

FRENCH PRAISE BRITISH SAILORS GALLANTRY,

LONDON, March 25th The French sailors praise the gallantry of the British crews in standing by H.1.8. Irresistible and Ocean under cross fire. The work of rescue, was per- formed with energy determination and daring coolncis. The men felt the sinking ships with perfect orderliness, as thoug performing peace-time erolations.

FRENCH BRAVERY ON THE

BOUVET.”

VIVE LA FRANCE."

LONDON, March 28th. When the French battleship Bouse sank after striking a mine in the Narrow of the Daedenelles, the Commander end officers exhibited the greatest bravery. They stood at attention, saluting the bag. while the whole crew shouted Vive France" as the ship sank

Destroyers had exploded two floating mines near the Bouvet just before the fatal explosion occurred.

LONDON, March 27th,

A Paris telegram says that six airmen dropped twelve bombs on the airship sheds at Trescati station, Metz, and caused a panie. They returned safely though violently cannonaded, wyd

Bombs were also dropped upon the barracks at East Strasburg

LATER

A German official telegram reports that thres goldiers wero killed at Metz by the: French bomb-droppers.

FRENCH OFFICIAL REVIEW

OF THE WAR.

THE EXCELLENCE OF THE

ARTILLERY

LONDON, March 27th. A French official review of the war states that the famous seventy-five milli metre guns are as perfect to-day as they wer on the first day of the cempa gn, although the use to which they have been put has exceeded all calculations.

The consumption of projectiles has been 50 onormous that it caused an ammun rien crisia, This, however, was com pletely overcome Feveral weeks ago. Provision has now been made for an ampls supply of munitions of warfare, however long he struggle may last. We have been supplying projectiles to several of our A1462, including the Serbians and Belgians

Bavarians are continually passing in the numerous trains of wounded are return direction of the Carpathians and equally ing

LONDON, March 27th The Bishop of London has gone to spend Easter in the trenches.

THE KARLSRUHE.”

LONDON, March 27th. Karlsruhe struck a reef in the Woot A New York message states that the Indies, and the officers blow up the vessel, after hoisting the flag, saluting, and the band rendering the national anthem.

THE JAPANESE MISSION IN EUROPE.

LONDON, March 27th. Japanese Mission composed of ten officers A despatch from Paris reports that the

officer the Mission departed for the Front. has arrived. Accompanied by a Russian

BE

PONTOPOROS " TO RESTORED TO OWNERS.

APPEAL BY THE CROWN; The acting Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements (Mr. Woodward) gave his judgment last week in the case of the Gresk steamer Pontoporos, which had been tried by his Lordship sitting as Prize Court Judge

His lordship, after reviewing the facts of the capture by the Emden and the the notable procedents olted in support capture by HMS. Yarmouth, examined of the Crown's claim for condemnation Many German officers are coming luck as a good and lawful prize. Those cases. from Constantinople with their wives on ho said, differed from the Pontoporos their way to Germany. They describe the case The Carolina (1602) committed a position in Turkey as extremely bad. unneutral act, thought it orinated The Young Turks. besides being against acts of duresse the owner's representa everybody else, are quarreling amongst tives entered into a contrast with the disgust and despair that at such vital therefore liable to ondemnation the themselves. Some frankly expressed their French Government and the vessel was moment Turkey should be completely dis- moment she loft the port of departare the German banks had withdrawn their under contract. The decisions in the united. They confirmed the reports that The Oritembo (1807) was also clearly in money from Turkey. The officers openly cases laid it down that aures was not a the service of a belligerent government admitted that the Turkish Army has only legal excuse

To outward appearances Vienna and enough ammunition to last a few days, a crime, Buda Pest are little changed, but there is Austrian currency has depreciated, and evidence of a growing sense of depression, there is a shortage of bred, which is appreciably felt. The people openly express their dislike of the continuance

of the war.

ROUMANIA'S NEUTRALITY

LONDON, March 26th. The Roumanian Minister, who has turned to London after conferring with his Government, emphatically declares that Roumania is honestly fulfilling her duties and safeguarding her interests 35 a neutral

TENEN

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voyage of the Pontoporos, commenced as

for the commission But in the present case the a perfectly lawful and innocent one. The British Government, but was for the use cargo was not contraband as against the of the Indian Government. Then follow- ed the capture, navigation and control of the vessel by the enay. The master, it scemed to his lordship, never dezented to anything; he was in fact a prisoner Eix lordship attached no importance to the fact that be eventually received $1,000 for himself and the crew from the commander of the Emden Neither did his lordship. attach any significator to the fact that the crew of thy Fontoporos continued to perform their usual duties and that some low of them helped to curl thai Harko- ani. No Coubt the circumstances of the onus of proving that her voyage was the re-capture threw upon the Pontoporas not tainted, but to his lordship's mind it had been abundantly proved that the acts against the British Governmet were acts of the belligerent Germans themselves and not acts of the master of the Pont pores, and could in no case be regarded assistance hostile." Assuming that the Declaration of London was binding LONDON, March 20th.

on that Court his lordship was not Austrian official newspaper rendsings of article 46. He was satisfied that A message from Rome states that the did not come under any of the four-head- saying that it so held that this ship blats declares that the whole of the nation the construction put by Oppenheim on now realists the terrible struggle that has that article, that men rer was obviously The very existence of the ma ion is presumed to be present, was the only been imposed upon it by the monareny always in existence and therefore alway's imperilled. Victory is only possible at the cast of the greatest sacrihees

His Excellency addeds that all runours that military applies are passing through Roumania towardy Turkey are devoid of foundation. No war material of any description is allowed to pass through to taat country.

DISCONTENT IN AUSTRIA.

KAISER'S LATEST GRANDSON

LONDON, March 28th.. The Kaiser's daughter has given birth to a zon.

LOSS OF AN AMERICAN SUBMARINE

Our heavy artillery is in process of re organisation. At the outbreak of war it was inferior to the enemy's, but the enemy now admit our superiority in abundance, power, range and precision of heavy guns, The review dwells on the extraordinary accuracy of the transport mrvice. The quantity and variety of the supplies proves the commercial prosperity of the Country as a whole. The ports are A message from Honolulu states that

LONDON March 26th. crowded with shipping to an extent that the United States submarine was never seen in times of peace, and it submerged yesterday for target prac had been necessary to build new docks tice and failed to re-appear. A search for everywhere.com to the missing vessel at night time revealed The presence of the British Army has the fact that she had sunk in deep water. caused infero activity in trade and the All attempts to raise her have failed and abundant circulation of gold in Northern it is feared that the crew of twenty-five

have been suffocated.

France.

reasonable construction of that article. In his opinion the master and crew of the Ponteperor had succeeded in proving the ship never performed any anestra) service, because the relation implied never existed between the owners, charterers or master on the one hand and the enemy on the other. He ordered that the vessel be restored to her owners,

In regard to the cargo, his lordship ordered that as it had been sold the proceeds now in Court be paid to the owners lesa one-eighth of its value,

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the claim by the ship's owners for compensation his lordship held that there were good reasons for the capture of the fore to order would be made. Poutonoros by the Termouth. Thers-

The Attorney-General, acting, he said, No order for costs was made under instructions, asked his lordship to adaut an appeal to the Judicial Commit too of the Privy Council.