, 1914-12-19

improved, is giving great anxiety to his doc
tors, who speak Vi serious sore-throat fol-
loving diphthelja, contracted daring his visit
to the eastern tront.
Dispatches from Moulls state that the
forty members Of the crew Of the "Emdeu'
who lett the Cocos Islands have captured ia
collier and mounted two maAIms and are
NOW iaidIug cummerc ia the Pacific. ac-
cordmg to the officers If the British steam
ship "Malpcca, which bus arrived at Jolo,
but Tins has not been confirmed officially.
The Geuunu party is commanded by Lieu
tenant you Muecke, but where they cap
tured the collier IS not stated.
Advices from Washington state that Ar.
Daniels, Secretary Of the Navy, has ordered
the cruiser "Tacoma' to the Panama Canal
to assist in making neutrality. She is now
at Snnto Domingo and will proceed imme
diately to the Canal zone.
1t is announced vt Montevideo that the
British teet from the FaIkauds viii arrive
there on Sunday, bat that the German sur
yiyols Of the battle viii not be landed.
London, Dec. lSth-The German cruisers
also planted mines along the coust and At the
entrances to the harbours, and four steam
ships have been sunk, three OF Flamborough
Head and one of Scarborough by striking
these mines, the ~ - "Elterwater,'
princess Olga and one not identified. Ono
Of them is said TO have been Il passenger
vessel, When the "EltorWuter" sank seven
OF her crew We're killed, the others escaping.
The crew Of tue Princess Olga" reached
Scarborough in their own boats. Tie pas
senKers and crew Of the passenger ateuluer
were seen to be taking to the boats.
The Admiralty has closed tho North Sen
to traffic between Marlborough Head an.
Newcastle on Tyne, for al indefinite period
The Government has announced u reduc
ton IN premiums for marine insurance.
under the War Risk Act. The rate on a single
voyage is reduced from twenty to fifteen
shlIhnes and for t. round voyage OF three
months the rate Is reduced from forty to
thirty s~hilliugs.
The Gripping Of tie telephone aud teIe
graph wire by the /, mbardmtut, together
with the procaurons taken about ScaIb
rough, Whitby and Hnrtlepool by the pole"
and military authorities, render il imPos7,
bic to make more than an approximate estl-
mate OF the civilians killed OF wounded. vt
Hartlepool, the official statement gives 40
killed aud 10 wounded, the majority bong
women and children. Fifteen schooIhoHs
were killed by a single shell, only one Toy
III the group escaping, and ten persons were
killed by the COllbilSt Ol u ONIluIuE ~ NHi'l
they had taken shelter. One shell damaged
a building five miles from the shore. The
aggregate at Whitby, Scarborough, and Hor-
tlepooI is 20 civilians kIed ana 23I Nounicd
The rand is stimulating recruiting ia tue
British Isles, the increase Of men joining the
colours being particularly marked II London.
where the rush of applicants resembles ~
many respects the scenes Witnessed at the
outbreak Of the war. Every recruiting sta
ton has reported the enlistment Of more
volunteers than at any time during the last
three months. Men from factories md
shops, professional men and men from every
walk of life are Offering their services, all
thoroughly aroused by the attack.
1t is believed that only through signals
given By spies could the Germans have
known that the north shores We're free Of
patrol ships and that they could make their
sixty mile dash along the coast il safety.
All naturulized Germans at the seaport OF
Sunderland have been arrested.
At Hartlepool the local mlltl" sent to man
The defence trenches on the s%ea-front were
shelled by the Germans, who had the range
of The new defences with such accuracy
that it su ggests infoI nation by spies. The
mihtis men stood their baptism OF fire SPLEEN
didly, especially when it is considered that
tbev ware DoWerless to make any reply, as