The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-03-06

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other areas of the war. the German
submarine blockade continues to be
the principal element of interest
II has assumed a worldwide political
aspect.
During the week two American
vessels were sunk by German mines
outside the proclaimed wal zone.
The disaster failed to arouse animos'
ity in this country because the two
boats were destined to Germany with
supplies of cotton and were assuming
well-known risks.
If the latest note which our State
Department has sent to the belliger-
ents results in favorable action. dis
asters upon the high seas to neutral
vessels will be prevented, and even
such disasters as those which befell
the Americans boats will be greatly
minimized. While the terms of cur
proposal have not been made public.
it is generally known that we have
urged the allies to permit foodstuffs
to enter Germany when they are not
destined for the German army, and
we have asked both the allies and
Germany to make their warfare upon
the sea conform to the rules of inter-
national law. No answer has vet
been received by the State Depart
ment, but it is reported that Great
Britain and France are unwilling to
forego the military advantage of
being able to shut out foodstuffs
from Germany.
The German submarine blockade
has now been in progress ten days.
and about a dozen French and Eng
lish ships have been destroyed.
Winston Churchill. first lord of the
admiralty, has issued figures on the
arrival and departure of vessels, in
an effort to reassure his c%ountrymen.
The figures show that about 1400
vessels arrived and departed from
English ports during the week SUBJ
sequent to February Is. when the
war zone proclamation went into
effect.
The English admiralty reports the
loss of the armored cruiser Clan
MacNaughton, which was last heard
of on February 8. Wreckage from
the vessel has been found, but no in
formation as to how she was des-
troyed has been received. Wreck
age cast up on the coast of Norway
indicates that the famous German
submarine U-9, which destroyed
three English cruisers in rapid sue
cession on September %, has also
been lost.
The German steamer Gotha, loaded
with provisions for the German aux
iliary cruiser Kron Prinz Wilhelm,
was captured by a British cruiser and
taken to the Falkland islands.
A French torpedo boat destroyer
was sunk in the Adriatic sea while
conveying some French ships carry
ing supplies to the Montenegrins.
After six weeks of preparation the
allied French and English fleet has
destroyed the outer forts at the OAR
danelles. The bombardment began
in earnest on Friday. February 10,
and was continued last week. The
forts on both the European and
Asiatic sides were reduced by last
Thursday, and on Friday mine-sweep-
ers began clearing of mines the en-
trance to the narrow waterway lead
ing into the Sea of Marmora. The
last reports indicate that the allied
fleet has been able to penetrate into
the straits and to shell some of the
inner forts and batteries. The Turks
report that three English warships
have been damaged. England ad-
mits that the Agamemnon was struck.
and it is likely that some vital losses
will be sustained before CONSTANT
nople is taken. The purpose of the
operation is not only to secure Con-
stantinople and a way into the Black
sea, but to cut off the Turkish COM
m~unication with the armies operating
in Asia Minor against the Russians
and the English.
1t is reported that the Germans
are rushing troops by railroad and
automobile from the east front to
the western theater of war. The OBJ
ject is to have sufficient forces in
Flanders, France and Alsace to with
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