Mountain advocate., 1915-01-01

cupied by the British. And they
thought 1t was the end! We would
see about that.
On the round the corner page, at the
back of the glorious resonant letters.
there was little column which read
like this:
Several of the enemy's submarines
are at sea and have inflicted some ap
probable damage upon our merchant
ships. The danger spots upon Monday
and the greater part OF Tuesday APP
pear 10 have been the mouth or the
Thames and the western entrance to
the Solent. On Monday between the
More and Margate there were sunk
five large steamers. the Adela, Molda'
via, Cnsco, Cormorant and Maid OF
Athens, particulars OF which will be
found below. Near Ventnor on the
same day was sunk the Verulam, from
Bombay. On Tuesday the virginia
Caesar. King of the East and Path
finder were destroyed between the
Foreland and Boulogne. The latter
three were actually lying in French
waters, and the most energetic repre-
sensations have been made by the gov
eminent of the republic. On the same
day the Queen of Sheba, Orontes, Di'
ana and ATLANTA were destroyed near
the Needles Wireless messages have
stopped all ingoing cargo ships from
coming up channel, but unfortunately
there is evidence that at least two OF
the enemy's submarines are In the
west Four cattle ships from Dublin
TO Liverpool were sunk yesterday even
ing. while three Bristol bound steam
ers, the Hlda, Mercury and Maria
loser. we're blown up I'm the neiShbor
hood OF Lundy island Commerce mas
SO far as possible been diverted INTO
safer channels, but in the meantime
however vexatiOus these incidents may
be and however grievons the loss Ooth
10 the owners and t. l.loyd's, we may
consnl. ourselves by the reflection that.
since "A submarine cannot Keep the sea
for more than ten days without rent
ting aud since the base has been cap
tured. there must come speedy emo
10 these dtpreuhuOnS
So much for the COuriers account OF
our proceedings. Another sllaII para
graph was. however, more eloquent
'Thr price of wheat" il said. which
stood at IS shillings week before the
declaration OF war, was quoted yes
terday ON the Baltic at 80. Maize la
gone from n TO 81, barley from 10 10
/ IS, sugar foreign granulated from ~
shillngs audsthreepcnce To 10 shilling>
/ and siNpence.
Good, my ladsT said | when read
! Il TO the crew. II can assure you that
those few lines will prove TO mean
more than the whole page about ~
fail Of Blankenberg Now let ms gci
down channel and send those prices
up little higher"
All traffic had stopped for London
not so bad for the little lota-and VT
did not see a steamer that was worth
a torpedo between Dungeness aud the
Isle of Wight. There called stephan
up by wireless. and by 7 o'clock We
were actually lying side by side Ia
smooth, rolling sea-Hengistbury head
bearing N. N. W. and about five miles
distant The two crews clustered OF
the whalebacks and shouted their JOY
at seeing friendly faces once more
STEPHAN had doue extraordinarily wen
l had, OF course, read in the LondoI
paper Of his four ships on Tuesday
but he had sunk no fewer than sever
since, for many OF those which should
have come to the Thames had tried L
make Southampton. or the seven, op'
was Of 10000 tons. q grain ship fron
Amsrics; q second was Q grain shil
y IN ths slaek "a ana tvo other