The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-02-04


there early this morning.
London, Feb. THAT tho German
naval department Is determined to sur.
round the British isles with a ring O,
steel, is indicated in the activities OF
German submarines in sinking Eng.
fish merchant ships the past two days.
The policy was conceived by Admiral
Won Tirpitz. commander in chief of tho
German navy.
So far as known five English mer-
chant ships have been torpedoed and
sent to the bottom by German sub
marines since last Saturday They
were:
The Toxic Maru. torpedoed in thu
English channel, off Havre, France
The lcaria, sunk by German subma-
zine torpedo in English channel near
Havre, France
The Ben Cruschen, sunk by German
submarine U-21 Off Fleetwood, Eng
land, near Liverpool.
The Linda Blanche sunk by the
submarine U-21, somewhere off Eng
ush coast, near Liverpool.
The Kilcoan. n small vessel. torpe-
1oed and sunk in Irish sea.
Shipping Is Upset.
The sudden activity of the German
submarines has created great cOnster-
nation in English shipping circles Tho
.bolicy of preying upon merchant ships
threatens to cut off England's commu-
nication with the outside world and
menaces England's food supply.
Several other ships have sighted tho
herman sea roVers. but have evadel
them. The presence of the subma'
In M TriG
gates of Liverpool, Engiand's chief
seaport, has already demoralized ship!
ping.
In an interview about six weeks agI
Admiral Won Tirptt2 scoffed at thl
idea Of England starving out Germany
On the contrary, he said, German
would starve out England by THROWN
a fleet of submarines around the isl,
Ands and sinking every merchant craft
that tried to enter or leave an Eng
lisp port. His comment at the time
caTed only amusement in. England.
Admiralty Puzzled.
1t has seemed inComprehensible that
the German submarines would be able
to get so far away from their base. Al
any rate it was not thought they woulc
be able to remain away from their base
at the mouth of the Kiel canal any
length OF time. The feats OF the 4-2i
and her sister sea scouts lead the Eng,
lish to believe the Germans arc playing
a new game OF which the admiralty ii
not informed.
The two British merchant steamer
torpedoed by Germans off Havre, ar
the largest commercial vessels tina
have as yet fallen victims to Germal
submarines: the three ships sunk in III
Irish sea were small coasters.
Belief expressed yesterday, that TIN
raiders could not remain for more tina!
few hours in waters so far remove
from their base, has been exploded h
news that the mail steamer Leinste
err Cuntered a German submarine Of
Dublin on Saturday. "a hours after tn
sinking of the three coasters.
The Linda Blanche was on its We!
from Manchester to Belfast when III
submarine suddenly appeared along
side and in perfect English ordered TIL
crew to leave the vessel, directing the1
| TO a trawler' that would pick them NY
AS soon as the men of the Lind
Blanche were in their boats the Ger
mans attached mine to the bridge AM
another to the forecastle. The mind
were then exploded, destroying the ves-
sci.
Ordered Crew to Leave.
| The German submarine II tOrpedOsd
the North Shields steamer Ben Cru
echen off Fleetwood. The entire crew,
numbering 20, was landed at that port.
The captain of the steamer says he
was overtaken by the submarine and
ordered to leave his ship within 10 min
utes. Hardly had the crew got into the
boats when a torpedo was fired and the
steamer went down.
The Ben Cruachen, which was Of l.
| g78 tons register and belonged to the
Morrison Shipping company was on
voyage from the Orkney islands to LiV-
erpOol with q general cargo.
The French minister of marine an
nounced the two British steamers. Toxic
Maru and Icaria, had been tOrpedoed
| off Havre. The Toku Maru WAS bound
| from New Zealand to England. Her
| crew was rescued by the trawler Sem
Dor. Her cargo consisted in part OF
| clothing and a contribution of e1.50O
'Orl Of New Zealand's gift to Bel
gian sufferers No details are avail
able concerning the torpedoing Of the
| Icaria.