New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-06
SIX SUBMARINES
BELIEVED SUNK
British Warships Have Ac-
counted for Four of
Germany's Craft.

London, March b.-The SINKING OF the
German submarine Us, as officially an
nounced to-day, makes the fourth OF
these vessels TO be sunk by BRUSH
warships since the beginning OF the
war, the others being the U-lo' the
us and one rammed by the destroyer
Badger off the Belgian coast. II Is pc
Iieyed that French destroyer also
sank one, and the captains OF two brit-
isb merchantmen are claiming the
prizes offered for the first merchant
captain to account for hostile SUB
n..rine. This would make total CT SIX
submarines. A.
The claim of the captain of the
steam collier Thordis, in connection
with which the Admiralty says he prop
ably sank a submarine, IS being as
puted by the captain of the steamer AL
stow, who says he previousl' sank one.
The oficia. News Bureau o-day con-
firmed the report that the Aordls mad
sunk a German submarine In the 1ol-
lowing statement:
"The Secretary of the Admiralty
makes the following announcement:
The steamship Thordis has now been
examined in drydock, and injuries TO
her keel and her propeller confirm the
evidence OF Captain Bell and the crew
that on February % the vessel rammed
and in all probability sank a German
submarine which had fired a torpedo
at her. c
submarine US was sunk in the Channel
off Dover by destroyers; the oncers
and men were taken prisoners,
fBy Gable 20 The Thbuns.l
London. March Elm connection with
the rescue of the officers and crew OF
the US, "The Daily Telegraph" asks
what Is to be their fate, adding: They
were engaged in operations which SIR
Edward Grey denounced TO the world
as piracy on the high seas. Are they
to be RECALLED in some country mansion
and provided with retinue OF SER
wants. or are they to be treated as
pirates? 1t is childish to denounce
certain acts as piracy and then. having
caught some of the persons engaged
i'm such operations, TO entertain them
as the honored guests of the nation.
This is matter on which the British
nublic will want enlightenment, par
ticularly in view OF the harsh condl-
tions under which our countrymen are
held prisoners in Germany
Rotterdam, March 5.-The crew OF
the Thords will be interested TO near.
according to German papers, that their
ship was sunk by submarine, and not
vice versa.
Paris. March b.-The Ministry OF
Marine to-day gave out statement
that German submarine of the w
hU Erpncn
cruiser in the English Channel yester-
dew. The submarine plunged. and no
further trace Of her was found.
The statement Of the Admiralty
says: -.
IA vessel Of the second light French
squadron Yesterday fred on German
submarine of the type II the " IL
the Channel and hit it with three
shells. The submarine plunged and
disappeared, leaving no trace.
Bremen, via London, March 5.-Ihe
destruction of two freighters by tor
pedoes in the English Channel was
witnessed by the captain of the Amerl-
can shin Outright from Galveston,
February 9, for Bremen. which arrived
in the Weser Thursday morning with
cargo of cotton, according to a story
nrjnted in the "Morgen Post" The
captain is quoted by the newspaper as
saving the ships were attacked py
submarine. One Of them is reported
"a have been loaded with rice and me
other with coal. The captain, says the
"IIorgen Post" asserted that ne
passed safely through the mine helds
bv following directions issued by the
German Admiralty.