The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-04

- iSESEA WV
Southport, 18 miles from Liverpool,
says that a German submarine.
supposedly the U-21, was seen off
there early this morning.
London, Feb. 2.-That the German
hawai- department is determined to sur
round the British isles with a ring OF
steel, Is indicated in the activities OF
German submarines in sinking Eng
lish merchant ships the past two days.
The policy was conceived by Admiral
Won Tirpitz, commander in chief of the.
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
We're:
The Toxic Maru, t~orpedoed in the
English channel, off Havre, France.
The Icaria, sunk by German subma-
rine torpedo in English channel, near
HaVre, France.
The Ben C~ruschen, sunk by German,
submarine U-21 off Fleetwood, Eng
land, near Liverpool.
The Linda Blanche, sunk by the
submarine U-21, somewhere off Eng
llsh coast, near Liverpool.
A'iS IAiI1obI, a SlIldl N0SSel. IOfDG-
doed and sunk in Irish sea.
Shipping Is Upset.
The sudden activity of the German
submarines has created great conster-
nation in English shipping circles. The
poncy OF preying upon merchant ships
threatens to cut off IIngland's commu-
nication with the outside world and
menaces England's food supply.
several other ships have sighted tho
German sea roVers, but have evaded
them. The presence of the subma-
flnes IN the Irish sea, and at the very
safes OF Liverpool, England's chief
seaport, has already demoralized ship
ping. p
In an interview about six weeks ago
Admiral Won Tirpitz scoffed at the
idea of England starving out Germany.
On the contrary, he said, Germany
would starve out England by throwing
a fleet of submarines around the ISL
ands and sinking every merchant craft
that tried to enter or leave an Eng
llsh port. His comment at the time
ca@1ed only amusement in Ensland.
Admiralty Puzzled.
1t has seemed incomprehensible that
the German submarines would be able
to get so far away from their base. AT
any rate 1t was not thought they would
be able to remain away from their base
at the mouth of the Kiel canal any
length OF time. The feats of the 4-2l
lin 1'S oIatSl SSd SCOUTS lead mo I'm o.
l1sh to believe the Germans are playing
a new game of which the admiralty is
not informed.
The two British merchant steamers
torpedoed by Germans off Havre. are
the largest commercial vessels that
nave as yet fallen victims to German
submarines; the three ships sunk in the
irish sea We're small coasters.
behef, expressed yesterday. that the
RAIDERS could not remain for more than
q rev hours in waters so far removed
from their base, has been exploded nv
news that the mail steamer Leinster
encountered a German submarine off
Dublin on Saturday. "a hours after the
sinking Of the three coasters.
The Linda Blanche was on its way
from Manchester to Belfast when the
submarine suddenly appeared along
side and In perfect English ordered the
crew to leave the vessel, directing them
10 a trawler that would pick hem up.
As soon as the men Of the Linda
Blanche were in their boats the Ger
another to the f~orecastle. The mines
were then exploded, destroying the YES
sci.
Ordered Crew to Leave.
The German submarine 81 ~torpedoed
the North Shields steamer Ben Cru
achen Oft 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 Cr%uachen, which was of L.
978 tons register and belonged to the
Morrison Shipping company, was on a
voyage from the Orkney islands to Liv-
erpool with a general cargo.
The French minister of marine an
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 trawier Sem
por. Her cargo consisted in part of
clothing and a contribution of G1.5OO
ta7 5O0) of New Zealand's gift to Bel
CLAN sufferers. No details are avail
able concerning the torpedoing OF the
Icaria