Evening star., 1915-04-01
Ten Submarines Engaged.

ever, the admiralty expresses an 1nten-
ton Of increased vigilance. In the mean
time many shippers have appealed to the
government to operate their vessels.
This plan has been stoutiy opposed by
the admiralty heretofore, inasmuch as 1t
would give the vessels war status and
they could be sunk without warning by
the Germans
Loss of French Steamer.
The French steamer Emma. which
was bound to Bordeaux. was torpedoed
Wednesday in the British channel of
Beachy Head. Nineteen members of
her crew were drowned, only two being
saved.
The periscope of the submarine had
hardly been sighted from the Emma
when the torpedo from the underseas
boat struck the Emma's engine NO
warning of any kind was given. The
ship foundered in three minutes from
the time she was struck.
A British destroyer subsequently
picked up two men who had been In
the water for couple of hours, and at
the same time recovered two bodies.
The Emma had n crew of twenty-one
men. All the others lost their lives.
No Loss of Life on Ships.
There was no loss Of life on the
Flaminan and Crown of CASTLE. the
crews of each being given bare time
in which to get into their boats. In
the case of the latter vessel, however,
the submarine fired before the crews
left the steamer and shells passed
along the bridge on which the captain
and an apprentice were standing.
The crew of the steamer Crown OF
CASTLE was landed at Barry, Wales.
last evening by the French steamer
Magellan. Members of the crew said
that the submarine was much faster
boat than the one which, had previously
chased the steamer, but that it took
her over an hour to overtake the
Crown of CASTLE.
1t also was. stated by members of
the crew that the steamer was sunk
by the shelldre of the submarine and
not by a torpedo. One four-inch shell,
they declared, was deliberately aimed
at the bridge on the steamer before the
crew had left it. 1t passed between the
legs of an apprentice. After the crew
got into the boats of the steamer the
German commander handed the men
cigars.
Boast of Sinking Seven.
The members of the submarines
crew. it was asserted by the men from
the Crown of CASTLE, boasted that dur
ing the four days previous to the send
ing of the Crown of CASTLE to the bot
tom they had sunk seven British YES
sells. including the steamer Falaba.
I'VE thought at first one of the
German officers is quoted as having
said, that we would sink you with all
hands. but it was decided ultimately
that we would give you a chance
AS the boats were leaving the Crown
of CASTLE. the members of the crew
say, some of the Germans jeered at
the men from. the steamer and sneer-
ingly shouted: Britannia rules the
waves, does she? .. ...
The boats of the Crown of CASTLE
drifted about in the channel for seven
hours before they were picked up.
Dutch Vessel Seized.
dispatch to the exchange Telegraph |
Company from Newhaven. a port on
the English channel. in Sussex, says a
large Dutch cargo boat. the Lodewijk |
van Nassau, has been brought into
Newhaven by two British torpedo boats
under the suspicion that she has been |
supplying German submarines with |
fuel oil.
The torpedo boats gave chase to the |
Lodewijk van Nassau and captured her
near Brighton. 1t is said the members |
of her crew appear to be Germans |
The name of the vessel is painted on
each side in huge letters. She has |
cargo of oils on board. and this is now
being examined When hailed by the |
British torpedo boats the Dutch steam
er refused to stop. but she eventually
was brought to halt.
Takes Norwegian Ship.
BUENOS AIRES, April 1.-The Brit
ish cruiser Bristol has captured and
taken to the Falkland Islands the
Norwegian steamer Bangor. which
sailed from Baltimore February 4. and
arrived at Montevideo. March 8. for
Buenos Aires.
1t is charged that the Bangor has
violated neutrality by carrying coal
and provisions destined for the Ger
man auxiliary cruiser Kronprinz Will
helm.
Says Submarine Is Safe.
AMSTERDAM. via London. April IL
A dispatch from Berlin says that the
British steamer Thordis. which was
awarded a prize for the first British
to sink a German sub