Bisbee daily review., 1915-02-25
MAY HAVE BLOCKED.
 THE GERMANS
Week of Submarine Blockade Is Over With Only Four Casualties-.--Other Roats May Have been Su k.
ALL BOATS SUNK
 ARE SLOW CRAFT
Russians Stop Germans in Prussia aI d Berlin Admits That Unfavorable Condi
 ton Make This Imperative.

LINDIN. Feb. 24 The German.
 blockade of the British Isles has been
 in effect a week with results. So far as known two Norwegian. one French
 and five British steamers have been sunk or torpedoed by submarines with
 the surprisingly small loss Of four
 lives Two Of these steamers. the
 Belridge and Dinorah, succeeded in
 reaching port Since the account it is reported two German submarines are missing and that a third was hit and possibly destroyed by French destroyer.
 Besides the vessels which leH vic- tim to submarines two American and one Norwegian steamers we're sunk by mines in the North Sea. The Swedish steamer Specia and one or two British steamers are overdue and it is feared that they are lost with their crews. In addition to the loss of the merchantmen the British Ad- miralty is impelled to give up the hope of the armed steamer. Clan Mac Naughton not heard from since Feb and believed to have gone down as did another armed merchantmen. Vik- nor during storms early in the month The MacNaughton carried a crew of 2S0, consisting largely of Royal naval reserve men. twenty of whom belong ing 10 New Foundland
 The Admiralty also reported tonight the loss Of three positions along the Belgian coast The Russians evident ly have halted the Germans and are holding their own along the entire front There is little fighting of im- portance in the west
 In almost every case the steamer sunk by German submarine. was a small slow vessel At least three Of them were caught while at anchor or while barely under way This. with the failure of the submarines 10 hit a fast cross-channel steamer which fired a torpedo, apparently proves to the satisfaction Of British naval writ CTS that stearemrs with modern speed and which observe obvious precaution can invariably escape from the under water craft
 Such vessels, continuing to cross the seas and blockade, however had the ehect of increasing the insurance rate. Some neutral owners are keep ing their ships in neutral waters With conditions such as these. the public both in England and in neutral are naturally curious as to the latest proposal of the American government to Great Britain and Ger many of which little is allowed to leak out either in London or Berlin Also as to what the Allies reply to the German blockade win be is another matter on which secrecy is being 
 Nothing further has been heard of the naval operations in the Dardanell- es, which was interrupted by unfay- orable weather conditions but it is understood the intentioss are to con tinue an efforts to demohsh inc forts which line the straits Otherwise the Turks, who have been severely han dled in the Caucasus, Egypt and Mes. opotamia, are being permitted to rest while preparations are being made by the Allies for a powerful attack on them.
 A wireless report from Berlin says that further obstacles have arisen to prevent the invasion of Russia. This would seem to confirm reports from Petrograd that the Russians are mak- ing a successful stand against the in- vaders along their fortress line on the northern rivers. The Russians from all accounts. are also holding back the Austrians in Bukowina In the official dispatch they are reported to have re-occupied the important rail way center of Stanislaw
 There is little or DO change in the Carpatbians where fighting Of a most severe cbaracter has been going on