, 1915-07-28

but Their crews were saved. The trench
HtpAmshiT "DnnNo" has been sunk off Cape
Wrath, having been attacked by two subma-
rines.
The United States freighter "LeeIanow",
from Archpngel FIR Belfast, with u cargo OF
flax, was halted off the north west const of
Scotland, her crew were ordered to nbInl IA
the vessel and she was then shelled, torpo-
decd and sunk. The crew have reached
Ki"kwull IN their own bouts. Germany pro-
claimed hax contrabnnd IN April Inst.
Advices from Washington stnte that the
officials nre reticent, pending further details
OF the foregoing incident. The case resent
bles the civilian z. Frye, in which Ger
many nsseuted to the demand for pAyment
of damages, but disseuted from the Unltet
States contention that vessels carrying CON
trahaud were not TO be sunk under the Pru~-
sisn Treaty Of 1928 Germany acknowledges
her treaty obligations, but contends that the
prohibition of contrabNud involves the right
of stoppnge in any manner upon the pny-
ment Of damages. The United States re-
piled that it was unable to concur III this
Interpretation, aud ~ its Note regarding tn"
"Lusitauia" included all cases preJudtclhl
to the rights OF Americans, u serious altuE-
ton is likely if the "LeelHnnw" case should
prove to be within the declaration that fur
Their infringements would be regarded 40
deliberately unfriendly.
The Bishop Of London conducted inter-
cesslon services before 10000 PERSONS from
the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral, and STINT
lar services were held in all the free church
es throughout the United Kingdom.
a despatch from Capetown stated That ut
q banquet in honour Of Generals Botha and
Smuts both insisted that German South
West Africn should be annexed to the Union
of South Africa Both exposed the GelmEn
i~utrigues of 1913, when the Kaiser promised
to acknowledges and guarantee the ludepen-
dence of the Union of South Afrlc", General
Dtha aiding that the only possible comment
on such q guarantee was Poor Belgium.
The sofia" correspondent Of the "f'm"n'
states that Il Convention cedlnS to Bulgaria
the Turkish portion Of the Dedeagalch rail
way was signed ut ConstautinopIe on Thurs
dav last. The Chimes" in u leading article
says that this clearly indicates f." t"cit un-
derAtauding between the Turkish aud BuI-
garian Governments mud that despite the
assurance that the cessiou Of territory I'M
plies no political engagement it ls lmprob"Ole
that Turkey would make such lNrSe c"s7IonS
without some certain political CONSIDERATION.
Advices from B"riu state that the hAlser
has accepted his appointment as F'e'd M"r-
Blkl from the Ming Oh DNVHIih' II" y
had been supposed that the Kaiser alone hat
the power to make such appointment, the
King Of Bavaria having never before exer-
c,5ed it. aud the incident is regarded ~ an
assertion Of B 1vnriN's rights hecHu' e OF tue
BavHrian accomplishments in the war
The German newspapers now publish the
United States Note, and "a communq3e has
been issued which ooutorm4 to tie amanitlrs.
but is definite in tone. Despite this Inspiration
the newspapers declare that the Note IS u
friendly anil u|uueutral aud Auinnted by
British craftsmanship. and that obviously III
Merchantmen hereafter will carry Americans
as a defence against the Submarines. whose
usefulness will be endel # Germany acqui-
eSces. They express astonIshnent at tho
United States rejection of GermNny's
proposals, and bitterness IS evincod that
Germany should be misunderstood.
The London newspapers applaud the Note,
even while remArkiug that u similar commI-
nication is probable for England. and declare
that the argument is ended Ou that Ger
mlny'a next offInse will be the haaI blow
at German American relations.
The French Press is even more pleased
with the Note than the British.
New York, July 27th-Phe G~erman-Ameri
oan alliance has sent President Wilson a