, 1915-07-14
TELEGRAMS.
ST. CkOIN STATION
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A despatch from Pretoria states that after
a long running fight General Botha's forces
have captured Otavi, at the extreme northern
part of German Southwest Africa, and that
the campaign is now practically ended.
The Wilson liner "Guido" has been sunk
off the coast of Scotland and the Grimsby
trawler cheshire" has been blown up by q
mine in the North Sea, all her crew being
killed except the engineer.
Squadron Commander Soames, of the Roy
al Flying Corps, has been killed by the explo-
sion of a bomb during an experiment.
Sir Frederick Treves has written a letter
to the Times testifying that, as the result
of personal visits and close examination of
the hospitals at Malta, Cairo, Alexandria, Port
Said and Mudros, he is able to declare that
the arrangements made for the wounded
from the Dardanelles are adequate.
Lord Mersey has reported that by the find
ings of the Board of Trade inquiry into the
loss of the :. S. <'Falaba" her general cargo
included thirteen tons of cartridges and gun
powder, and that she was adequately equip
ped with life-saving devices. The inquiry
was not, he says, authorized to determine
the enemy's rights, but we hold that the
submarine did not give the women and child
rem q reasonable opportunity to escape, and
that we conclude that the commander of the
submarine planned to sink the ."Falaba" and
sacrifice the lives of her passengers and crew.
The evidence indicated that the crew of the
submarine laughed and jeered while the vic
Tins were struggling in the water, but the
course of the submarines commander in de-
clining to rescue the drowning passengers
was probably iustifable, on account of the
obvious danger to the submarine.
The correspondent of the Times Mt
hIitylene confirms a report that the German
General Won Sanders has been wounded in
the face by Turkish soldiers, and that Enver
Pasha has assumed the command of the
troops defending the Gallipoli Peninsula.
Advices from Athens state that the Turk
ish losses in the fighting at the Dardanolles
on land and sea now total 10000.
Advices from Paris state that General
Gouraud, late commander of the French
forces at the Dardanelles and who was re-
Gently wounded by a shell, had an arm am
putated on his voyage to France and is
suffering from fractnroo of the right thigh
and left leg, but that Notwithstanding his
many injuries he is doing well.
New York, July 10th.-There are numer-
Gus indictments, under the neutrality laws,
for recruiting Montenegrins in Chicago and
British in San Francisco. Sir Cecil Spring
Rice, the British Ambassador at Washing
ton, has asked the State Department for the
distinctions between the return of reser-
visits to the colours and the departure of
volunteers. The Ambassador contends that
if German, Austrian and Turkish reservists
are permitted to return to their native coun-
tries for military service, the return of Brit
ish recruits to England should also be allowa-
able. The officials consider the distinction
between the two cases to be clear.
The National Peace Council has fled
charges with the State Department that
Great Britain and France are violating
the neutrality of the United States bY
shipments of war stores from New York,
specifying as Government transports nine
vessels, the Chicago City, Lord Erne,
Massurian, Venicia, Virginia, Jethou, Pascal,
Lapland and Toronto. The foregoing is a
practical expression of the sentiment of the
followers of Mi, Bryan.
Dispatches from Halifax N, S. state that
the "Mipnehaha" on which it was reported
yesterday that q fire had occurred, has arriv-
ed there and will discharge some of her car
go. An investigation regarding the cause
of the fire is proceeding.
Censored at Jamaica.)
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