The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-06-04
LOSES
MORE VESSELS
OLDEST VESSEL IN ENGLISH NAV
AL SERVICE ToRPEDoED AT
DARDANELLEs.
LOSS OF LIFE IS SMALL
Accident Kills More Than Three Hun
dred-Enemy Now Surrounds Pre-.
mysI But Petrograd Believes Rein.
forcements On Way viii Stem On.
slaught Of Germanic Allies.

London, May 28-The British bat
tleship Majestic, another OF the ships
supporting the allied fleet in the Gal
lipoli peninsula, was torpedoed and
sunk by a German submarine this
morning. Nearly all the officers and
crew were saved.
At about the same time the steamer
Princess Irene, which was built last
year for the Canadian Pacific British
Columbia coast service and which was
taken over by the Admiralty at the
commencement Of the war, was acct
dentally destroyed by an explosion
while at anchor at Sheerness, where
she was undergoing repairs. All her
crew, numbering about 25O, except
one seaman, and besides, rs dock
yard workmen who we're aboard at the
time, lost their lives.
The Majestic, which was the Oldest
battleship of the active list of the
British navy, is the sixth battleship
lost by the allies since the beginning
of the operations against the Darda-
nelles, and is the second which has
fallen a victim to German submarines
which recently arrived in those wat
ers.
The Majestic was Of $4,000 tons and
of 10000 II. p. Her officers and crew
on a peace footing aggregated 757.
The Majestic, which was built in
1895, carried four twelve-inch guns,
six 6-inch and sixteen 3-inch guns and
twelve 3-pounder guns. In addition,
the vessel was armed with five 1S-inch
torpedo tubes.
The sinking of the Majestic makes
the fifth British battleship lost in
the Dardanelles campaign, and the
| second lost by hostile submarine,
the Triumph having been sent to the
bottom in the Gulf of Saros last We'd
nesday. The French also have lost
one battleship in the Turkish cam
paign-the Bouvet
The submarine menace is a growing
one in the Aegean sea and home wat
ers, and these vessels promise to take
an active part in the operations In
the narrow waters of the Adriatic,
where, as in the Aegean, numerous is
lands afford good shelter.
While the warships are able to es-
cape them in waters around the Brit
lsh Isles, with the increase in their
numbers the carrying in seaborne
trade becomes more and more hazard
Gus. The admiralty still believes that
the American steamer Nebraskan,
now on her way to Liverpool, was tor
pedoed, and in addition, the British
steamer Morwenna, bound for Canada,
and the Danish steamer Betty, have
been sunk by submarines. Only a few
days ago the commander Of a subma-
rine informed a Danish captain that
he had no orders to sink Danish YES
sells.
Amidst the activities on land and
sea and in the air, from the Darda.
nelles to the waters around the Brit
ish Isles, middle Galicia remains the
scene of the greatest and most import
ant fighting. There the Austrians
and Germans continue to batter at the
Russian lines to the northeast and
southeast of Przemysl, and, according
to reports which have not been con
firmed by official statements, they
have severed communications between
the former Austrian fortress and Lem
berg.
If these reports are true, Przemysl
which less than three months ago was
taken by the Russians after a long
siege, is again surrounded. 1t would
appear, however, that, while the leu
tonic allies are pressing very hard
on the fortress, they have not yet
forced the circle, the completion OF
which is being stubbornly opposed by
the Russians.
The Germans have forced another
crossing of the San river eleven miles
north OF Przemysl and have extended
by several miles the zone held by
them east of the San. To the south
east they also claim to have broken
the Russian lines and to have taken
some important positions.
Despite all these claims, Petrograd
announces with the greatest optimism
and belief, that the Russian reinforce
ments will be able to stem the Aus
tro- German onslaught.
In the west the French and British
report further advances, which are
generally denied by the Germans.
Jury Finds Evangelist Guilty.