Arizona republican., 1915-02-25
Two Norwegian, One French and Five British Steamers Have Been Sunk or Tor pedoed by the German Submarines
IONLY FOUR LIVES
 REPORTED LOST
Two German Submarines Are Reported Lost, Third
 Hit and Possibly Destroy ed by French Destroyer
 Other Vessels Mined
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATcHl

LONDON, Feb. 24.-The German blockade of the British Isles has been in effect a week with the result so far as known, of two Norwegian. one French and five British steam CTS have been sunk or torpedoed by submariens, with the surprisingly small loss of four lives. Two of these steamers the Belridge and Din- orah, succeeded in reaching port
 One other side account, reported two German submarines missing, that a third was hit, and possibly destroyed by French destroyer. Be- sides these vessels which fell vic- tins to the submarines, two Ameri- can and one Norwegian steamers were sunk by mines in the North sea, and the Swedish steamer Specia and one or two British steamers are overdue, and it is feared are lost with crews.
 In addition to the loss of the mer- chantmen the British admiralty is impelled to give up hope for the armed steamer Clan MacNaughton, not heard from since February 3. It is believed it went down as did another armed merchantmen, the Viknor, during the storms early in the month. The MacNaughton car ried a crew of two hundred and eighty, consisting largely of royal na- val resreve men, twenty of whom belonged in Newfoundland. The ad- miralty also reported tonight the loss of three positions along the Belgian coast. The Russians have evidently halted the Germans and are holding | their own along the entire front. Lit tie fighting of importance in the west. In almost every case a steamer sunk by a German submarine was a small, slow vessle, at least three of them were caught while ct anchor or while barely under way. This. with the failure of a submarine to hit a fast cross channel steamer at which it fired a torpedo apparently proves to the satisfaction of the British naval writers that steamers with modern speed and which observe obvious precautions can invariably escape the under water craft, and such vessels are continuing to cross the seas, the blockade, however had the effect of increasing the insur- ance rates and some neutral own CTS are keeping their ships in neut- ral waters. With conditions such as these the public both in England and in neutral countries are naturally curious as to the latest proposal of the American government to Great ! Britain and Germany of which lit tie has been allowed to leak out in either London and Berlin. also
 as to what the allies reply to the
 German blockade will be. is another matter about which secrecy is being
 maintained
 Nothing further has been heard re- garding the naval operotions in the IDardenelles which were interrupted by unfavorable weather conditions. but it is understood it is the inten- tion to continue all efforts to de- molish the forts which line the straits. Otherwise the Turks. who have been severely handled in the Caucasus and Egypt Mesopotamia. lare being permitted to rest while preparations are heinz made by the lallies for powerful attack against them. A wireless report from Der lin. says that further obstacles have arisen to prevent the invasion of Russia, this would seem to confirm the reports of Petrograd, that the Russians are making a successful
 stand against the invaders along
 their fortress line on the northern rivers.
 The Russians from all accounts
 are also holding back the Austrians
 in Bukowina, and it is stated in an
 official dispatch they have reoccu pied an important railway center in Stanislaw. There is little. or nc
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