The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

see aDOut tnat.
ON the round the corner page at the
back Of the glorious resonant leaders
there was a little column which read
like this:
HOSTILE SUBMARINES.
Several of the enemys submarines
are at sea and have inflicted some APP
preciable damage upon our merchant
ships. The danger spots upon Mon
day and the greater part of Tuesday
appear to have been the month OF the
Thames and the western entrance TO
the Solent. o., Monday between the
More and Mlrgaje hare were sunk
i've large steamers the Adcla. Media
via, Cuso, Cormorant and Maid Of
Athens, particulars of which will he
found below. Near Nentnor on the
same day was sunk the Nerulam from
Bombay. on Tuesday the Virginia.
Cesar. King OF the East and Path
finder were destroyed between ;he
Foreland and Boulogne. The latter
three We're actually lying in French
waters and the most energetic repre-
sensations have been made by the
Government of the Republic. on the
same day the Queen OF Sheba. Oron-
tes, Diana and Atslanta were de-
stroyed near the Needles
Wireless mesa ses have stopped all
ingo!ng cargo ships from coming up
Channel. but unfortunately there IL
evidence that at least two Of the
enemy's submarines are IN the west.
-Four cate ships from Dublin 10
Liverpool were sunk yesterday eve
nj ~ HI. 4
steamers, the Hlda. Mercury and
Maria loser were blown up in the
neighborhood Of Lundy Island. Com
merce has, so far as possible. been
diverted into safer channels, but in
the meantime. however vexatious these
Incidents may be and however grlev-
ous the loss both To the owners and
to Lloyd's, We may console ourselves
by the reflection that since a sub
marine cannot keep the sea for more
than ten days without renting and
since the base has been ca ptured there
must come a speedy term to these
Gepredations
So much GOr the COBrier'S account
OF our proceedings. Another small
para graph was, however. more elo-
quent:
The price Of wheat" II said which
stood al 80 shillings week before
The declaration OF war was quoted
Yesterday on the Baltic at 80. Maize
has gone from 81 to 81. barley from
10 to 81, sugar Cforelgn granuiated)
from II shillings and throspence to 10
sh.lllngs and siXpence"
Good, my lads said when 7
read II TO the crew. Il can assure you
that those few lines will prove to
mean more thar The whole page about
the fall of Bankenberg Now let us
set down Channel and send those
prices up a little higher"
All traffic had stopped for London
not so bad for thu little Iota- and we
did not see a steamer that was worth
e torpedo between Dungeness and the
Isle Of Wight There I called stephan
up by wireless. and ny o'clock we
We're actually lying side by side IN a
smooth, rolling sea Hengistbury Head
bearing north-northwest and about
five miles distant. The two crews
clustered on the wha,ebacks and
shouted their Joy at seeing friendly
faces once mere.
stephan had done extra ordinarily
well. had OF course read in :he
London paper Of hi. four ships on
Tuesday but ne he'd sunk no fewer
than seven since, for many OF TN cse
which should nave com" to the
Thames had tried 20 make Southamp-
ton, OF the seven one was of 10000
tons, grain ship from America; a
second was u grain ship fr,m the
Back Sea, aud TWO others were great
liners from South Africa. / cOng.ltu-
lated Stephan with all my heart upon
his splendid achievement.
Then, as We had been seen by de-
stroyer, which was approaching at
great pace. we both dived, coming up
again off the Needles. where we spent