The Sentinel=record., 1915-02-24
BRITISH VESSEL IS MISSING
Another Norwegian Steamer Strikes Mine or is Torpedoed off Dover. Many Seamen Rerfuse to Ship on Vessels Passing Through War Zone

HtN bttu Qe0IIONtu by mlue OH the German coast. while a third NOrWe- gian steamer, the Regiu, has been torHedoed or destroyed by mine off Dover. In the case of the Regin all the crew We're saved by British de- stroyers. and although not stated in the dispatches from Berlin, if is be- Heved that the crew of the Carj3 also escaped.
 Thus neutral states continue to be the greatest sufferers from the mine and submarine warfare. It is consil- ! cred possible, however, that one or two British steamers have suffered a similar fate, one being overdue and another being reported blow up off ! Rye.
 As d result of the activity of Ger man submarines tae British admir- alty has announced that the Irish and North channels have been restricted for navigation from today
 In the case of a few Scandinavian. Dutch and British steamers, the crews have refused 10 sail where tho voyages are to include the war zone. but in each instance substitutes were found.
 The crew of the British steamer Darleydale. waich has grain for the Belgium relief commission refused to accompany their ship from Fal- mouth 10 Rotterdam. but men were soon found to take their places. Otherwise fine trade of the country is going on much as usual and ship masters continue to express cont- douce that the German submarines cannot interfere seriously with com merce In fact the threatened block ade which has had such a small ef- 1 feet thus far is beginning to give way in the public interest to the military operations and the bombardment ot ! the Dardanelles forts by the allied fleet
 It appears from the official report issued by the admiralty tonight that the continuation of the operations aaaiust the Dardauelles has been de- Iayed by uufayoraOle weather. but there is still no news Of the effect of Saturdays bom5ardment which was 1 in progress when the first report was published.
 | on land the allies in the west have again stayed their offensive which l had as it's object the relieving of the pressure on Russia Tha belief in military circles here is that Russia Ihas been able to check the Austro- German offensive operations at either end of the long line and that therefore the necessity no longer eX- isted for the allies 10 make their et- 1 fort before they were fully prepared.
 There has, however, been som Hehtng near the coast at Ypres in
 the Champagne district, where the
 French are attempting to push the Germans back from Rheims and re 1 lieye that city from the bombardment
 which it has again undergone, and in
 the Woevre and Vosges districts. At
 none Of these points has a battle Of
 any dimensions been fought al-
 though the operations in Alsace taken as whole are considered i'm
 portant
 Fighting is going on along virtually
 the entire Russian front but the re.
 ports of the general staffs give little
 or no information of the progress 1t 1 the campaign Taa Russians, who
 have been strongly reinforced since
 their defeat in East Prussia, have
 reached their prepared positions be-
 tween the fortresses of the provinces
 of Koyno, Wilma and Grodno and are offering strong resistance to the Ger
 mans, who are greatly hampered by
 the terrible conditions of the roads
 To the south of the lower Vistuia
 the Russians attacked the Germans
 on the Rawka river but according to
 tae German account they were re
 pulsed. They are also active in west
 ern Galicia, while in the Carpathians
 the long drawn out battles continue
 without either side gaining any ad-
 vantage It is reported that the Ger
 mans have sent further reinforce
 ments to this region. which is quite likely because for political reasons
 the Russians must be kept out of Hungary
 The Russians. too. are making a stand in the Crownland of Bukowina,