The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-02-26
ONE AMERICAN, A NORWEG-
IAN AND A BRITISH COL.
iiET VICTIMS SUB
MARINE WAR
AUSTRIANS LAY
CLAIM TO VICTORY
Assert They Have Shattered Rus
sian Attacks on the Carpath-
ian Front-Other
Developments.

Iho Norwegian steamer iteBln,
| coal laden: the American steamer
Carib. with a cargo OF cotton aboard.
and the British collier Dranlssome
Chine have fallen victims of mines or
torpctlUcs from submarines i'm the wat
e:.s of the war zone. The Regin went
down near Dover: the Carib Off the
German coast in the North Sea. Tho
ilranksOmc Chine was struck i'll the
English Channel off Beachy Head and
Is reported still aflOat.
4 large steamer also is reported III
distress where the Branksome Chine
was struck, but it has not been ascer-
tanned what brought her to grief.
The cross channel steamer Victoria.
Roulogne for NFolkestone, with nearly
one hundred passengers aboard, mar.
rOwly escaped destruction by Ger
man submarine. The French minister
OF marine says a destroyer shelled the
submarine anu possibly sank her.
| A Berlin dispatch stating that the
| American ambassador has presented
| to the German foreign Office an Ameri-
can not embodying proposals for the
| settlement OF the situation arising
| from the British embargo on food
stuffs into Germany. and the German
warfare against British mercantile
shipping finds partial confirmation
from Washington u the effect that the
| proposals have been made by the
American government to both Great
| Britain and Germany suggesting Il
basis for an understanding on this
| subject. These proposals have been
guarded with great secrecy.
The British admiralty has placctr
| stringent restrictions on merchant
vessels with respect to the Irish chain
tner and the North. channel. through
which these vessels may not pass sAt
'certaiHs hours and then, only by fol-
lowing specific course. .tf
Seven German aeroplanes were re-
ported flying along the east coast
Of; England early. TueSlay night They
are thought to have been on u re-
connoitering expedition.
| Much interest attaches to the bom-
bardment by the French ande British
OF the forts in the Dardanelles. some
of WHICH are said to have been badly
damaged. $50
! reports from The battle fronts are
meagre. The German victory In East
Prussia Is admitted by the Russians,
who, however, have brought up large
reinforcement and express confidence
| In their ability to prevent q. further
German advance
The Austrians claim to have shat
tered the Russian attacks on the Car
pathian front
IN the vest the ordinary s:vc-aaa-
take engagements at various points
along the line apparently cover the
extent of the fighting. !:
- Commissioners sent by the Ameri-
can embassy in Paris to Investigate
\ French concentration camps report
that in the departments Of Basses-.
Alpcs and Var they found interna-
4 tionai regulations strictly observed
by the French. 4. = .,.sss s.2sf a;.y. ~
1.-THE house, of commons has apr.
| proved the plan.e fora union of. the,
Financial and military resources OF
the triple entente powers. ,.la:g,: 4
Sir: Edward Grey the 3ritish for
eign secretary, has : informed the.
american Commission for Relief In
Belgium that as Germany Is alleged
] to .haveTrcfused.t to consider. the ces-
! gation Of It's pecuniary exactions on
! Belgium. the promised British sub
ventfon to the commission would not
| be given. K
The Scandinavian powers, accord
ing to news agency dispatch, will
| negotiations. with London and Berlin
with view to obtnining the British
and German governments consent to
neutral merchant ships OF the Scan.
dinavian countries being conveyed by
warships. ,f e - +. 80. !.