Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-30
% make their way to English ports

70 make their way to English port,
unmolested by German warships
The German official account of the
nsht says that the British losses were
ii!i5o tons. as against GO.12O tons
sunk by tho British. The British Adj
tniralty makes no attempt To estimate
lhc i"Ss In tonnage. but unofficial Brit :
ism estimates place the German iosY
a' io9.22O tons against 1880 for the
brush. Officially the Germans have
aaihitted tn" loss OF only one capital
snip. the l.utZ"w. $500 tons. II YES
sci surpa3sing in tonnage and arna :
'n"nt many hattlcshps The British
,'a'hi I" hay. sunk in addition two
l'r"adn"uGhts and probably "a third
Ihe principal lossesd admitted by them
'"r th"ir side are the three battle
cruisers. the Invincible the Iudcrati-
gable and the Queen MARY
'he other event Oh tn. sea aroused
.n'"hHe Interest ON June =, Field
Marshal Earl Kitchener. Great i:rit,!n's
famous Minister Of Mar was drowned
Nh, W." ms Stair of the orkn"ys when
IN" cruiser Hampshire went ,Io,.u |,
was ~ first though, the cr.,iscr had
neeh IN" victim of "a submarine but
.nN 'h'"fN was generally discarded
when ~ was learned that the wara,ip
~ struck Il min" ami gone down in
'he mast -! II terrific storm,
FINAL. PASSING. OF
me second ear OF the war was :.
'ie''''"pi" ON. as FAR aS the United
states was concerned, n p,.,l.,.L ,h.
apparent hhhl pnsSiiir of ilc crisis he
wv" 'hiS country AMI Germany over
."r "'"''h'il" warfare which threat q
''"re IMAM one Il ruuturc of re-
iatioiS ana even war Tho siuI,;rr of
me White star liner Arabic. ON Aupus,
~ by submarine. without ,..,rnin.
!" Wh'ch Two Americans lost tiIcit lives
''"e 'nc ~ udt iou acute. Germany nj
nrS' refuse" I" give adequate satfsrar
non ana guarantees. and on April 10
PRESIDENT Wilson laid III. ,.itrotton a..
i"+ "hSr"ss. The previous d,y IN,
had despatched :, motto .o cr,.,.,,,-
"h''h WAS virtually an ultiInatu,u
III May ,. Germany promised tho.
40 'e '''-f' or merchantmen would
LINK M'th"ut warning and without
ample oipcrtunity for th. .sc,n,. M
crews and passengers Thcs. nron,.scs
"ere considered sutisfnc,ory ~, ~
iTtSih"ht. ana III" war cloud Iif,.d
H.h'" th"' time "a large numI.- ~
Sh'ps nave been sunk hv ,;cruan ami
, I'm submarines. but the rules a.:
International law have been .,.n.r.,Il,.
observed "''N
Another cauS" Of friction hc,weer a..
'h'tcd states au'l the central pow.rs
80, "iS" removed during the wear
since the outbreak Of the war certain
p''p"ShHhIStS hid been busy iuS,iput-
ihR st1kes in munition factories which
n"n contracts with the allies. and in en-
dea NorinH In other ways to Interior.
win TINS trade. For his activity in
ms respect the recall OF Dr I,onstau.
u" pumba, Austrian ambassador was
requested 10y President Wilson I'm Sen
'efnber. The following December fn,
sih'llar reasons. the President requested
me recall OF Captain Boy Ed and can
'"'n Won fapen. rtval and military at
'ach"s respectively. to the German
embassy \ number OF convictions
were obtained in the criminal courts i'm
other cases. and the propaganda ceased
apart from events in the actual wa,
theat"Ts tn" most striking event Of the
year in connection with the confIct
was An uprisin" in Ireland i'm April
The outbrcaN WAS organized by "A SO.
ciety known rs the Sim Fein. commit
ted I" the principle o! AN Independent
Ireland Bloody lighting took place i'm
Dublin, In which hundreds of lives
%ere lost and the heart OF the bust
ness section destroyed. at a cost Of
many millions of dollars The fighting
was sporadic elsewhere in the islands
and of minor importance Tho revo,,