Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-28
BRITISH HOSPITAL
SHIP IS SUNK IN
BRISTOL CHANNEL.
One Hundred and Sixty
Four Oh Board Not Yet
Accounted For.
AMERICAN TANK STEAMER
Is ALSO SENT TO BOTTOM
Admiralty Report Shows In
crease in Sinking of Eng
fish Merchantmen.
Won HERTLING SPEECH FAILS
Chancellor Unsuccessful in Driving
Wedge OF Suspicion Between
Entente Allies.
Won HERTLING SPEECH FAILS
Chancellor Unsuccessful in Driving
Wedge OF Suspicion Between
Entente Allies.

Two more ships fell victims to Ger
man torpedo craft yesterday when the
British hospital ship Glcnart Castle
went down in Bristol channel and later
the tank steamer Santa Maria was
sunk off tho Irish coast. The latter
was OF $500 tons capacity and be-
longcd TO the Sun Company OF PhiIa-
delphia
Reports late last night we're that lGt
persons on board the Gleuart Castle
had not been accounted for and are
believed to have been lost at sea
Thirtyfour survivors were landed / ~
Swansea last evening. and declared the
hospital ship had been torpcdocd.
American destroycrs took a prominent
part in the rescue work, aud landed
many of tho rescued on shore.
There were approximately 700 per.
sons on board the Glenart Castle. in
Guiding Red Cross doctors, nurses and
ordcriics. Tho ship carried u crew OF
100. The ship was properly lighted
and carried the signs to distinguish IL
as Il hospital ship.
The survivors said that no ,aub--
marine was sighted at any time. cx-'
cept for tho liIh,s seen by the helms
man. The Glcnart Castle, which had
been under rcpai- since her return
from the Mediterranean three weeks
ago. was on her way TO Franco for
wounded.
Reports OF the British Admiralty
submitted last night shcw that cigh-
teen British merchantmen were sunk
by mine or submarine during tho past
week, an increase over the previous
week, when fifteen were sent TO tho
1t.> ;,,l,.
teen were OF 1890 tons or over and
four under that tonnage. seven fish.
ing vessels al.o wcr. sunk.
CHANCELLOR FAILS TO
SPLIT lP ALLIES
lmpcria! Chancellor Won HcrtlinE has
failed TO drive ii wedge between the
entente allies by his reply to President
"iiSon The declaration that German
aggression III the east is net intended
Tor conquest has come at Il time when
German acts belle the words OF The
Chancellor, and Paris and London have
officially rejected any proffcrs Of the
olive branch that the more hopeful OF
the people saw in the acccptanco IN
principle. of the four points cnunci-
atcd by President Wilson as the basis
for pcace negotiations.
Arthur j. Balfour, the British 500
rotary for Foreign Affairs. sounded tps
Ncynote of the entente allies when
speaking at London, he said that, ur-
III German m!litaIism was a thing oe
inc past, and there came into exist.
cncc court armed with executive
powers making the weak nations as
saic as tile strong. the war must 60
on lie characterized Won Hertlinc.s
attitude toward Belgium rs unsatisfac.
Tory and insisted that German prac
ticc does not coincide with President
Wilson'S propositions
fhiiipp Scheidemann. the German
socialist leader has voiced tho nrotcat
OF his party to the peace that - heinz
forced on Russia. In debate in ,ha
hc1chstag he said that GERMANY mpst
negotiate peace by UNDERSTANDING
ana mat the independence OF Belgium,
must be securely lie says that the
flonings and Walloons must sotr.
their own differences
While the German in,n.r;,,
l''nt is trying to convince the world
OF ITS Observation-Disclosures i'm the rr.pra
u i'"SS'a' the advance of the Teuton
armies toward Pctrograd still goes IN
u now appears that there will be M
ArmiStice on the Russian front until
In spite
or inc claim by the Bo,shevil GOV
eminent that the Russians were Gcnt 4
ing hard for the city Of Pskoy. .hsI
fcrmahs have pushed far to tho cast
ward OF that town. 1t is runorcGS
That the Teutors have reached tho eli 4
al l.uga. midway between Pskor anH
fctroGrad Boriscm. sixty miles nor.
cast of M!nsk. has been captured
me Germans. The German oHiciaf n
port says, that the Teuton troops u
cNrain" have reached Corostisl,ef, ca
OF "htonir, which brings tic in vaGa
within fifty miles of Kicy. The III
s'an troops nave refused 10 fight any
those who have not abjectly su-rend-
cred are fleeing in disordcred rAoH
toward the capital. If there is any re
sistance TO the German inva sion IL
must come from the peasants.
American troops have been subjcctcd
TO heavy bombardment OF gas she'll,
from German batteries. Three Ar.er;-
cans arc reported 10 nave died iron,
inc eHects OF gas and nine Others are
said TO have suffered severely. There
are not lacking indications that tia