The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-02-25

Great Britain's unaccountable re
ticence to give to the world statistics
on the destruction or seizure OF enc
my warships is not conhned 10 Ger
MANY. Since the beginning OF the
war, aside from the great sacrlhce III
the Dardanelles. the Royal Navy has
been unusually active against lur-
kew and Austria, but no more SO
than Italy, and early in the war;
Russia.
In the Adriatic Sea, the Black Sea
and the Sea of Marmora these three
allied nayies have disposed OF no
less than 125, 900 tons OF Turkish
and Austrian warships, practically
eliminating Germany's principal Al
lies as dangerous naval factors, ana
at the same time scoring heavy caSu-
alties against the unspeakable Turk
in the matter of troops.
Turkeys known losses in trans
ports include no less than 10 great
troopships, all of which were heavily
laden with fighting forces at the time
of their sinking.
In Austria. where, somehow know
ledge of that country's serious sacrl-
fees have become known, there has
resulted, of course, accentuated bit
terness against her arch enemy, lta-
". but, nevertheless, the moral eff
feet of this losing game on the sea
has been depressing, and has had a
lot to do with the now spreading
sentiment for peace. The all-im-
portant point in favor of the Allies is
that in view of the heavy toll eXac-
ted of Austria's submarines, Ger
many finds it now out of the ques-
ton 10 draw upon the sister empire
for U-boats to patrol the so-called
barred zone.
While necessarily not as heavy as
the German sea losses, those of Aus
tria and Turkey are as great, in pro-
portion to the comparative strength
of their respective navies.
Austria's known losses include two
modern battleships, three cruisers,
several gunboats, a number Of river
monitors, three destroyers, four tor
pedo boats, % submarines, hospi-
tai ship, a training ship and two
transports. These include two cap
tured submarines.
Turkey has lost, according to her
own official records, 10 transports,
all laden with troops, a large cruiS-
er, six gunboats, two destroyers,
three torpedo boats and two large
battleships.
Here for the first time is presented
complete list OF known losses of
Germany's allies.
Turkey, aside from number of
small war craft, has lost "a import
ant ships.
On December IA, 1914, the battle
ship Messudyeh, $1,000 tons, was
sunk by the British submarine Bill
in the Dardanelles.
On August 8, 1915, the battleship
Kheyr Ed-Din, $500 tons, was tor
pedoed by the British in the Sea Of
Marmora
The cruiser Mepidick, 1880 tons,
was sunk on April 8, 1915, by a
Russian mine in the Gulf of Odessa.
The gunboat Doruk Refs, SOC tons,
on December 10, 1915, was sunk by
a Russian destroyer.
On May "a, 1915. the gunboat Pc
lenk-I-Derih, $50 tons, was sunk in
the Sea of Marmora by a British sub
marine.
The gunboat Marmaris, 1872 tons,
on June 1, 1915, was sunk by the
British in Tigris River.
A mine in the Dardanelles on April
20, 1915, sank the gunboat Berk-I-
Satvet, 1925 tons.
The gunboat Issa Refs, 500 tons,
was scuttled on Nov. l, 1914.
The Malatia, a gunboat of 210
tons, on December 10, 1915, was
sunk in the black Sea by Russian
destroyer.
In May, 1915, the destroyer Yadi-
kar Milet, Go tons, was sunk by a
British submarine.
The destroyer Var Hissar. 2S4
tons, was sunk by a British subma-
rine in the Sea of Marmora on Sep
TENDER 6, 1915.
The torpedo boat Demir Hissar, 81
tons, was stranded and interned on
April II, 1915, at Chios.
The Dhair Hissar, torpedo boat
of 81 tons, was driven up on the
Grecian coast Oh April Il, 1915.
An unnamed torpedo boat was
sunk by gunfire in the Black Sea in
April of last year.
In the early part of May, 1915, the
transport Niagara was sunk by a
British submarine in the Sea of Mar
mora.
Soon afterward three unnamed
transports were sunk by Russian war
ships. These vessels contained
troops.
The transport Carmen, 4,424 tons,
was sunk by submarine in the Sea
OF Marmora on Oct. "a, 1915.
AuStria'S Losses.
In December, 1910, the transport
Rechid Pasha, 5000 tons, was sunk
by a submarine in the Sea of Mar
mora.
The transport Bezemialen was
sunk in the Black Sea on November
IA, 1914, presumably by a torpedo.
On the same date the transport