THE BLOCKADE OF GERMANY.
:: FRENCH REPLY TO THE UNITED STATES.' : "V •" '-' ' GEBMAITT»S UHSPEAKABLE VIOLtTNCE. \- _'.' /' (Received-10.15-am.). <"• , - „.'-.■• ; " '" '.' "' "" '■'" ' '.""* PABIs/ , March 19. -••;. M. Delcasae (Foreign Minister) has sent to the United Staites respecting t {he Franco-British reprisals a reply analogous to pir lidward Grey's. •:',. He expresses'- the hope that when. America ■ compares; Germany's unBpeakable violence, criminal acts, and unprecedented naval warfare with jthe = Allies' respect for the laws of humanity, she will recognise that the AUies have not-exceeded the rights - :. _ . -" CARGO STEAMER TORPEDOED IN THE ■.:.:■■■ . -=-r- .... V> \"{ ■" • ' "7-\V-'V»BWAJU>S" ■■«»<■ CHEW OF THOBSIR. . .--.,.-''." . . ' ; . .:. ;\- '' LOXDON, March 19. • ~, .„ The steamer from Bangkok to London with a cargo of rice, was torpedoed in the Channel, .and. sank in half an hour. A destroyer landed, the ' crew at XewKaveii. r An. apprentice was drowned.."" -. '-.'. "■'.■.•!'':";■""' ■ ."• '*! ■'-■■ Captain Bell, of the steamer Thordis, which,rammed* and sank a.German : submarine, has been appointed a lieutenant in the Kaval Reserve,.and ?nai i ," received' the -Distinguished Service Cross. ' . ' • .... \ . » ' The Admiralty hae given the crew of the' Thordis £200.' , "' " ' ■•■■-" r -'-;.-- The GJenartnev, a steamer of 5,201 tons; built four years ago, was owned by the Caledonia Steamship Company, of. Glasgow. ;' " ■".■:, .;' •-"""■ "■"•:.'"'''['■',,',,
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 68, 20 March 1915, Page 5
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182THE BLOCKADE OF GERMANY. Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 68, 20 March 1915, Page 5
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