BRITISH TRANSPORT TORPEDOED

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3094, 26 May 1917, Page 7

BRITISH TRANSPORT TORPEDOED

FOUR HUNDRED LIVES LOST PIRACY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN • London, May 21. Thi? British transport Transylvania (14,315 lons, Anchor Line, built in 1914) wag torpedoed in tho Mediterranean on May 4. Four hundred lives ivcro lost — Au's.-N.Z. Gable Assn! " (Kec. May 26, 0.3.1 a.m.) ' London, May 24. Official.— Escorting destroyers picked up tho Transylvania's survivors.—Aus.S.'L Cable Assu.-Ecuter. DETAILS OF THE DEATH BOLL. (Bee. May 25, 8.15 p.m.) ' London, May 24. The Admiralty reports that twenty-nine officers, 373 other ranks, tho captain, one .officer, and nine of the. crew were los t.

Paris, May 21. Official.—Tho steamer Sontay, with a crew, of .81. and 34-4 passengers, was torpedoed en route from Salonika to Marseilles; Forty-five persoDs perished, including the oomniandcr.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter.

TO BEAT THE SUBMARINES SIR EDWARD CARSON ON IMPERIAL AIMS. (Rcc. May 25, 8.10 p.m.) . ( London, May 24! Sir Edward Carson (First Lord of the Admiralty) was the guest of honour at a, luncheon given by the British Producers' Organisation. Lord Charles Beresford, who presided, declared that the submarine menace was not in hand. Only overwater craft in large numbers, ho said, could beat the submarines. Sir Edward Carson, replying, deprecated attacks on the Navy. The war, 1 he said, had demonstrated the following fundamental facts: AVhat'our resources were: secondly, by u little troiiblo in organisation they might be used to make the Empire self-supporting; thirdly, blood was. thicker than water; fourthly, we had been living in <a fool's paradise and allowing these resources to bo used for - strengthening our enemies', and forging the weapons which enabled them.to fight us. This war would bo fought in vain if that stato of affairs was not ended. When ho looked back at the question of Imperial preference, it seemed to him that it was preference for the' German Empire, and also a most-favourcd-nation clause. It really meant a combination of enemies to our disadvantage. People talked wildly of Imperial federation without knowing what it meant. There - could not bo an Imperial federation if it meant ;in Act of Parliament to bind the various units. He did not miud how loose the system of binding Uie Empire was bo long as it was tho best working system; They must not try to> tighten the bonds artificially. The Empire must work this out in its own way. The meeting of a Council of Empire sitting as a Cabinet from year to year was the nearest approach at tho moment that they could get to the ideals at which they wore aiming—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.—Reutor. "WE ARE GRAPPLING WITH THE PERIL"' HOPEFUL STATEMENT BY LORD CURZON. (Rcc. May 25, 8.35 p.m.) London, May 24. In the House of Lords, Viscount Curzon slated that the submarine situation was easier. We wero grappling with the peril with, the greatest success, and be hoped, if the matter continued to develop as it had during the past few weeks, that the Government would be able to return a more encouraging answer on the next occasion—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. TWENTY-EIGHT SUBMARINES, IN ONE WEEK. (Eec. May 26, 0.35 a.m.) New York, May 24. The "World's" Washington 'correspondent learns that the Anglo-American warships captured or sunk twenty-eight submarines last week—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ... , HEAVY FIRING IN THE BALTIC • Copenhagen, May 24'. Heavy firing has been heard 6ince last night in the Danish Islands Laaland and Falster, in the Southern Baltic, from the direction of the German coast—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.