SUBMARINE WARFARE.
THE PERS&US SUNK.
FOUR OF' THE- CREW' MISSING
LONDON, February 23
The steamer Perseua (848 tons) lias be,en sunk. Four of the crew are
miiismg.
FURTHER SINKINGS.
many Casualties reported
LONDON, February 23
The John Miles has been aurik. The four ,'iurvivora, who were all injured, landed, with two dead,. There are eight missing. The Rosalie's captain and twenty others were lost. The Corso's, captain, en'girie-er, and two gunners were taken prisoner. •
TliE DISCOVERIES AT CARTAGENA.
SEVERAL ARRESTS MADE
rRKTJTER'S TELEGRAM.}
Received this day at 1-2.5 a.m. MADRID, February 23
Meyer, the German. Consul at Carta, genu, hasi'been arretted in connection
with the discovery of the submarine! bft'ie. 1 Another German named Kaller wasi arrested at Madrid; also a third, a self-styled American, Harry Wood. The authorities.' arc determined to Riitii'Jy public opinion, which demands the most vigorous wuppresaicfa of German intrigues. One of.the seized cases contained correspondence and instructions to occupying official positions in Spain.
The submarine which placed the buoys aWi secretly landed several men who- were instructed Mo use explosives.
(The ciihln news in this issue accredited to "The Times" has appeared in that loiirnal, bht only where expressly st!it.'d is siir-h news the editorial opinion of "The Times.")
BREACH OF NEUTRALITY,
RESENT BY LINER'S CAPTAIN.
fTHS "TIMI 3" CABLI.I
Received this day at. 9.45 a.m MADRID, February 23.
An Austrian submarine detained the Vittoria Eugenie off Tarragona and attempted to seize eight British passengers. The captain protested that the steamer was hi Spanish waters, and he would sooner be sunk than yield. The submarine then withdrew.
A DAY'S LOSSES
flßtß "TfMES" CABLK.]
Received tins day at 8.45, a.m. LONDON, February 23. The sinkings on the 22nd totalled over 18,000 tons.
FRENCH LiNER SUNK. AMERICAN MISSIONARY KILLED. WASftINfrTON, 'February 23. A submarine sank the Freiic.i liner Athos east of Malta on 17tit February. Robert Allen Ha (Men, an American missionary inCLina, was killed.
AMERICAN FREIGHTER.
SUCCESSFULLY RUNS THE GAUNTLET.
[AUSTRALIAN ANl> N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.]
Received this dav at 11. SO a m
NEW YORK, "February V'i
Advices from Paris , f .tafe t>utt the 'freighter "Orleans," the first American ship from the IJniVd States, to enter the submarine zone, arrived in French wate's, and will reach Bordeaux. +j.
night
The Secretary of the Amerioiin Embassy and others are proceeding to Bordeaux to welcome, her,
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