THE NAVIES.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 396, 19 March 1915, Page 5

THE NAVIES.

THE DRESDEN COUP.

HER LAST VICTIM. London, March 18. As a result of the Dresden’s capture grain rates on the West Coast of North America have dropped. The Peruvian barque Lorton has arrived at Valparaiso with the crew of the British barque Conway Castle, the last vessel sunk by the Dresden on February 27th. Valparaiso reports that the Dresden put into Juan Fernandez requesting permission to remain a week for repairs. The authorities Compelled her to depart because she was not daraged. Wounded Germans assert that the Dresden’s commander ordered the magazine to be blown up. MACEDONIA RECAPTURED. (Received 19, 8.45 a.m.) London, Marsh 18. The “Daily Mail’s” Madrid correspondent reports that a British cruiser recaptured the Macedonia which broke awa yfrom Las Palmas. THE KARLSRUHE. ANOTHER STORY OF HER FATE. Copenhagen, March 18. It is reported that an explosion sank fine Karlsruhe at the end of 1914 on the American coast. A supply ship saved nearly 200 of the crew. (Received 19, 10.5 a.m.) London, March 18. A Danish report alleges that an explosion broke the Karlruhe in twain. The survivors reached Germany where the men were sworn to secrecy. [The Karlsruhe was a light cruiser of 4280 tons. She was launched in 1912, had a speed of 28 knots and carried twelve 4.1 in. guns. It will be remembered that a resident ol Grenada, British West Indies, stated early in January that wreckage and a lifebelt bearing the name Karlsruhe was washed ashore at Geneva 'and that fishermen saw dead bodies in the water.] KRON PRINZ MUTINEERS. (Received 19, 8.45 a.m.) London, March 18. A member of the Potaro’s crew who was a prisoner for six weeks aboard the Kron Prinz Wilhelm states that six of the Kron Prinz’s crew were shot for disobeying orders. . [The Potaro (4378 tons) was sunk