ON THE SEAS.

North Otago Times, Volume CIII, Issue 13656, 25 August 1916, Page 3

ON THE SEAS.

DETENTION OF BRITISH MAILS. STRAIGHT TALK TO SWEDEN. OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE PUBLISHED, : (.Australian and N.is. Cable Association.) Received August 2a, 1.10 a.ra. _ LONDON, August 24. The Anglo-Swedish correspondence has been published relating to Sweden'? detention of British parcel mails, to Russia, as a reprisal for the British searching Sweden's parcel mail for contraband. The correspondence shows that Sweden announced the. reprisal measure on the 18th December, Viscount Grey requested that the mails be immediately released, adding: "The Government would welcome an explanation of the detention." Sweden replied justifying her action by the so-called British violation of binding treaties and the law of nations. Viscount Grey replied that such a grave charge was unusual in diplomatic documents, and must be repudiated in the strongest manner, British action had been scru-. pulously correct, whereas Sweden's was wholly and avowedly illegal, constituting a direct challenge to Britain's' national sovereignty. TORPEDOING OF BATTLESHIP. GERMAN ADMISSION. ("Renter's Telegrams,") Received August 24,6,45 p,m. AMSTERDAM, August 24. V It is semiofficially announced that Berlin admits that the battelslrip Westfalen, which belongs to the Nassau class, was hit by a torpedo on the 19th. The report says: The vessel is repairable and remained capable of mancouvring. The second torpedo missed. ADMIRALTY DENIAL. ; ANOTHER FANTASTIC STORY. /, (Australian and N.Z, Cable Association,) Received August 24, (i,45 p.m. LONDON, August 24. i The Admiralty denies .the German story that a submarine severely damaged a British battleship. There is not a : particle of truth in the fantastic story. , FATE OF THE DEUTSCHLAND. CONFLICTING REPORTS. : (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) Reeeived August 24, 7,0 p,m. ', i" BERLIN, August 23, . There is no news of the Deutschland. Received August 24, 8.40 p.m. , COPENHAGEN, August 24. ■ The Deutschland has arrived at Bre- . men.