THE RIGHT TO FIGHT.
MERCHANTMEN WITH GUNS. ADMIRALTY'S INSTRUCTIONS. (Received Much 4, 1.80 a.m.) London, March 3. In view of Germany's distorted interpretation of the British Admiralty instructions to armed merchantmen in regard" to self-defence, issued in' October, 1915, the Admiralty published the text of the instructions, clearly emphasising the right of merchantmen to fight in self-defence, which is recognised in international law, and also expressly admitted by the German prize regulations issued in June, 1914. TWO STEAMERS SUNK. BRITISH AND SWEDISH. i LOSS OF LIFE RESULTS(Received March 4, 1.80 a.m.) London, March 3. A German submarine sank the British steamer Thornaby. All the crew, excepting three, were drowned. An Austrian submarine torpedoed the Swedish steamer Torberg in the Mediterranean. The crew, were rescued. The ' Thornaby was a steel screw steamer of 1782 tons, owned by R. Ropner and Company, of West Hartlepool, and built in 1889. The Torberg, formerly the Varna,i was a steel screw steamer of 1266 tons, which was built at Sunderland in 1879.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16169, 4 March 1916, Page 8
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