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Otago Witness, Issue 3183, 17 March 1915, Page 19

and sunk off Ilfracombe (Devonshire) on Sunday. Her crew were saved. The Bengrove left Barry coal-laden. A a civ-- exj/.'v'sion took place five miles off Ilfracombe. A steamer picked up the crew. It is believed the Bengrove was mined. [The Bengrove was a steamer of 3540 tons register, and Teas owned by the Steamship Transport Co., and registered at Liverpool.] A futile attempt to torpedo the Channel steamer Lydia was made off Guernsey. The submarine was visible for a couple of minutes. The torpedo passed the Lydia £0 yards astern. She had £0 passengers on board. The Press Bureau states that 12 destroyers participated in the hunt for submarine ÜB. The Ghurka and Maori finally destroyed her. THE GREAT BLOCKADE'S TOLL. LONDON, March / 9. Since the blockade to March 3, 8624 vessels have arrived and departed, while 15 vessels have been torpedoed and 29 lives have been lost. THE CREW OF ÜB. LONDON, March 9. It is officially announced that the Admiralty is unable to -extend honourable treatment to the crew of ÜB, the submarine, which was probably guilty of sinking unarmed merchantmen. Possibly it will not be possible to obtain evidence of guilt until after the war. Meanwhile the crew will not be allowed to mingle with the other war prisoners. THE BLENDA. COPENHAGEN, March 8. The authorities will permit the Blenda to sail if she goes direct to Dedeagatch, but this her. captain refuses to do. Her cargo consists of 3000 automatic guns. ARRIVAL OF THE LA TOURAINE. PARIS, March 8. The La Touraine, loaded with guns and ammunition, upon which a fire broke out in mid ocean, has arrived at Havre. REVIFW OF THE SITUATION. LONDON, March 8. The Times military correspondent writes: “The fact the Allies have “double the population of the enemies, excluding India and other dominions and Japan, will become more manifest as we are better able to bring superior weight to bear. We have also greater resources of all kinds; but until we have a large superiority of forces we cannot expect the commanders to win sweeping victories. So long as the material and forces are nearly balanced it would be self-deception of a dangerous character to imagine that we can sweep tlqe board.” BRITISH LABOUR UNREST. ANOTHER STRIKE THREATENED. LONDON, March 9. Fifteen thousand labourers on the Clyde shipyards will strike on Saturday unless they receive Id per hour increase. A hundred and fifty thousand postal servants in Britain have asked for an increase. The secretary of the Liverpool Railwaymen’s Vigilance Committee states that the labour unrest is entirely due to the Government not facing the abnormal cost of living, but it is partly caused unnaturally by the employers generally reaping a rich harvest. GREECE’S ATTITUDE. ATHENS, March 9. M. Zaimis has declined to form a Cabinet, and King Constantine has summoned M. (iounaris, a former Minister of Finance. LONDON, March 9. The Athens correspondent of The Times says that M. Venizelos is convinced that Greece, without risk, would acquire prestige and also the right to demand compensations, completing her national unity by sending a military and naval force to the Dardanelles. Tie wished to thus make sure that Greece would have the support of the Entente in the event of an AustroGerraan attack through Serbia. RACING IN BRITAIN. LONDON, March 8. Lord Dunraven, the well-known sportsman, in a letter to the press, supports a stoppage of the Ascot and Epsom horseracing festivals. He contends that the Earl of Rosebery’s Napoleonic comparison is unsound. “Then we had only ourselves to consider; but now we have neighbours, whose feelings may be wounded. We should not amuse ourselves while the Belgians’ snn is clouded.” The Jockey Club will consider on the 16th inst. the question of the continuance of racing.