SUBMARINE PIRACY.

Otago Witness, Issue 3197, 23 June 1915, Page 18

SUBMARINE PIRACY.

COPENHAGEN, June 15. A German submarine burnt the Danish

schooner Salvador. The crew were picked up after being several days in the boats. LONDON, June 15. The trawler Argyll was torpedoed without warning off the east coast. She sank in two minutes. Of the crew seven -were drowned and four saved. COPENHAGEN, June 16. The Swedish steamer Verdandi, timberladen, was sunk by a submarine off Christiania. The crew were sated.

A GERMAN ADMISSION. BERLIN, June 15. The Admiralty admits the loss of submarine Ul4. THE LUSITANIA. LONDON, June 15. Lord Mersey has opened the Lusitanta inquiry. Sir E. Carson, K.C., on behalf of the

Bsard cf Trade, denied that the Lusitania was armed or acting as an auxiliary cruiser. The submarine had fired two torpedoes, mid, it is believed, a third. Sinking a passenger ship in that manner was a deliberate attempt at murder. The main question for the inquiry was how far the Lusitania’s captain acted upon the Admiralty regulations, which latter, however, could not be made public. Captain Turner gave evidence that the average speed on the voyage was 21 knots. He was travelling at 18 knots at the time of' the disaster. He was expecting an attack, and the lookout was doubled and everything was in readiness. The difficulties arose from the Lusitania’s movement and the shortness of time before sinking. Asked if the passengers were helping, Captain Turner replied: “You should say interfering.”