On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 279, 23 November 1914, Page 5

On the Sea

FRUIT FOR THE FLEET.

SUPPLIES FROM AUSTRALASIA AND AFRICA.

Times and Sydney Sun Services. (Received 8' a.m.) London, November 21. A committee which was formed to supply the Fleet with fresh fruit and vegetables, states that the • local supplies are shortening, but it hoped to receive consignments from Australasia and Africa to enable the distribution to be made throughout the winter.

EFFICIENCY OF THE GERMAN SECRET SERVICE.

Times and Sydney Sun Services. (Received 8 a.m.) London, November 21’.

A British naval officer writes; “We have long evenings but are always ready. There are more German . submarines ‘ outside even now. Tt is funny where they get the information as to our movements. They knew where the Fleet was when it was at Devonport, though we did not know ourselves.” ADMIRAL JELLICOE’S PRAISE FOR THE NAVY, Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, November 21. Admiral Jellicoe, in a letter, states that while the navy has not yet, as a whole, had the opportunity of showing that it is possessed of the old spirit which carried us to victory in the past, yet where opportunity had offered for fighting above water the men had shown that they possess ,the. same pluck and endurance as their comrades ashore. The discipline pvas perfect. Men had gone to their death gallantly and unselfishly, frequently giving help to a feebler comrade. “I feel prouder every day that passes to command such men,” he said. SUPPLIES FOR THE GERMANS. United Press Association. Santiago de Chile, November 21. The German steamers Memphis and Luxor escaped from Chilian ports with provisions for the German fleet. The Government has ordered the capture of the Luxor, and protested to Ger many. The Government has also prohibited the provisioning of the Flosimos line.

London, November 21

British warships captured the Norwegian steamer Thor and the American steamer Lorenzo in the West Indian waters, while taking supplies to the Karlsruhe. The crews have arrived at New York, and the vessels are now prizes at St. Lucia, pending the holding of the Prize Court. FRENCH CAPTURE OF RESERVISTS. Paris, November 21. A French battleship captured a steamer with 150 German reservists in the Mediterranean. THE UNRELIABLE TURK. (Received 8.40 a.m.) Washington, November 22. The Porte explains that the shot fired on the Tennessee’s launch was a warning against mines. GERMAN OFFICERS IN DISGUISE ON TURKISH VESSELS. (Received 8.40 a.m.) Athens, November 22. The British destroyed and captured a Turkish sailing vessel bound for Smyrna with two disguised German officers. MINES IN THE BLACK SEA. (Received 12.40 p.m.) Petrograd, November 22. It is now announced that the Russian coast of the Black Sea is mined for sixty miles seaward in many places. GENERAL.

New York, November 21

The San Francisco Press publishes details of a rendezvous of British, Australian, and Japanese vessels off the Lower Californian coast, with the object of giving battle to the German fleet known to bo in South American waters. Rio de Janiero, November 21. The Government has allotted H.M.S. Glasgow seven days to repair, London, November 21. Considerable insurance is being effected by Lloyd’s against the closing of the Suez Canal.

British warships brought to Glasgow two Norwegian steamqrs carrying 4000 tons of American copper ore for Gottenburg underneath general cargo.