THE LATEST OUTRAGES.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 456, 27 July 1915, Page 7

THE LATEST OUTRAGES.

ANOTHER AMERICAN SHIP SUNK. BRITISH STEAMER ALSO A VICTIM. (Received July 27, 10.40 a.m.) LONDON, July 26. A submarine sank the American steamer Leelanaw, bound from Archangel to Belfast with a cargo of flax. The crew landed at Kirkwall. The. British steamer Grangewood, bound from Archangel to Havre, was sunk in the North Sea. The crew Avere saved. The Leelanaw was a vessel of 1924 tons, built in 1886 at Newcastle for the Leelanaw B.S. Co. of San Francisco. The Grangewood, 3422 tons, was built at Sunderland in 1902 for the Gratitude S.S. Co., Ltd., of London. BRITAIN AND AMERICA. REPLY to a recent note. (Received July 27, 8.45 a.m.) WASHINGTON, July 26. Britain, replying to the American Note of March 30, protesting against the Order-in-Council restricting neutral commerce, holds that its actions are within international law, although it admits they may involve a new application of legal principles. Britain urges that it would be proper to await a judicial interpretation.

PRESSING ON. GERMANS IN THE EAST. RUSSIANS OFFERING OBSTINATE RESISTANCE. (Received July 27, 10.15 a.in.) BERLIN, July 26. A communique states: —General von Bulow is 60 kilometres to the south-east of Shavli, and has beaten the enemy whenever lie offered resistance, taking over 1000 prisoners. We forced the passage of the Narew above Ostrolenka, and are slowly pushing the enemy towards the Bug. The Russians are offering an obstinate resistance. We took as prisoners 1000 Russians, and captured over 50 machine guns. We are now advancing on the Novogeorgievsk fortifications. The Germans have further pushed back the enemy in the Cholm region, capturing 1457 men and 11 machine guns. IN THE BALTIC PROVINCES. RUSSIANS ANNOUNCE GERMAN ADVANCE. (Received July 27, 10.40 a.m.) PETROGRAD, July 26. The Germans continue to advance in the Baltic provinces, their immediate goal being Ponevyezh, and their ultimate goal Petrograd. The Vilna railway operations are at present of secondary importance, and the Russians have been called back in order to maintain touch with the Mitau and Shavli forces. Pouevyezh is 84 miles N.N.W. of Vilna, ami about 40 miles S.W. of Shavli, on an affluent of the Nieinen River. It lias a population of approximately 20,000.