SUBMARINE BURNS SHIPS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 457, 28 July 1915, Page 7

SUBMARINE BURNS SHIPS.

RUSSIAN SCHOONER DESTROYED 't GERMAN PRESS VIEW OF AMERICA'S DEMAND. By Cable. — Press Assoeiatidn. — Copyright. (Received July .28, 9.15 a.m.) ' I AMSTERDAM, July 27. .-.A.German submarine set fire to the Norwegian timber-laden schooner Harboe (388 tons), bound from Christiania to Sunderland. She gave' the crew five minutes to escape, and a trawler landed them at Ymuiden. The captain saw three other vessels burning in the vicinity ► The "Vossisehe Zeitung" publishes the following regarding the United States latest note. "The refusal to accept Germany's proposal to protect ;•'American passengers shows an absolute lack of readiness to : understand the German standpoint. The principle that belliger- ', ent States must protect neutrals is untenable, and, if applied in its fullest sense, would mean abdication to the neutrals. r "It is true that belligerents must protect neutrals, but that is only provided that neutrals do everything to protect their . citizens from going into situations where protection is impossible. I "Victory over-an enemy is the supreme law for every belligerent, and those who demand that Germany should conduct the •war according to the academic rules of a professor expect Germany either to endanger her submarines or to relinguish that form of warfare, i "This is "not neutrality, but partisanship against Germany. The passengers by the Lusitania could have been saved, but were neglected. Germany has a clear conscience, and has no reason to disapprove of the conduct of her submarine commanders." (Received July 28, 11.20 a.m.) HAVRE, July 27. Reports to hand confirm the burning of two Norwegian and .. one Swedish vessel, in addition to the Harboe, by a submarine. WAR ON SMALL CRAFT. TRAWLER AND DANISH STEAMER SUNK. A submarine sank the Hull trawler Honoria in the North Sea. The crew of 12 landed at Kirkwall. COPENHAGEN, July 27. A submarine sank the Danish steamer Nogill (214 tons), and the crew landed at Wilhelmshaven.