ON THE WEST.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 October 1915, Page 5

ON THE WEST.

SHELLING THE SURVIVORS. FATE OF THE ADMIRAL HAMMELTN. Paris, Oct. 18. The Admiral Hammelin was not warned. The submarine fired forty shells while the crew and passengers were embarking in the Ibcjaife: A French torpedo-boat and British hospital Bliip came to the rescue; the submarine disappeared. THE BALTIC BLOCKADE.

GERMAN NAW BOXED UP. (Times and Sydney. Sun Services.) London, Oct. 18. The Daily Mail says the Germans are realising in the Baltic the meaning of a real blockade. The navy is now boxed up in the ports behind nets, hawsers ; and mines. Hie British achievement is remarkI abje, because submarines reaching the (Baltic must pass a narrow and shallow strait, obstructed at the southern end i>y mines, and with ' Zeppelins constantly on the, watch. Yet the navy is equal to the task of showing who commands the sea. As Germany depends upon Sweden for iron ore for fine steel, this submarine action is affecting the output of munitions. PIRATICAL FORAYS. TO SINK OIL STEAMERS. Washington, Oct. 18. British Secret. Servjce agents have found a number of private yachts fitted out in American ports for the purpose of attacking Mexican oil steamers carrying oil fuel to the Allies. German sailors missing from the Kronprinz Willi el in 1 are believed to have joined in similar forays. The American schooner Academy has been detained at Bogota under suspicious circumstances.