THE NAIVES.

Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15504, 14 November 1914, Page 9

THE NAIVES.

EMDEN'S LAST RAID. THE STORY WELL TOLD. ■ ' FROM COCOS ISLAND STATION. Received 1.35 a.m., Nov. LONDON,- Nov. 13. The "Daily Chronicle's" Cocos Islands correspondent says the telegraph staff were advised from Singapore that a German cruiser had been despatched to the Islands, and the "beach was "therefore regularly patrolled. A four-fun-nelled cruiser cam© &t full speed to the entrance to the lagoon at six 6n Moxir day morning with no flag flying. The fourth funnel was painted canvas. She lowered an armoured launch and two boats, with thrco officers, forty men and forty maxims. The operators eoivtinued to send messages until tho Ger* mans rushed into tho cable station and placed the operators under an armed guard, while they smashed the instruments. There was no brutality and no pillaging. Meanwhile the crew of the launch grappled for tho cables and endeavoured to cub them, but failed. At nine o'clock the Emden sounded her siren, and the landing party dashed for the boats, but the Emden was got under way immediately, as tho Sydney was on the horizon. After 'firing a shot at the Sydney at 3700 yards tho Emden steamed north. For a time the Emden's firing was excellent and that of the Sydney erraticy owing to the range-' finder being put out of action by one of the only two German shots wjiich got home. Tho British gunners Boon overoame the difficulty and shot away two of the Emden's funnels, and thus blazing away both cruisers disappeared, the Emden being afiire aft. SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLICS. WARNED TO BE NEUTRAL. Received 5.5 p.m., Nov. 13tli. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. The State Department announces that Britain and France have warned Ecu.o/dor and Columbia that they must keep neutral in the presence of German ships in Pacific waters. The Allies' Ambassadors expressed a hope that the United States will bring pressure to bear to induce the South American Republics to acoed© to the Allies:' request. It is understood that proofs oxist that wireless messages have been allowed to be sent from tho Republics. warning German warships of the whereabouts of British cruisers. GOOD HOPE MONMOUTH. LOOT THROUGH CHILIAN WIRELESS, Received 10.25 p.m., Nov. 13th. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. It was definitely stated by the British Government's representative to the American Government, concerning the South American breaches of neutrality, that tho loss of tho Good Hope, and Monmouth were directly due to wireless information afforded to German cruisors through sympathisers ashore. The Chilian Ambassador assured Sir R Spring Rice that Chili was taking every step to close all suspected wireless stations. The Columbian and* Ecuadorian Ministers denied that their Governments had any cognizance of alleged unneutral acts.