THE NAVIES.

Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15505, 16 November 1914, Page 8

THE NAVIES.

CAPTURE OF THE EMDEN. FUDTHER DETAILS. . THE RAID ON COCOS ISLAND. LONDON, Nov. 13. The "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent in his account of the raid on Gocos Island says that the party from the Emden landed on the shore of the lagoon, determined to fight to v a finish.. When H.M.S. Sydney .appeared

at 6 o'clock at night they embarked on board tho old schooner Ayesha, belong-, ing to Mr Ross-, -the -uncrowned Kin"-' of the Island, after commandeering a quantity of clothes and stores and sailed away. 'The Sydney, it is stated, having tCie advantage of speed, was able to keep'; o:it of .range of the Emden's guns, and. drove her ashore north of Keeling Island, within eighty minutes, a total' wreck. Each cruiser Attempted to torpedo the other and both were unsuccessful. . Tho Sydney's speed during the fight was twenty-six knots and the Emden's twenty-four. The Sydney left at 11 o'clock on Tuesday morning, hoping to pick up j the survivors. ■ I The collier Burisk later returned 1 with prisoners, and the Sydney finally •left Cocos Island on Thursday. MISPLACED ADMIRATION. VIEW, THAT WILL BE WIDELY ENDORSED. LONDON, Nov. 13. Mr Oliver Armstrong. Fry, M.A., a well-known barrister and writing to the "Daily Mail" says that Engli&imen have a sneaking admiration for Commander Muller, but the fact that he did not commit murder on the high seas is no 'reason - why he should be placed on an unnecessarily high pedestal. Commander Muller was a pirate and sank ships that it was hi 3 dut yto bring to port unhurt until pronounced as lawful prizes by the Prize Court. It would be intereetsing to know how much of the property that was -sent to the bottom belonged to neutral nations. THANKS FOR DESTRUCTION OF EMDEN. BLOCKING THE KONIGSBERG. SMART TELEGRAPHISTS. The Baltic Exchange carried a iceoution amid loud cheering, thanking the allied. navies, particularly the Sydney for destroying the Emden. The. Press Bureau states that two men were killed and one officer and one man wounded 'while sinking colliers to block the Konigsberg. Tho newspapers comment on the work of the telegraphists at Cocos Island and praise their alertness. SILENTLY AND SWIFTLY. SYDNEY, Nov. 14. i It appears that the Sydney steamed silently and swiftly to engage the Emden. For many cia,ys prior to the engagementj messages-of an insignificant character -were sent out to the/ Sydney to keep her in touch with Coses, but : the transmitting officer had no means of ascertaining if she received' them. Senator Pearce, Federal Minister of Defence, has approved of the captured German ship Komet being renamed the Ana.j-a.nd recommissibned.-'V-.. GERMAN SUBMARINE, AT ZEEBRUGGE. "■ AMSTERDAM, Nov. 13. A submarine has been put together at Zeebrugge. • KAISER WILHELM'S OFFICERS. MADRID, Nov. 13. A message from Las Palnias states that ten of the Kaiser Wilhelm's officers who were on parole on board a German. steamer which was moored in the harbour,*' eocaped in a Dutch steamer disguised as firemen. FILLIP TO INDIAN TRADE. PEKIN, Nov. 13, The destruction of the Emden gives a fillip to the Indian trade, particularly the jute shipments, which will soon assume normal dimensions. WOULD NOT SURRENDER. RUSSIANS KNOW HOW TO DIE. PETROGRAD, Nov. 13. Tho official version of the incident cabled on October 31, shows that the Russians blew up the transport Pruth rather than surrender 'her to the Goeben. The Pruth had ixo guns, ' arid when called on to surrender hoisted the military flag and made "for the coast. The captain opened tho Kingston valve ajxd blew a hole in tihe bottom of the vessel. Lieutenant Rogowsky perished while heroically" attempting to fire a second charge of explosives. Part of the crew-escaped in the boats, others flung themselves into the water with lifebelts. Turkish torpedo • boats picked up some of the men. The chaplain and a 'handful of men remaiixed < n board the Pruth. As she sank the chaplain gave the Divine blessing to the men who went down dheering and singing the national anthem.