NAVAL OPERATIONS.

West Coast Times, 20 November 1914, Page 3

NAVAL OPERATIONS.

PERMISSION REFUSED. A SMYRNA INCIDENT. ATHENS, Nov. 18. Tlio cruiser Tennessee when anchorfal Jit Vonria, sent a launch to enter Smyrna. The forts fired and the launch returned to the ship. Hie commander thereupon intimated that ho would enter forcibly if ssmy. ATTITUDE OP UNITED STATES. WASHINGHTON, Nov. 18. The State Department is informed that the Turkish forts at Symma fired on the American cruiser Tennessee. It is understood that the cruiser was sending bluejackets ashore in order to prutm the Consulates. -Ur. Daniels admitted that fears were entertained for the safety of the American Consulate, but he will not take action until further information is available. MINEFIELD OFF IRISH COAST. I Deceived Nov 20 at 1.20 a.m.) LONDON, Nov, 19. Tho Earl of Meath, speaking in tho House of Commons, hinted that a German mine field off the north-east of Ireland had been laid by Irish fishing boats in the service of German agents. The Earl of Meath assorted that "there was a good deal of German money in Ireland. Lord Crewe confessed that the Earl of Meath's suggestion had hot been heard of before. The Government held the belief that mines had been sown there under a neural flag,

•A COURTMARTIAL. i < (Received \ov 20 at 1.20 a.m.; LONDON, Nov.lo. The eourtmartial opened to inquire in the meek of the .armoured cruiser Oceanic in September. 'Jim vessel was I wrecked on Fould Island. A GERMAN MISTAKE. (Received Nov 20 at 1.20 a.in.) PARIS, Nov. 10. Germans on the coast, noticing a British warship’s fire spared iho houses on Middlekorko seafront, went thither to reside. The decision became known to tiie Britsihers, who suddenly bombarded the houses kili’lng sixteen hundred.