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Show GEBMfiH SHIPS SINK ' JISSiSTEH Fleet Now Active in Baltic Sea, English Prisoners Interned in Fort BERLIV va Copenhagen and Aon don Sept 11 1' 10 P n -The German fleet s act e in the Bait c It is re ,ortea to have nvaded e en the Gull of Bothn a where it captured an! sunk a Buss an merchant steamer the Ulea borg Ths vessel was n F nn sn waters n other words behind the bar r pr formed bv the Aland slanas which hs been considered impassable for the sea forces of Germany A German torpedo boat stopped the Uleaborg and tooK off the crew and fifty four passengers nclud ng ta ny f ve Engl shmen She then opened f re on the teamer which sank m f ve min utes The passengers and crew were brought to a German fort where c t zens of host le eountr es are being in terned as prisoners of war Ivewspapes report that the decora t on of the Iron Cross has been award ed to a number of German aviators nclnding the U known civikan Pilots Hellmuth H rh and Eungmnl Emperor W 11 am has bestowed the or der of the Iron Cross f ret and second lass also on Pr nee Freder ck Leopold of Prussia but it is not announced whether the rec p ent is the father or son of the same name It probably is the son in honor of his daring attack on a Belgianvfortress L eutenant Commander Walter Gher d the naval attache to the American embassy has returned to Berl n from a trip through Belgium He went through L ege Namur Louvain and Brussels He says he noticed flags e erywhere in Brussels as well as n other unf ortif ed Belgian cities The Belgian c v c guards are every where actmc as pol ce There would appear to be no end to-the to-the Americans who still contme to leave Germany Mthough crqwded trains depart regularly every other day more Americans are reaching Berlin m a steady stream from the provinces. |