Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-11-09 | Page 7 | Germans Sink French Vessel

GERMS SINK FRENCH VESSEL Submarine Torpedoes Steamship Steam-ship Conveying Passengers Saved From Italian Steamer. Algiers, Algeria, Nov. 9. Via Paris, 1:35 p. m. Tho French steamship Yser, formerly known as the Dacla which was seized by a French cruiser last February while carrying a- cargo of cotton from the United States to Germany, has been torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. The news of tho sinking of the Yser was contained in an official announcement an-nouncement mado public hero which read: "The French ship Yser, formerly tie Dacia, renamed after nor sale by the prize court, was torpedoed while conveying con-veying to Bizcrta tho passengers saved sav-ed from tho Italian steamer Eliza Franco3ca. The entlro crow and passengers pas-sengers were landed." Dacla Made Test Run. Washington, Nov. 9. Tho Dacla sailed from the United States for Rotterdam as a test ship to determine the attitude of Great Britain toward changes of registry after tho outbreak of hostilities. France, In seizing her, claimed never to have recognized changes of flag during time of war. The American government, however, took the position that while Franco applied the rule In the Dacia case, her practice In the past had not been uniform and that actually many changes chan-ges of registry had been tacitly acknowledged. ac-knowledged. It haB been generally considered that a claim for indemnity by the owners of the Dacla would bo supported sup-ported by the state department, Tho requisitioning of the vessel for use by the French government and tho change of name, and now her destruction, destruc-tion, will not affect the status of such a claim should It finally bo presented. presen-ted. Tho caso now Is in the stage of appeal from the prize court decision