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Show GERMAN SUBMARINES ARE SINKING MERCHANTMEN WITHOUT WARNING I HI) i " I l till ' None of British Vessels Torpedoed Since Inception of New Campaign Have Been Halted Ships, Armed, or Un- i 1 I armed, Go Down Indiscriminately Paris Reports II Renewed Fighting South of River Somme Germans Violently Bombard Advanced ill 11 French Points Counter Attack , j Drives Enemy Back Fierce J Fighting Is in Progress on I II, Austro-Italian Front lilt London, March 30, 12:14 p. m. Complete suspension ! of telegraphic communication between Holland and England is reported by the Rotterdam correspondent of the Rotterdam J Politiken, whose dispatch is forwarded from Copenhagen by II 1 ' the Exchange Telegraph company. No press dispatches have II i I been received here from Holland since Tuesday. It was stated Jl authoritatively here today that the interruption of telegraphic 1 1 communication with Holland was due to the storm and that II 1 i resumption of the service shortly was expected. jl ' London, March 30, 12:25 p. m. The British steamship Diadem has been sunk. f Jl The Diadem of 3,752 tons gross, was reported on her ar- ll rival at Marseilles on February 15 from Penarth, Wales. She 'j J was owned in New Castle. jl I Berlin, March 30, by wireless to Tuckerton, N. J. A ! HI violent battle is in progress at the Gorizia bridgehead on the j Iatilan front, large forces being engaged on both sides. Tho official Austrian report of today announces the capture of I1 350 Italians. In the Doberdo sector there is spirited artillery fighting. -. -. Paris, March 30, 12 noon. Several infantry attacks upon Avocourt wood In an endeavor to retake lost positions posi-tions were made last night. Tho war office of this afternoon says tho assaults as-saults failed. No further advances ngalnst Malancourt were attempted by the Germans. East of the Meuse there was heavy artillery fighting. The text of tho statement follows: "To the south of the river Somme the way having been prepared by a violent bombardment, the enemy penetrated pen-etrated to one of the advanced points of our line at a point to the ewBt of Vermandovillers. A counter attack on our part, however, drove them out at once. Germans Driven Back. "To the west of tho river Meuse, the Germans last night delivered several sev-eral counter attacks against our positions posi-tions in the wood ot Avocourt All these assaults, however, were drlvon back by our curtains of fire and the firing of our machine guns and infantry infan-try detachments, which caused heavy losses In the ranks of the enemy. This was notably the case before the redoubt of Avocourt where tho Germans Ger-mans left piles of dead bodies. There has been no new military endeavor in the region of Malancourt. "To tho east of tho river Meuse and In the Woevre district there has been Intermittent bombardments. The Germans havo thrown Into the river Meuse, to the north of St. Mlhlel, a great number of floating mines, which, however, have caused no dam age. Activity In Lorraine. "In Lorraine there has been activity on the part of our artillery between Domevre and Bremenll. There has been no other happenings of importance import-ance to report from any other point on the front "During the day of March 29 one of our aerial attacking squadrons threw down fifteen shells of largo caliber on the Sablons railroad station of Maz and five others on tho railroad station sta-tion at Pagny-Sur-Mosello. During the night of March 29-30 two French aviators bombarded the railroad station sta-tion at MaizIeres-les-Metz, seven miles north of Metz." Espionage System Discovered. Paris, March 29, 5:05 p. m. (Delayed). (De-layed). Discovery In the Greek Islnnd of Corfu of an elaborate organization organi-zation for providing information and supplies for submarines is reported in a Rome dispatch to the Journal. About forty persons, Including tho keeper of one of the principal hotels, ho-tels, havo been arrested and will be removed to Franco. Italian War Report. Rome, via London, March 30, 1:55 a. m. The following official statement state-ment was Issued today: "In the Vcrmlgllo valley the effective effec-tive fire of our battery dispersed enemy en-emy troops employed on defense works. Along tho railway lines and roads In tho Lagarlua valley and the Suguna valley continuous movements of troop trains are being hindered. "Hostile artillery displayed great activity yesterday against the positions posi-tions captured by us at Selleta Frie-kofel Frie-kofel and Del Cavallo Pass, but wo replied successfully, putting to flight small enemy detachments which were beginning an attack. "On the Isonzo front the artillery activity Is intense. On the Carec we . repulHod enemy attacks attempted in connection with the action which de- ! I velopod on the Cerizla heights. I III "Between Vermlgllano and Monfal- i III cone our artillery successfully counter I attacked, capturing some dozens of ' r prisoners." i j Germans Trying to Coerce Greece. fjjj Athens, March 29, via Paris, March .III 30, 4:50 a. m. A high court official HI declared to The Associated PreBB to- jjlj day that in his opinion, the only ccmr jl ceivablo object of the air raid on Sa- II lonikl Is that Germany is attempting 11 to drive Greece to asBlst In the ex- 1 1 I pulsion of the British and French for- I ces from Salonlki. He said, however, I III that such a thing was out of the ques- !' Uon and that Greece had reason dally ' II to realize she was at the mercy of the m r entento allies. i General Sarrall, the French com- III mander-In-chlef, left SalonlkL today jjlj for the front Lieutenant-General Ma- jjj bon, the British commander, called on it General Sarrail beforo his departure. li The British commander then left for jl Athens, accompanied by several other jjj i British officers and will be received I J ' tomorrow by King Constantlne. If 'h Many Serbians Die of Hunger. '1 , jBerne, March 29, via ParlB, 11 p. m. U Of 10,000 Serbian refugees who, If following the Invasion of their coun- LM ' try by the Teutonic allies headed. f southward, only 8000 succeeded in ll'l reaching Salonlki all the others haw n ing perished of cold and hunger on 'jj the way, according to report Just re- jM celved from Mile. Comte of Geneva, H. . representative at Salonlki of the If I Swiss Red Cross. ;jf I AUSTRIAN AEROPLANE RAID. II ' Rome, March 30, via Paris, 11:30 if a, m. It is announced that six per- In i sons were slightly wounded by Jj bombs thrown from Austrian aero- 'jl planes during a raid In the province j;l , of Venice last Monday. UJj Land for Soldiers. j ' London, March 30, 3:07 a. m. The , British South African company has j J announced a grant of 500,000 acres of ( 1 free land to soldier settlers from ovor- ' jj seas after the war. ' jj 1 1 French Repel German Airmen. jjj Paris, March 30, 1:30 p. m. A Hav- j as dispatch from Salonlki says that t jj another aerial raid on that city was I . attomptod yesterday by German aero- I jj planes. French nlrmen engaged them j tj ' and compelled them to turn about j without accomplishing their object j ! Several bombs were- dropped on Or- I j fanl but did no damage, v :j . i H t London, March 30: 11:27 a. m. The coalition government has scored an- II. other victory at tho polls, its candl- t II date, Owen Jacobsen, having been iUJ successful in election at Hyde, over 'lj B. P. Davles, independent Davies l fought tho election on tho question of 'JJ restriction of tho liquor traffic which j he opposed. 1 Torpedo Intended for British Ship. Jj Copenhagen. March 30, via London, ; 1:25 p. m. The Rotterdam corre- 4 j spondent of the Politiken say3 that ac- , j i cording to evidence gathered by tho j I j Dutch ministry of marine, the Dutch t steamship Palembang was torpedoed t j while she was alongside a BrltlBh de- I j: stroyer which was engaged in picking jj up mlneB, The Inference is drawn 'jjj (Continued on Page 7.) I oo GER1N SUBMARINES ARE SINKING MERCHANTMEN (Continued from Page 1.) the correspondent says, that the Pal-orabang Pal-orabang was sunk by a submarine which Intended to destroy the British warship and not the Dutch merchantman. merchant-man. May Abandon Consulates. Saloniki, March 29, via Paris, March 30, 10:05 a. m. The suggestion that the American, Spanish and Rumanian consulates here be abandoned owing to the Insecurity of the situation, has not met with tho approval of Rumania, which has schoolB and other Interests In Saloniki. Spain has consented to the closing of her consulate. If the American consul should leave, the interests in-terests of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria would bo unprotected. Review of War Situation. After having pushed back the French lines along the westerly bend of the salient in the Malancourt region, reg-ion, northwest of Verdun, the Germans Ger-mans have desisted for the present from further efforts to advance there Further west, however, the crown prince's Infantry has again been counter coun-ter attacking in the Avocourt wood. Paris declares, however, that the attempts at-tempts were fruitless. German aeroplanes have attempted another raid on Saloniki, according to a Paris dispatch, but French air--men repelled them. Destruction of merchantmen by German submarines in the new undersea under-sea campaign is continuing. Today the sinking of the British steamer Diadem of 3,352 tons Is reported. French aviators have again been active behind the German lines, bombarding bom-barding railroad lines in the region of Metz which is the base for the German offenslvo at Verdun. Germans Renew Fight. Paris reports a renewed outbreak of German activity south, of tho river Sommo where, after a violent bombardment, bom-bardment, an attack resulted In the penetration of the advanced French lines to tho north of Chaulnes, the Germans, however, being immediately driven out by a counter attack. Rome announces that four Austrian aeroplanes wero brought down during dur-ing the recent air raid over the Venetian Ve-netian provinces and that eight Austrian Aus-trian officers were made prisoner. A few persons wore wounded but the material damage done by the raiderB was insignificant Austrian Aeroplanes Brought Down. Rome, March 30, 11:30 a. m. Four Austrian aeroplanes were brought down In the air raid over Venetian provinces on Monday last, and eight Austrian officers wero made prisoner, according to the latest official reports. re-ports. Tho raiders failed to Inflict any damage of significance it is believed be-lieved and only a few persons were wounded. French Are Repulsed. Berlin, March 30, via London, 3:45 p. m. The repulse of repeated attacks at-tacks bj' the French in efforts to recapture re-capture posltons they had lost in the wood northwest of Avocourt is announced an-nounced today by the German headquarters' head-quarters' staff. oo . |