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Show 1 TWO PICTURES ARE PRESENTED. No war report lins more impressed us than that contained in the record of performance of the British subraa-rine subraa-rine E-14, which made its way through the Dardanelles and into the Sen of Marmora at the time of the Gallipoli campaign. The most remarkable fcat-ure fcat-ure of the performance is not the sue-, sue-, cessful navigating of the narrow chan-nel chan-nel protected by nets, mines, destroy-crs destroy-crs and patrol boats of all kinds, but the observance of tho rules of war as Hi laid down by international agreement and as dictated by humanitarian prin- The British submarine repeatedly endangered its own safety in order to extend to the victims of its torpedoes a moans of escape. Here is a brief .diary of the exploit as recorded by Lieutenant Commander Courtcnay: ".May S Allowed two steamers full of refugees to proceed." "June 19 Boarded .and sank three grain dhows; towed crew inshore and gave them some biscuit, beef and rum and water, as they were rather wet." "June 22 Let go passenger ship. 23 Burned two-master, and started to tow crew in their boat, but had to dive. Stopped two dhows; crows looked so miserable that I only sank one and let the other go." "June 24 Blew up two large dhows; H- saw two heads, in the water near an-other an-other ship; turned, and took them up Hj exhausted, gave them food and drink,, and put them on board their own Hj "July 30 Burned sailing vessel with no boat, and spent remainder of after-noon after-noon trying to find a craft to get rid of the crew into. Found small sail-ing sail-ing boat, and got rid of them." "August 3 Burned large dhow. Un-fortunately, Un-fortunately, nine on board, including two very old men; and their boat was small, so I had to take them on board ?nd proceed with them close to the shore got rid of them at 9:30 p. m." Contrast these acts of consideration for the welfare of the Turkish crews involved with the dreadful piracy and massacres daily occurring in the U-boat U-boat zone. Recall how the Huns sunk the Belgian Prince, took the crew on to the deck of the submarine, and, after depriving the sailors of their life belts, dived. Only one man survived the horrors of the ocean. Scores of lifeboats, loaded with refu gees from torpedoed ships, have been shelled by U-boats. Women and children in their death throes in the water have been laughed at by the crews of the undersea ves- This is one of the terrible indict-menis indict-menis against the Huns which will prevent a premature peace. |