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r:«?f r 1 ’ASSEftfiER STEAMER WAS 60=1 IN6 TO BOMBAY WBEN BIT MANY LIVES WERE LOST Foot Lifeboats Got Away, Saving 150 Persons—^Passengers Aboard Num bered 160 While Crew Totalled 800—American Consul Is Only American Citizen Drowned., ~ The British liner Persia carrying 'approximately two hundred passen gers, and a crew of between two hun dred and fifty and three hundred men was sunW by an unidentified subma rine at one o’clock Thursday after- Irussltstarts offensve ALONG BESSARABIAN FRONT X • . t A X j t v ith Plenty of Ammunition Slavic Army Is Engaging a Mllll and a Half Teutons. Russia’s campaign in Bessarabia continues to be the most important visible war activity.. Equipped with munitions from Japan, America and England, the Russians are engaged in a great attack on the Austro-Hun garian forces in Galicia. Reports from Vienna and PetrOgrad claim the advantage for their respective forces but neither capital describes, decisive results. The details, which’are few and conflicting, give no definite de scription of the battle line. Newspaper correspondents in Petrograd estimate that one and a bwif millions of Austro-Germans are engaged and assert that whatever X S A r 1TOF«fM AUSTRIAN REUTIONS STRAINED BY LOSS OF THE PERSIA FACTS COME IN SLOWLY A1KTMA DKAVDWS: CRISIS CLEARED AWAY ANSWER Austria Agrees That Laws of Hwmaa- SUB OFFICER PUNISHED FOR DE- Submarine Was Not Seen and the ,Re ported Wake of Torpedo is Regard ed as Peculiar—Baron Zwiedinek is Confident His Government Will Satisfactorily Adjust the Matter. I noon off the Island of Crete, in the Eastern iMediterraneanT “^Unofficial dispatches from Cairo state that the British steamship Persia was torpedoed without warn ing and sank in five minutes. Be- tween one hundred and fifty and one' hundred and sixty survivors have been landed at Alexandria, Egypt. Robert N. McNeely, American con sul at Aden, Arabia, is believed to have been drowned. Reuter's Cairo correspondent makes the unreserved statement that Mr. McNeely lost his Charles H. Grant of Bocton was saved Details of the sinking of the Persia came in slowly, but they indicated that the number of persons who es caped in the four boats which were put off was larger than was hoped when the first news was received The Peninsula and Oriental com p*ny, wlflch owned the Persia, an nounced that one hundred and fifty eight survivors.had arrived at Alex andrla The survivors comprise the chief officor, second officer, seven engi neers, twenty-seven seaman, sixty- three Laacara and flOy.-nlne passen gers. A Lloyd dispatch gives the num ber as one hundred and fifty-three, made up of fifty-nine pa:congers of whom seventeen are women and ninety-four members of the crew, in cluding fifty-nine Lascars. The ’sur vivors include ten military officers and eight persons who arc not Brit ish subjects "The ship was struck amidships on the portrside at ono-ten a. m." says Reuter's correspondent at Cairo. "She had disappeared completely by one-fifteen. . •' •Survivors say it was Mttle short of a miracle that any ore was saved. There was no panic. Four boats were launched with the utmost promptitude. "The captain 'was drowned. When last seen he waa swimming after the liner bad plunged beneath the sur- lace.’*' Only one dispatch concerning the sinking of the Persia baa been re ceived by the Wtate department. It came from Consul Garrcls at Alex andria. Egypt, and indicated that Consul McNeely, on his way to his post, had been lost. He was last seen in the water before the steam ship went down Consul Carpels also reported that Charles H. Grant of Boston, another American aboard the Persia, was among the survivors. No submarine was seen by tho sur vivors, according to the consul’s re port, but an officer of'the ship says he saw the wake of a tirpcdo. The Persia went down In five minutes Cable communication v/lth the-East is so clow that detals of the disaster are not expected for a day or two. The Persia sailed from London on December 18 for Bombay, with sixty- one first class passengers and oighty- throe second cabin passengers, in cluding eight children. Some of these, including Edward Rose, a Denver school boy, were landed At Gibraltar. Marseilles and Malta. At Marseilles two hundred and thirty-one passen gers, including eighty-seven women and twenty-five children, were taken aboard but line officials say that after deducting those leaving the ship at various ports of call, some thing more then two hundred pas r sengers were, on the vessel. A majority of the Persia's passen gers were British, bound-wfor India, including mapy women. Her cargo was small but she carried a heavy consignment of nm.il. The crew was made up principally of Lascars. Sixty-one first class passengers and eighty-three cabin passengers, includ ing eight children, boarded the steamship at London, according to information obtained from the.Penin sular and Oriental line. <■ At Marseilles thirty-five of the first . class and thirty-two of the second cabin boarded, the boat. The com- .pany estimates that after deducting \the number of passengers .leaving the ship at her various ports of call about one hundred and sixty passengers were aboard when the vessel was sunk. * The ?rew of the Persia numbered between two hundred and fifty and three hundred men. They were near ly all Lascars. There was not much cargo aboard the Persia, but she was carrying very heavy mail.* The ves- sel carried no war materials. The Peninsular and Oriental Steamship company Sunday night re ceived the following telegram from Col. C. C. Bigbam, who was among the survivors pf. the Persia disaster: • “A torpedo struck the ship on the port bow at one-five o’cIock_ in the afternoon when about forty miles south of the east end of the island of Crete. No warning was given nor any attempt to assist. > Within five min utes the ship had Bunk. "It was impossible 'to lower the starboard boats, owing to-tlre heavy _Jiet. Five or six boats were lowered ''on the port side. I did not see this myself as I was washed overboard ’when the boat capeteed 1 , "The eondnet of the paseengers and crew was splendid, there was no stragfllsg aad so paste Four boats after thirty hoars at saa were ptek- ad sp by a warsklp ” Anxiety over the news of the sink ing of the British steamship Persia increased in official circles at Wash- changes have occurred in the fighting ‘ ngt0 X w ^ en l ? consular 2 i8p ^ d ) line are in favor of the Russians. f b : ou ^ t th® information Sunday tha The Austrian war office official re- the sbl P ha ^ ee “ t ° rped f oed port says that the Russian attacks and ^ at f° ne 1 Amerl - were everywhere repulsed with heavy can . citizen, Robert N. McNeely, new losses 1 * •' corisul at Aden, Arabia, was missing. A significant fact is that the Rus * At the 8ame time official ‘were Should be Respected - '■ f K by Belligerents., * -O . - X Loudon' reports: The Austrian reply to the second American note on the Ancona states that the com* mender of .the Austrian submarine has been punished for not suffi ciently taking account of the panic, aboard the Ancona, which rendered disembarkation more difficult. The reply of the Austrian govern ment is forwarded to, Reuter's Tele gram company from Vienna by way of Amsterdam. The note says in PMrt: "In reply to the seconcLrAtnerican Ancona note the Austi^Hiungarlan, government fully* agrees with the Wakhlngtoh caninet that the sacred laws of humanity should be taken into account also in war, and em phasizes tnat it, in the course of this war, has given numerous proofs of the most humane feelings. ^ “The Austro-Hungarian govern ment, too, can positively concur in the principle that enemy private ves- STRUCT10N OF ANCONA M ACCEDES TO U. S. DEMAD Vienna Overlooks Gap in Evidence Presented, Rules That Panic Aboard Steamer Increased Respon- -V . , v nihility of Commander—Eubscribes to Humanity’s Law. Vienna reports that the following note, dated December 29, in answer to the American government’s de mands concerning the. sinking of the Italian steamer Ancona by an Aus trian submarine, has been delivered to Frederidli C. Penfleld, the Amerl- rederiCk C. F ambassador: /V 81 £ IJ 1II va II L I act to tnat tiro XV14 Q- , sian army has again been able to take muc l 1 gratified at the indication, the offensive. Recent telegrams from ® mana finK from Baron Erich Zwiedi-, - the war theatre where this battle is • Dek ' char «® °( the Austro-Hungarian j sels, so far as they do not flee or of- ragtng say that the Austrians show ® mba 6By that the Vienna government | ier re8,stance ' 8ha11 not h® destroyed better fighting qualities now than in ^°^}d be quick to "satisfactorily ad just - the matter should it develop better fighting qualities the earlier stages of the war. From the Pripet to the Rumanian frontier, over a front of at least three hundred miles, a huge Russian force with a great appearance of con fidence is hurling sledge hammer blows at the opposing force, which, according to ail accounts, totals at least one and a half million men Petrograd still claims considerable persons aboard are that an Austrian commander had dis obeyed instructions in regard to the torpedoing of passenger-carrying ships without warning. “Judgment should be withheld pending the receipt of the facts, sur rounding the sinking of the steamer Persia,’’ said Baron Zwiedinek. "I. may have happened in many ways. In the first place, it is not yet proved successes in the early stages of the that 'a "subma'rine' s'ank”the' Pe'rsia' campaign and dispatches emphasize If , t wa8 an Auatrian , t r s *«->“< ••-‘t •>. -J (rfiiis purpose during a period of com parative passivity. Some London observers, speculat ing on the meaning of the Bessara bian move, bail it as one of the most ambitious strategic plans since the beginning of hostilities and predict that it will prove a collossal attempt to break the backbone of the Ger manic allies’ line across the Blllrans So long as Russia keeps up her present activity Just north of the Rumanian border, the attitude of Rumania will continue to grow in Importance. There have been many assertions in the Entente capitals cumstances were such as to warrant the action taken. 1 am confident, at least I hope, that the final explanation will be quite satisfactory. If the commander of the submarine disobeyed his in structions I feel sure my government will not hesitate to satisfactorily ad just the matter. "From.LlHt answer made to the last note on the Ancons slone it is quITe evident that the Austro-Hungariau before the secured. "The assurance that the United- States government attaches value to the maintenance of the existing good relations between Austria-Hungary and the United States is warmly re ciprocated by the Austro-Hungiorian government, which now, as hereto fore, is anxious to render these rela tions still more cordial. ’ The Austro-Hungarian govornmeht then communicates the results of the inquiry into the sinking of the An cona. which was recently concluded. The inquiry showed that the com mander of the submarine from a great distance in the first instance fired a warning shot on the steamer signed at eleven-forty in the fore noon, which he at first believed to be a transport steamer, at the same time giving a signal for the vesael to stop. As the steamer failed to stop and tried to escape the submarine gave chase snd fired sixteen shells. oTwTiIfll tfiree wtrre ubseired to ' can a . "JtT answer to your esteemed note, No. 4307, at the 21st instant, the subscriber has the honor to lay the following most respectfully before his excellency, the ambassador of the Ukitod"States of America. Frederick pCourtland Penfleld. , "The imperial and royal govern ment agrees thoroughly with the American cabinet that the sacred commandments of humanity mast be observed also in war. Just as it has hitherto given at no time and to no person occasion to doubt its respect for those commaYvdments, in like parallel MUlng. with tbs bow - TT" raona yet a* eve been saved will Acuity with the boot* atilt oa hi "From the fact that thtp, con trary to his expectations, was not dene, the contmafKier concluded that the crew, contrary to all steamer*» customs, had accomplished their own rescue with the first boats and aban doned to passengers entrusted to their protection. Weather Good aad Hea Calm. "The weather at the time of tbo Incident was good and the sea calm, so that the Hfeboata could have reached the nearest coast witl oul .. danger, as indeed the lifeboats r. > tually were damaged only by the . u- skilled lowering, but not after they had struck the water. ^ "The loss of human lives is in tbs first Instance by no means ascribaMe to the sinking of the ship, but, and in all probability in a much higher measure,.to the rapid lowering (hin- unter Werfen) of the boats during full speed, aa well as to the fact thntT the crew, concerned only for itsell, did not rescue the passengers of tbe capsized boats. "It is also probably aacribable to shots which hit the fleeing vessel, but the death of persona who sank with the steamer Is also, above aft, aacribable to the disloyal conduct of the crew. Ilaacd on Incorrect Premises. "Aa appears from the above ad duced state of affairs, the very se- teenied note of December 9 Is based in many points on incorrect preml Information reaching the Unit States government that aohd was immediately fired toward tbe 'steamer la incorrect; it ia incorrect that the submarine overhauled the steamer during the chase; it is in correct that only a brief period was ilses, government will not countenance any act which is wrong.' Complete confidence prevails In Teutonic diplomatic circles that If an that'Rumania was abont to enteV the Austrian submarine sank the Persia war on the side of the Entente allies, without warning the act would be but nothing to support this has yet disavowed promptly, reparation made been heard from credible Rumanian for Americana lost and the submarine sources. Meanwhile. In the south of commander severely punished the Balkan peninsula the Entente It is understood that Baron Zwiedi allies continue their expectant atti- nek will call upon Secretary Ixtnslng ture toward a threatened attack. FEID CARRIED A YEAR Kstill Man U Shot to l>eeth by Rrotlter-ln-Ijtw. His As the result of an old feud. Hor ace Long was shot snd killed at l>*na Friday afternoon al>out two o'clock by his brother-in-law. Calvin Shuman About a year ago Long and Shuman met in Hampton and Shuman was badly beaten by l-ong Since that time bad feeling has ex isted. Friday Long was sitting on the steps of his brother's store where he is employed when Shuman. It ds si leged. rode up In his buggy, hitched his horse, walked over to where Long was sitting snd opened fire, shooting him four times. Death tor Instantaneous, one bullet going through the heart. Shuman walked back to his buggy and drove to Hampton and surrendered. Both are married and about thirty years of age. for the purpose of informally convey log his views on the subject of and endeavoring to gain an understand- ng of the views of tbe Culted States for the information of hit govern ment. / While Secretary Lansing declined to comment on the situation con fronting the Untied States, it became known that be and othri 4 adminlsfa- tton officiate were awaiting full in formation before forming an opinion and determining upon any action. Officials expressed themselves not being convinced that a subma rine sank the Persia. They were Im pressed by the statement In the dis patch from Alexandria that the wake of the torpedo had been seen, al though no submarine wss visible Navy officials said they would con sider It out of the ordinary, although not Impossible that s torpedo fired by a sul merged submarine should leave a visible wake Discussion of the esse showed that officials generally fep that the Unit ed States had about come to the end. of its rope in conducting diplomatic negotiations' over submarine war NE6R0 CHURCH BURNED Early County, Georgia, Quieter] Than I-att Week. While no more attempts have been made on the Jives of negroes since l^st week's outbreak, in which six negroes were killed, reports reached Blakely. Ga.. Sunday that a negro church building in the western por tion of Early county, was burned Sunday night. Some half dozen ne gro lodge buildings have been burn ed since angry whites went out to avenge the death of Henry J. Villa- pigue, an overseer, residing in the western part of the county, but negro churches had been spared. Villa- pigue was murdered by negroes for having whipped one of them, accord ing to statements by neighbors. JOE GRANT RETURNS Negro Brought Back From Pennsyl- vania and Incarcerated. After eluding the officers of the law for over seven years and losing a fight of more than orie year in the Pennsylvania courts against extradi tion,- Joe Grant, a negro, has been refurned to South Carolina and will be placed on trial in the Edgefield coufity court .on the charge of mur der. Grant is charged with killing J. T. Durst, a well known, and sue; cessful merchant of Johnston, early in 1906.* Grant was-placed in the State penitentiary Saturday night at eight-thirty o'clock. AUSTRIAN SHIPS LtfST Allied Squadron Sinks Two Destroy ers Near Cattaro. Paris reports: "Au Austrian naval division, having come out from Cat taro for the purpose of bombarding Durazzo. certain squadrons of the Allies went forth to give battle. The Austrfcn torpedo boat deatroyer Lika encountered a mine and waa blown up. Tha deatroyer Triglav of the same type was destroyed by fire from the shlpa of the AlUea. Tbe remain tag warships of tho oaomy were par-, seed sad fled ia tbe directioa #f theiri fare. There was no Inrltoation to minimi/e the gravity of fh^ situation which would develop if it was proved that an Austrian submarine sank the Persia and a prompt disavowal from Vienna was not forthcoming. It was thought possible, however, that the Vienna government may see fit to fol low the example set by Germany upon the sinking of the Arabic. The Arabic was torpedoed at time when it appeared that the sub marine controversy with Germany was on the road to settlement week later Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, received In structions to assure the United States government that full satisfaction "more than a disavowal” would be given by the Berlin government should . the circumstances^ as they were reported proved to be correct. Should the developments warrant it and should the mystery surround ing the nationality of the submarine remain unsolved the United States, it was said, probably will address in quiries to Austria-Hungary, Germany and Turkey, the only nations whose submarines might be in the eastern Mediterranean. The inquiries necessarily would have to be sent to nil three nations, although it is believed certain in all quarters that Austria-Hungary is the only one of the Teutonic allies with submarines in those waters. This be lief is based primarily upon a state ment recently made by Count von Bernstorff to the effect that no Ger man or Turkish submarines were known to be operating there. Any action taken by the United States will be based upon affidavits from passengers, particularly Ameri cans, rkther than upon-off-icers of the ship. Final, decision as to what ac tion. if any, is to be' taken will be made by the president, who will re turn to iVashington from Hot Springs in a day or two. Several points re ,m to be cleared up. * The steamer stopped only after the third hit, whereupon the commander ceased firing. Already during the flight. It is de clared. when at full speed the steam er dropped several boats filled with people, which at once capsized. After the steamer stopped the commander of the submarine observed that six boats were fully manned and they speedily rowed away from the steamer. Approaching nearer the command er of the submarine saw that a great panic prevailed aboard the steamer and that he had before him tha pas senger veaael Ancona, on account of hlch he gave those aboard more time than was necessary to leave the vessel In lifeboats. Washington reports: Danger of break In the diplomatic relations between the United States and Aus tria-Hungary over the « nklng of the liner Ancona probably has been clear ed away If the official text of Aus tria's reply to the second Amsrlcsn note conforms to press dispatches from I-ondon saying the communlcs- lion announces that the submarine commander who torpedoed the steam er has been punished. The cabled presa translation of the note reached Washington too late U> be seen by high officials of the gov ernment snd a dispatch received earlier from Ambassador Penfleld merely said the reply had heen hand ed him and gave no intimation as to its nature. Punishment of the submarine commander for failure to take into account Um panic aboard the Ancona before torpedoing the vessel appar ently meets the principal American demand. In effect It might ba re garded as a disavowal of the act and assurances that an incident for which an officer of the navy was punished would not happen again might be taken lor granted. The remaining demand, that re paration by payment of indemnity be made for the Injury or loss of life by Americans, would be an object for diplomatic adjustment once the other points at issue are disposed of. Although officials Indicated that there were indications favorable to an amicable settlement of the con troversy there had been nothing in press dispatches from abroad or pub lished official advices to suggest that AOstria would admit immediately wrongdoing on tha part of her of ficer. * . , manner also in the whole course of I given forgetting the people into the —*■ boats. On the contrary, an unusually* long period was granted to the >n- cona for getting passengers in tbe boats. "Finally, it Is Incorrect that a number of shells were fired at tbe steamer after It had stepped. "The facts of the case demonstrate further that the commander of tbe submsrine granted the steamer a full forty-five minutes times, that tax more than an adequate period to glee ■ the persons aboard an opportunity to I Lake the boat*. Then, since Hii pjftfcT'. 1 pie were not all aaved, he carried out the torpedoing In such a manner that the ship could remain above water the longest possible time, do ing this with the purpose of making possible the abandonment of the ves sel on boats still In bund. Blames Aaroaa’s Crew. "Since the ship remained n further forty-five minutee above water, ft* would have accomplished his pur pose if the crew of tbe Ancona bad not abandoned the paaaengers ia a manner contrary to dnty. "With full consideration, however, of this conduct of tbe commsader aimed at accomplishing tbe raeeae ef the craw and passengers, tbe toiperla) and royal marine authorities reached the conclusion that he had omitted to take adequately Into cennideralJea the panic which had broken oat this war,- which presents, such pic tures of confusion of moral concep tions,' has it given numerous proofs of humanitarian sentiments toward enemies as well as toward neutral states, and it was not due to this government that it was. a short time ago, not in harmonv with the Wash ington government precicely on a question which it (the Austro-Hun garian government), in harmony with the entire pulriic opinion In Austria-Hungary, regarded as prin cipally a question of humanity AWO 11 Unto Mil pm- - "The Imperial and royal govern ment cad also substantially concur In the principle expressed in the very esteemed note, that private shlpa. In sofar as they do not flee or offer re sistance. may not bfc destroyed with out the persons aboard being brought Into safety "The Imperial and royal govern ment Is very responsive to the assur ance that the federal government lays value upon seeing that the good relations which happily exist between Austria-Hungary and the United States of America are maintained. It reciprocates this assurance most warmly, and Is now. as heretofore concerned to render these relations more hearty, so far as lies In Us power.. "Guided by- the same spirit of Franknees aa the government of the union, the Imperial and royal gov- among the passennre - 1 * - ernment. although It does not find in *d difficult thTtAiM to* the note frequently referred to the the spirit of IW rairaLito-??^ answer to all the legitimate questions P«rlal and royal marine submitted by It. I. willing to com- fall In giving help to notedv^?-i^i , munlcate to the federal government not^veo to an enemy * 11 the result of the Investigation which, In accordance with existing depart mental regulations, was begun In and after the receipt of the fleet report on the sinktnr of the Ancona and hlch was Just recently received. Itesulte of JeveMtixatlow. "The result of this investigation may be summarized as follows: "On November 7. 1*16, at 11 <0 o’clock In the forenoon, the com mander of the submarine observed In latitude 38.40 north, longitude 10.08 "Therefore, tbe officer waa puateh- ed in accordance with the existbM* rules for exceeding hla instructions. "The imperial and royal gov ment, in the face of this state of af fairs. does not hesitate to draw the corresponding conclusions respecting the Indemnification of American citi zens affected by tbe sinking of tbe prize, but in this regard it makes tbm following statement: "The Investigation into tbe atnklar of the Ancona could naturally tar nish no essential point to show ia SHOOTS LADY AFTER DANCE Georgia Youth Is Slain by Irate Par ent of. the Maiden. Levie Stribbling. twenty-Jhree, N was shot and killed early Monday near the home of John R. Heaton, a farm er, living near' Molena, Ga., and to whose daughter Stribbling was said to hale been engaged. According to local police authorities, Stribbling ac companied the young woman to her home late -Saturday night after a dance, they quarreled and he left, but returned later and shot at her. Heaton, police said, came out of the house and killed Stribbling. No ar rest has been made. east. In foggy weather, at a distance .'T7’r~7' *~*-*- *~ - — roundly 3,000 meters and one point eranf4M i ^ 4,1 ,n ^® nln Ry l*to to starboard, the outlines of a large CltlMna ' ^ Italian steamer He took It at first "2* 1 caa for a transport steamer and turned “fX, '**•*’ •'•n accordinx tha. about and fired from his rear gun a I *,? l f, f h uX^ ahln,ton “hlnat, be warning shot far from the vessel. . f ***!?**?? T.* 1 *** 1 ! "Simultaneously he displayed the bomharrtmlnf ?h°« ed i jr J “ 8t,#a4 signal, ’Leave the ship.’ The steamer b ® f tb ® f, ®®!“ K 8h *P- did not stop, but rather turned aside an « w _ r M little havq to and sought to escape. The command- . A Ch er at first remained stopped for some h( p th ®. f torpedoing of tbe minutes in ord r to Increase the dls- i, oat g or c*nn(l?ni t ^f°| Wer, S£i 0 vi^ e " tance,'since he feared that the steam- - Tha °!« owo, !® < * boat*, er had a stern gun and would fire at milH . . r .v 3ra lir* 0 ?? r *’ the submarine with Jt. When the t . h “ t the jy.“ hta, t distance had reached ~4,500 meters d . g . . oXl i» /X 4 F 081 * 1011 he had the pursuit taken up with full Au8t T° . HBB - power and fired from his forward re . qu , iT : d “ ,d gun at a decreasing distance sixteen tj , X uni ™P°rtaat informa- shells. among which he observed Uon ln th ‘ a reapect ' three hits. . .StowMI ThW HU. ..euVSES, During the chase the Bte&mer iar circumstances under which Axnefr went zigzag and stopped only-after lean citizens suffered damage should the third hit. Thereupon the com- not have become known to the union m&nder ceased firing. - government< the royal government "During the flight the steamer had !„ consideration for the humanely already, while at full speed, let some deeply regrettable Incident, and by n boats with persons in them fall, desire to proclaim once again its May Extend Indemnities. mat The state department especially de sires additional corroboration of the statement that tbe wake of a torpedo was seen. It regards as being signi ficant the statement that the vesael went down in five minutes and de sires all details upon this poifit, al though it is assumed that Consul Dar rels based tbe statement upon Infor mation received from paaaengers It Is understood that tbe Lusitania and tbe Ancona negotiatlona will be allowed to remain In their present status until more definite details re garding tbu sinking of tbe Persia are at band. . • Ship Sunk; Crew Saved. The Swedish steamer Nereus, of twelve hundred and twenty-nine tons gross, was sunk in the North Sea on Christmas Day. The crew drifted about In two boats in terrific weather until Monday, when they were pick ed up. k French Loan is Successful. "Subscriptions to tbe new govern ment load exceeding fourteen million five hundred tKousand francs are, for the greater part,’ in cash'," says an official announcement made in Paris Tuesday. . » « ■ ♦ • Italians Nearlag Bolfcariaas. From tbe progress they have made in Albania, it is predicted in Loader Friday that th* Italia os will boot cloak with tbe Bulgarians in (bat tor- which immediately capsized. After | stopping, thd steamer began launch ing boats. * “From a distance of about 2,000 meters the cbmmander saw that six boats were filled and rowed hastily away from the steamer. Anothei boat was capsized and floated kee up. The people held onto the hang- the affair of the Ancona os settled ing lines and to the capsized boat. with the foregoing stfitemUnts, it re- During the further approach of serves to itself at this time the rigbb (he. submarine the commander saa that a great panic reigned aboard and that he had to deal with a pas senger steamer, namely, the Ancona from Genoa. Therefore he gave th< occupants of the steamer more tim' than jvas required to leave the shii In lifeboats.' to bring up for discussion at a later period tbe difficult questions of la- ternational lay connected with sub marine warfare. "The undersigned has the honor to request most respectfully that his ex cellency, the ambassador of the Unit ed States of America, win be pleased At least ten lifeboats were stil J to bring the foregoing to the atton- board. whjch would have-more thar ufficed for the rescue of . the per sons still aboard. One of these boat' hung, full of people, half turned out ward on the davits. *- No Further Move Toward Boats. "Since, however, except for this no further move was made to lowe boats, the commander decided afte a lapse of forty-five minutss to tor pedo the ship in such a manner tha it would remain a considerable thn' afloat, fn"'order that on the woe ban/ the getting of the people into th- lifeboats should be hastened, am that on the other adequate oppor tuaity should remain (or reecuia/ tbe persons Mill aboard. .Mist uati 4 *# o’clock dM It sink, altar a tion of the federal government and takes advantage of this opportunity to renew to his excellency an expres sion of his most especial esteem. I Signed J.- "Buriaa.” friendly feeling toward the federaL’ government, would be gladly willing to disregard this gap in the evidence and to extend indemnities also to those damaged whose cause can not be established. “While the imperial and royal government may probably consider , - ..I .If Congress appropriates the ona fiaillion four hundred thousand dol lars that the advisory naval hoard wants for its sk peri meats it will ba loing a good thing (or tbo conn try. few one million four hundradj land dollars will tver return (or it* moony that this one. It looks an If tbe United Stnl going to-try and work up a 1