27 FEBRUARY 1915, Page 1
The importance of the ' Dacia's ' voyage has been
some- what obscured by recent events in the North Sea and the German " paper " blockade. This much-talked-of vessel does not take the eea stage with the éclat which seemed likely to be hers when she left port. It would be the very irony of fate if, after all that has been said and written about her, she were either to strike a German mine or fall a victim to a German submarine. For the sake of the crew, however, we most sincerely trust that she will fall into the safe custody of a Britieh or French cruiser before any such cruel fate overtakes her.
