We record with deep regret the loss of two more
ships of war. On Thursday week the auxiliary ship 'Princess Irene' was accidentally blown up in Sheerness Harbour. Only one survivor was picked up. Besides the crew of about three- hundred, seventy-six dockyard workmen were on board at the and were killed. The 'Princess Irene' was a new Canadian Pacific liner of 6,000 tone, and was taken over by the Admiralty shortly after the declaration of war. It will be remembered that the 'Bulwark' similarly blew up at Sheer- ness as the result of an internal explosion. Treachery has naturally been suggested, but there seems to be no evidence of it. Indeed, when we reflect on our exposure in the past to violence of many kinds by sympathizers with Germany, we congratulate ourselves that we have corns through with com- parative immunity. The other ship lost was the twenty-year. old battleship 'Majestic.' She was supporting our troops at Gallipoli on Thursday week when she was torpedoed by a submarine. All the officers and nearly all the crew were- saved.
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