14 AUGUST 1915, Page 1

The event just recorded is significant. It shows, in the

first place, that if the German fighting vessels attempt to run our blockade of the North Sea, they are pretty sure to be mopped up by British cruisers which keep their vigilant watch and ward on its grey waters. The 'Meteor,' it appears, often interfered with neutral vessels. It was she who, on June 16th, captured the Swedish vessel Thorstene She also sank another Swedish vessel named the Verdandie In view of such incidents, we do not wonder that the German naval critics are beginning to show a certain amount of uneasiness at the poverty of the results obtained by German naval policy. They are beginning to recognize that even in the field of sub- =nine warfare the German offensive is failing to accomplish any serious results.