During the week the activity of the German submarines has
been considerable, and on Thursday the Dutch steamer 'Medea,' flying the Dutch flag, with a Dutch crew, and with her name and port of origin painted in large letters on her side, was stopped by the German submarine U28' off Heathy Head. The crew were at once ordered into the boats and the ship was sunk by gunfire. The crew were later brought to Dover by the British destroyer 'Teviot.' Here we see the German policy of what we may call "piratical blockade" in all its naked ugliness. The harm done to this country by such action is, of course, infinitesimal, but we do not wonder that Holland, as a neutral State, is furious at Germany's policy of sinking at sight. Unfortunately, however, she has not the power to resent it. Who can blame her if, with the example of Belgium before her eyes, her one preoccupation is to avoid a German invasion P
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