Sixth—­A merchant vessel which has cleared for a neutral port from a British or allied port, or which has been allowed to pass as having an ostensible destination to a neutral port and proceeds to an enemy port, shall, if captured on any subsequent voyage be liable to condemnation.

Seventh—­Nothing in this order shall be deemed to affect the liability of any vessel or goods to capture or condemnation independently of this order.

Eighth—­Nothing in this order shall prevent the relaxation of the provisions of this order in respect of the merchant vessels of any country which declares that no commerce intended for or originating in Germany, or belonging to German subjects, shall enjoy the protection of its flag.

Germany’s Submarine War

LONDON, March 13.—­The Admiralty announced tonight that the British collier Invergyle was torpedoed today off Cresswell, England, and sunk.  All aboard were saved.

This brings the total British losses of merchantmen and fishing vessels, either sunk or captured during the war, up to 137.  Of these ninety were merchant ships and forty-seven were fishing craft.

A further submarine casualty today was the torpedoing of the Swedish steamer Halma off Scarborough, and the loss of the lives of six of her crew.

The Admiralty announces that since March 10 seven British merchant steamers have been torpedoed by submarines.  Two of them, it is stated, were sunk, and of two others it is said that “the sinking is not confirmed.”  Three were not sunk.

The two steamers officially reported sunk were the Invergyle and the Indian City, which was torpedoed off the Scilly Islands on March 12.  The crew of the Indian City was reported rescued.

The two steamers whose reported sinking is not yet officially confirmed are the Florazan, which was torpedoed at the mouth of the Bristol Channel on March 11, all of her crew being landed at Milford Haven, with the exception of one fireman, and the Andalusian, which was attacked off the Scilly Islands on March 12.  The crew of the Andalusian is reported to have been rescued.

The Adenwen was torpedoed in the English Channel on March 11, and has since been towed into Cherbourg.  Her crew was landed at Brisham.

The steamer Headlands was torpedoed on March 12 off the Scilly Islands.  It is reported that her crew was saved.  The steamer Hartdale was torpedoed on March 13 off South Rock, in the Irish Channel.  Twenty-one of her crew were picked up and two were lost.

Supplementary to the foregoing the Admiralty tonight issued a report giving the total number of British merchant and fishing vessels lost through hostile action from the outbreak of the war to March 10.  The statement says that during that period eighty-eight merchant vessels were sunk or captured.  Of these fifty-four were victims of hostile cruisers, twelve were destroyed by mines, and twenty-two by submarines.  Their gross tonnage totaled 309,945.