Paris, May 13, Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg arrived in Paris last night accompanied by Prince Consort Felix and their six children Havas Only One British Ship Sunk and No Neutrals London, May 14, The Admiralty announces that during the week ending May 12 no Allied or neutral ships were sunk by enemy action, and that only one British ship of about 6,000 tons was sunk, while the Germans lost 31 ships totalling 171,000 tons during this period, Twenty-six of these ships were seized by the Dutch in the Netherlands East Indies. The Germans attempted to scuttle three, but were frustrated, Of the remaining five ships, one was mined, two sunk by the Norwegian, one scuttled, and another set on fire and salvage is improbable, Moreover, the Norwegian ship Norge (1,991 tons), which the Germans were using as a transport, was mined and sank off Norway,—Reuter, Egypt Closes Cotton Bourse, Exchange Cairo, May 14.
The Government closed the cotton bourse and the stock exchange in view of the slump today.—United Press
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