Helsinki, Jan. 26.
Fighting of a.violent nature continued all day yesterday north of Lake Ladoga, where the Russians and Finns are locked in a bitter struggle. The Tatest Finnish communique says the Russian oettempt to outflank the Mannerheim line is making no headway as all attacks so far were repelled "with great loses to the enemy."
The severest fighting yesterday occurred at Aittojoki—Reuter. ally attack without any warning, and a number of ships have disappeared in the last few weeks without leaving any trace. As a result, the' situation is rapidly assuming serious proportions.
Scarcely a day passes without some new grim discovery on the sea—a frozen corpse still clinging to a [raft, or another bit of wreckage that tells the same story. In attacking without warning and by using terribly powerful torpedoes that sink the victim within a few minutes, the U-boats give the crews of the stricken vessels no time to escape in lifeboats. Those few survivors of the tragedies are generally saved because they were thrown clear of the ship into the icy waters by the force of the explosion. Their fate is enviable compared to the sufferings of those rare individuals who survive after floating for several days on the life-rafts that every ship is now carrying ready for instant use.
The rafts are miracles of discomfort, Every wave breaks over them, as they are flush with the surface of the sea. There is no way of controlling them and their tiny bulk makes them difficult to see from other vessels. The survivors of such hazards are rare as the sea, cold, or hunger usually claim them before the rescue ship does.—Havas.
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