Tara and Den Haag Sunk; Big German Ship fo Attempt to Run British Blockade Dutch vessels are the lates Rotterdam, Feb. 22. st victims of the war in Europe, namely, the 4,760-ton steamer Tara and the 8,970-ton motor~ tanker Den Haag.
The Tara sank yesterday about 60 miles southwest of Finisterre following an explosion. She was bound from Bahia Bianca, in Argentina, to Rotterdam with a cargo of grain for the Dutch Government.
The cause of the explosion is not known, but the captain and the crew were saved. The Den Hogg, carrying cil products from New York to Rotterdam, is long overdue and is now feared to have been lost.
Meanwhile, it is believed that] the Spanish steamer Banderas (2,000 tons), which went down on Monday following an explosion six miles off Cape Villano, was the victim of a German U-boat. perished, Indian Nationalists Twenty-two of her crew of 29)
According to the latest informa tion, the name of the Norwegian vessel said to have been torpedoed. off the west coast of Eire on.
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