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BRITISH SUBMARINE SUNK GERMAN SHIP ALSO GOES DOWN OTHER WAR NEWS Berlin, Oct. 20 (Via Wireless Through Sayville, L. I., to the United Press). It was officially announced) here today that the new British submarine E-3 was sunk by German war$hips in the North Sea on Sunday. (This is the first report that has reached here of the loss of a British submarine. The E-3 went into commission in No vember, 1913.) Tokio. The German submarine S-90, which recent' ly escaped from Kiao Chau, has been wrecked on the Shantung peninsula. It is also announced that a Ger man surveying ship has also been captured and sunk. Harwich, England. Unconfirmed report that Hamburg-American pas senger liner Potsdam struck mine in North Sea and was forced to return to Rotterdam. Tokio. It is officially announced that for "strategic reasons" the Jap anese naval detachments have seized the principal islands in the German groups of the Marshall, Ladrone, East and West Caroline Archipelagoes. These islands have been used by the Germans as bases for their warships operating in the Pacific. Paris. The general improvement of the situation on the left and right wings continues. In the north, al though the Germans still hold their stirongly entrenched lines about Lille, they are being held in' check to the west and have been unable to move against Dunkirk. The general staff now considers Dunkirk safe, inasmuch as heavy re inforcements have been sent to the fortifications there and also to the support of the Belgians who are hold ing the line of the Yser river. Interest today however centered on the situation on the right. The Ger mans have renewed their attempts against the Meuse line of forts only to be in turn badly defeated and driven back at a number of points. London. Advices from Naples de clare that passengers arriving there from Greece say that entire Greek and navy are ready for war. Greece has 450,000 soldiers in her first lino ready for immediate action. London. Advices from Rome in dicate that the friction between Italy and Austria is constantly increasing. The bitter feelin has been greatly added to by the declaration of Prince Von Hohenlohe, governor of Trieste, that he is convinced the fire in the Monfalcone dockyards more than a week ago was the result of an Italian conspiracy. London. Repulsed in their at tempt to break the allied line from the north and overwhelin Dunkirk, the Germans are today trying to break through from the direction of Lille and Monin. Very strong forces of German infantry, supported by Austrian and German artillery mounted on heavy motor trucks, are pressing forward along the main highways from thees points. Berlin. In admitting the loss of the destroyers S-115, S-118, S-117 and S-119, the admiralty states that the worst feature of the loss was the death of the majority of the membeis of the crews, all especially trained menk aaaafitttoaaaasaaaaaaaaaifiia