STOLEN SUBMARINE PLANS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2378, 6 February 1915, Page 8

STOLEN SUBMARINE PLANS

MISCELLANEOUS

iWHAPTHB KEUPP'S DID.,, I (Rec.. February '5/ 6.50 p.m.) ' ■" !■''•■• -n.- .nr i- „ L ,°" don - February 4. I lie Matin" declares that Knmp's : Java Mr. Simon Lake their wbrdof , aonour not to divulge anything regarding toe submarine plans, and eventu- '»•« r agreed to pay £600,000. i L /*£ 6 g°t .neither money nor the i 'plans.—"Tunes''- and Sydney "Sun." 'services. ; • - ■ ;. . Qlr. Lake, a naval. architect and • "'S 60 . nicai en S meer > is the inventor of ; the even keel" type of submarine tor•pedo boat. He built the first experimental boat in 1894, " and built the '■(Argonaut in 1897, the first submarine >to operate successfully in the open sea. He Las designed and built many subtaanne boats- fort'hc- United States and foreign, countries. Ho spent several (years in Russia, Germany, and Engtfandj designing, building, and acting in an advisory capacity in the. constructon of submarine-torpedo boats. He is also, the inventor of a submarine apparatus for' locating and recovering 'sunken vessels and their cargoes; subtaarine" apparatus for spongo and pearl fishing, and a heavy oil internal combustion:, engine for marine purposes.]

■ . AEROPLANE BROUGHT DOWN Paris,-February 4. i 'AiGerffian aeroplane was brought : Mown;. at Luneville and the occupants > XsapUircd. ' CANADIAN: 'AIRMAN KILLED, i _ London, February 4. i Lieutenant Sharpq, a Canadian, was ; killed whilst flying ui an aeroplane at JBhoreham... SURRENDER OF REBELS. Capo Town, February 4. Five-hundred rebels surrendered with \Kemp. HATRED 'AGAINST AMERICA. ..' London, February, 4. German newspapers are directing their i hatred against America for not insisting •on the freedom' of the seas. EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS. 'V- ■ . London, February 4. The Popo is taking new steps to expedite; the exchange of civil; prisoners above fifty-five, also children.—"Times" ■and Sydney "Sun" services. RUMANIA'S INTENTIONS; PREPARING FOR WAR. , (Rec.. February 5, 5.50 p.m.) . London, February 4. 'A' Bucharest message states that the ' Government'does • not intend to make an early break-of neutrality.' In , the meanwhile "the*.' military...- preparations will. continue! —"Times"'. and j Sydney "jSun"' .services.." ..... ■ ; .. .. WOOL FOR AMERICA. i f EXPORT PROHIBITED. ; • (Rco.'February '5, 9.20 p.m.) ~ W 5 »,;•« Sydney, February-5.. f v The "Customs authorities have withj SJrawii the pejini69ioa .to .export merino | wool to America.

• OMCIAINEWS

Tha High Commissioner reports as follows to the Prime Minister:— London', February 4; 5.35 p.m. Paris reports: In the Nieuport region, tie • -artillery fighting is ■ particularly lively.ln. -the .neighbourhood ..of Lens, a violent German attack on the morning '■of February 3,was repelled by artillery; •alsoi; bombardment; of. the ■ route from Arras to Bethune. ~At Albert arid Quesnpy.; the •Allies': destroyed several blockhouses. ' North of ■ Massiges, pro;fiting by the explosion-of d mine, the Germans advanced, but the . Allies retook the whole position, and established 'new trenches. ' London, February 6,- 0.40 a.m. • ■ PaHs-' reporter On the west of the ■Lille-Arras Road .-.the Allies .'have capr ,"tured two to three hundred metres of 'jtrenfches. On the Verdun; front- the (French brought down an aircraft, makftjng the aviators prisoners.