PIRATE WAR ON MERCHANT SHIPPING

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2893, 4 October 1916, Page 5

PIRATE WAR ON MERCHANT SHIPPING

•, SEVERAL VESSELS SUNK. « ("Tho yiincß.") •• London, Octobgr 2. Tlie British steamers Pearl, William, and George, arid the Norwegian steamer Emanuel nave* been sunk. The -Norwegian steamer,' Robert Lea, two Dutch tugs, and two lighters were captured i and taken to' Zeebrugge. ;. * \ '/(Beater's Telegram.), •' , / London, October 2. Two' more 'Norwegian steamers have , been sunk'by submarines. ■.. j PUBLIC ANGER IN NORWAY. ' ■ (Rec. October 4 -.P.oC) ..a.m.) Ghrlstlanla, October 3. ■ ',-The torpedoing .of five Norwegian steamers to-day has increased., tlio bitterness. against .Gormany. v'The newspapers demand the more stringent closing of territorial waters against submarines. ' - ' HINT OF RENEWED SEA , ' -. Anstralian-Kew Zealand Cable Association. *(Rec. October 4 0.50 a.m.) London, October 3. Herr Dernberg, in aji axticle in the '' Tageblatt,'', hints at a renewal of'submarine warfare. He hopes that America will take a-reasonable view if .Germany should be compelled to renew her ruthless warfare in order to force Ensland to make peace. "'lt was largely to please America that our submarine, warfare was' renounced." THE FARCE OF HUN COMMERCIAL " SUBMARINES. Petrograd, September 30. The "Novde Vremya," under 'the beading "Swedes Wrong," discussed the Swedish reply concerning the question of German commercial submarines, 1 and points out,,that, tho latter are able to act as s~couts. •