PIRATE SUBMARINE SENSATION

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2901, 13 October 1916, Page 5

PIRATE SUBMARINE SENSATION

AMERICA'S ATTITUDE Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. : '-New York, October-11."; ' It is expected that the keynote of an American Memorandum regarding sub- , marine warfare mil be insistence on the protection of American lives and trade. Mr. Gerard (the Ambassador to Germany, now in America) had a brief in-, terview. 'with Count Bernstorff. j (Rcuter's TolejTam.) New York, Ooto"Ber 11. It is understood in New York iJiat the United States' reply to the Allies was dispatched prior to the appearance and doings of the submarines on the American coast. TRAIL OF THE PIRATE. FIVE EMPTY BOATS PICKED UP. Newport, October ill Five empty boats have been picked •up in the submarine zone. The garbled wireless message on the subject leaves , the identity of the boats in doubt. Ifc ■ is possible that they are those of the Kingston (? Kingstonian), and that the crew of the vessel were picked up by • •. eastward-bound vessels. < NORWAY PROTESTS ENEMY VIOLATION OE RULES. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association.; Copenhagen, October 11. The Norwegian, Government has pro> ! tested against German destruction _ of Norwegian shipping, and the ignoring of international law by abandoning' sailors in open boats in_ tie Arctic.. The Government declares it cannot allow the torpedoing of vessels not carry-. ing contraband.- Germany has guaranteed that her submarines will _ not enter' Norwegian waters when Toyaging northwards. (Eeutor's Telosrram.) Christians, October 11. Norway's shipping losses since the . war started total 171. vessels, the aggre-- - gate tonnage-being '235.000 ton". One _ • hundred and forty sailors perished. BRITAIN'S MERCHANT FLEET • ("Tho Times.") London, October 11. Lloyd's Register states thaf'469 merchantmen are being built, aggregating ; ' 1} million tons, a substantial increase on 1915. ,