THE PIRATE WAR

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2932, 18 November 1916, Page 9

THE PIRATE WAR

S.S. RIMUTAKA GUNS FOR DEFENCE STEAMER DETAINED BY U.S. GOVERNMENT Norfolk. (Va.), November 16.. Because she .is armed for defensive purposes, the State Department is considering whether to allow the departure for Dunedin of the 'New i Zealand; steamer Riniutaka,. which is carrying a cargo worth £200,000, and a number of passengers. The British steamer Towanda,. from Birkenhead, bound to New Orleans, has also been detained. EXPLAINING AWAFTHE SEA PIRACIES New York, November 16. The "New York Times" correspondent at Berlin sends by wireless an interview with the" German Secretary of State',' H'err' Ziirimennann, who said that' Germany , was not sinking neutral merchantmen as such, but as a defensive measure. The armament of several British merchantmen had been used in attack, therefore armed merchantmen could not bo considered peae.eful trade vessels. Germany was merely seeking to stop contraband shipments to the enemy. Neutrals had their remedy, by discontinuing carrying contraband. GERMAN SHUFFLE OVER THE ARABIA AN IMPUDENT LIE. London, November 16. A Berlin official message states:—"A German submarine sank with a torpedo on November 6 a hostile transport of. 12,000 tons, eight sea miles west of Malta." Tlie British' Admiralty states that this announcement is an obvious at-, tempt to explain away the outrageous and inlmmane act of torpedoing a mail steamer without warning. The only ship which was sunk in the Mediterranean on November 6 was the Arabia, which was then three hundred miles east of Malta. the'british black list ALLEGED BREACHES OF NEUTRALITY. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association, Now York, November 16. The "New York World" states that Viscount Grey's charge'that breaches of-neutrality have not been suppressed by.the United States is < so glaringly in conflict with the facts that it amounts to a deliberate affront. [In the course of his reply to the American protest againsts the Black List, Viscount Grey said: "It is notorious that' many firms in neutral countries have been active as agents for German espionage and propaganda, have supplied German cruisers, and have organised and paid miscreants to destroy ships and factories supplying tho Allies."] the latest victims AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK. Aust'">lian-7few Zealand Cable Association. (Rec. November 18, 0.30 a.m.) London, November 17. The latest victims of the German submarines include the British steamer Matarazzo (2523 tons), and the American steamer A. D. Davidson (1640 tons), the Norwegian steamer Lokken (1954 tons), the Greek vessels Etylianiberis (3603 tons), and the Barbaria (2831 tons). .