SUBMARINE PERIL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2972, 9 January 1917, Page 5

SUBMARINE PERIL

~ MORE" SINKINGS PETROLEUM STEAMER LOST London, January 7. The-following sinkings have been reported:—The Norwegian steamer Older (2256 tons), the Spanish steamer San Leandro (1616 tons), and the Danish sailing vessel Naesborg. Somo of the Naesborg's crew were saved. The Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company's steamer Mures (3564 tons) was submarined, and somo lives lost.—Aus.N.Z. Cable-Reutar. LINER SHELLED Madrid, January 7. The French mail steamer Ville <3u Havre (5026 tons) sent a wireless message to the Spanish stations that she was being shelled by a submarine. The messages continued for twenty-three hours. ■ . A Dutch , steamer has gone to Her assistance.—Router. TWO STEAMERS SUNK (Rcc. January 8, 6.15 p^m.) London, January 7. The Danish steamer Ebro, 1491 tons, was torpedoed and the crew landed. The British steamer Allie, 1127 tons, is reported to have been sunk.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. EXPLOITS"!? U-46 (Rcc. January 8, 5.50 p.m.) Madrid, January 8. TJ46 captured tho trawler Louis in French waters. A prize crew took the trawler to San '■ Ciprian, on the coast of Spain, towing four boats, containing the crews of two torpedoed vessels. The prize crow took the trawler seaward, sank her, and rejoined the submarine, which then sank a Norwegian ship with gunfire. TT4fi held three captains prisoners, including tho captain of tho Aislaby.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. STEAMER CAPTAIN London, January 7. Captain T. R. Borthurck, of tho Western S.S. Company's steamer Oronsay, recently sunk, has been mado prisoner.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable-Reuter. IFAmsterdam, January 7. Herr Ballin, the well-known shipowner, in a speech at Leipzig, said ho would despise statesmen who, because some German ships wore interned in America, refrained from employing submarines as a weapon to defeat England. If Germany was victorious, German shipping would occupy a mighty position in the world, whereas if she were defeated her shipping would ho doomed to perish, whether or not she kept her ships lying in American ports. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BRITISH STEAMERS London, January 7. German writers, professing to express the German policy, states that British merchantmen will be regarded as auxiliary cruisers and will be sunk without warning.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. NEUTRAL FLAGS (Rcc. January 8, 5.15 p.m.) Amsterdam, January 7. The Hague newspaper "Yoekousb's" Berlin correspondent states that -if England to abuso neutral flags, Germany will declare that she can no longer respect neutral colours, and will advise neutrals to refrain from navigating certain seas, otherwise they will risk torpedoing without warning and regardless of the lives of tho crew.—Aus.-N..Z. Cabla Aspn,-