SUBMARINE WARFAR

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2983, 22 January 1917, Page 5

SUBMARINE WARFAR

FOUR NEUTRAL STEAMERS SUNK (Rec. January 21, 5.5 p.m.) London, January 20. The latest sinkings include, the" Spanish steamers Vallc, 2363 tons, and Manuel, 2419 tons, and the Norwegian steamer Borgeneus,. 3606 tons.—Aus.- . N.Z. Cable Assn.- : - .-_:. _• . Athens, January 20. A German submarine torpedoed th.9 Greek steamer Armardi (750 tons).The crew was saved.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . --.'.■•' A SPANISH SUBMARINE London, January 19. An extraordinary story, that has ndi been explained by the. late evening papers, is that a Spanish submarine of 500 tons has arrived from America, bound for some Swedish port.—Router. NORWAY'S LOSSES Copenhagen; January 19.; The Norwegian jiewspapersmake hitter anti-German comments in connection with, the publication of €ie faot\ that during 1916 tho" Norwegian shipping losses by mine and torpedo totalled 300 ships, of a gross tonnage of 408,000 tons.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. A STARVATION MATCH ■=' London, January 19. A great German manufacturer, after * a visit to Berlin, said:—"The German Government believes the war is settling into a starvation match, in which the; submarines may secure Germany's terms. Food is dearer in parts of Russia than in Germany, while Britain and France are believed to be suffering acutely, owing to the submarines blockading the French coast. !A! thousand submarines are being con-" strueted, and three hundred are afloat.A hundred have been lost. The crews' are trained for twelve weeks. If we can maintain the military position, wo will win tho war tinder water." —"Tha Times."