BITTERNESS AGAINST THE INACTIVITY OF THE GERMAN FLEET

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2984, 23 January 1917, Page 5

BITTERNESS AGAINST THE INACTIVITY OF THE GERMAN FLEET

BETHMANN HOLLWEG ISSUES AN APOLOGETIC PAMPHLET (Rec. January 22. 5.5 p.m.) London, January 21. The inactivity of the German fleet is exciting bitterness against tho Admiralty.' Herr Bethmann Hollweg has published an apologetic pamphlet, stating that a naval offensive against the British Fleet would bo heroio madness. ' Germany's naval task consisted in harassing tho British Fleet, keeping it alert, making submarine yrarfaro possible, and safeguarding GcrmarlScandinavian commerce. —"Tho Times." GERMANS RESORTING TO INGENIOUS METHODS. Paris, January 21. The. "Temps" Petrograd correspondent states that the Germans aro resorting to ingenious methods for reducing the troops holding tlio front lines. Tho trenches are no longer continuous. Powerful redoubts, forts, and blockhouses, encircled by thick wire, havo been constructed _at intervals between the trenches. . The wire is so thick that it resists ordinary clippers. These measures dispense with supporting reserves nearer than two miles from the front. —Renter. KRUPP'S FACTORIES PROVIDING WAR NOVELTIES. \ ' London, January 21. Neutra\ travellers state that Krupp's factories are working continuously, providing tanks and other novelties and surprises, which may appear in the offensives. The initial tanks require at least six months to build.—"The Times." DEEP SEA BARRIER TO HEM 'IN ENGLAND * (flee/January 22, 11.10 p.m.) New York, January 22. According to' the "New York Tribune" Germany will notify neutrals that she intends to commence on February 1 a deep sea barrier with submarines to hem in England. Sho has thirty specially built. Sho has also two new commercial submarines which sail for Connecticut on January 24.—Reuter.