COMMERCE RAIDER'S EXPLOITS

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

COMMERCE RAIDER'S EXPLOITS

TOLL OP SEVENTEEN VESSELS Washington* Jauuary 21. Advices to the_ State Department: from Bio de Janeiro and elsewhere account for seventeen vessels captured or destroyed. . . It is reported from Buenos Aires that tli6 raider carries three diminutive submarines of a new type for scouting purposes.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ANOTHER PIRATE VESSEL January 21. The British authorities at Rio da Janeiro have issued a warning' that the Saint Theodore, 4992.t0ns (a British vessel), armed by Germans, is scouting tho shipping lanes. . It is belioved in New York' that there is a second raider in tho South Atlantic.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. PIRATE WELL EQUIPPED Pernambuco, January 21. The captain of the Netherbv Hall, in an interview, said ho sent out the signal 5.0.5., but a shot across his Bows compelled him to cease. The raider is equipped with, -several machine-guns, besides cannon. The speed of the raider is 22 knots. The engine-room workers are whipped like animals. Some Indians who were landed describe the raider as armed with twelve guns and four torpedo tubes.—Ans.N.Z. Cable Assn. THE DRINA SAFE Rio tie Janeiro, January 21. The British steamer Drina, 11,483 tons, which was reported to be either sunk or captured, has arrived.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. GERMAN PROTEST Washington, January 21. Germans protest against the publics* tion by the State Department of information regarding the raiders,. on the ground that it reaches the Entente &!■» lies.—Reuter. AMERICAN PRISONERS Washington, January 21'. The United States Government pro* tests against Americans on the Yarrowjdale being made prisoners, and demands their release. Tho incident has caused wide tion.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.OFFICIAL^STATEMENT Washington, January 21', It is stated that Mr. Gerard is forwarding to tho State Department the German official statement regarding the detention as prisoners of neutral sailors on arnied merchantmen. The contents of the statement are not known. United States officials .contend _that! Americans do not forfeit their rights by working on defensively-armed snips. The officials are preparing data for President Wilson on "the question of ' the legality or otherwise of transforming merchantmen into raiders, on the high seas. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BRAZIL' TAKING ACTION (R-ec. January 22, 11.10 p.m.)' Rio do Janeiro, January 22. Tho Minister of Marine bas ordered Brazilian, warships to capture tfcoso raiders whose operations endanger Brazilian, neutrality; also to take precautions to prevent secret departures of interned German ships.—Au3.-N.Zc