WHAT THE PIRATES ARE THINKING

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2996, 6 February 1917, Page 5

WHAT THE PIRATES ARE THINKING

READY TO RISK ALL New Yofkj February f. . The New York "Times" Berlin cor respondedfc states that GenaanyMs &&■ iermined to oarry out her policy, in spite of America's action. • Amsterdam, February 4. The "Lokal Anzeiger" says: It is not a matter of indifference that Use greatest neutral Power sides with our enemies, Imb Washington was noj< mistaken. Wo foresaw the possibility, and discovered jfc "was a lesser evil ' than the abandoning of our best weapon against our most dishonest' adviirsaries. ° . . . SUTER-FBIG-HTFULNESS DISOWNED. , . " ' . Amsterdam, February i. GerniNaii.newspapers, by inspired' articles, warn-.t-he public against osag-. gerated expectation of submarine frightfulness. The •■'■'Vorwaert-s" declare*, • " that the Socialist -Party will decline any responsibility for the consequencos of: the German- -submarine frightfubiess.—Reuter. HUGE PIRATICAL SEA MONSTERS ' • ' New York, February 4. '.( A writer in the "Tribune" states that huge diving cruisers will leadfiormany's U-boafc armada. There will he submarines of 5000 tons, with a surface speed of. twenty-sis knots' and carrying -thirty .torpedo-tubes and disappearing gnus.—Aus.-N.Z. Gable. Assn. i. ... ~• A "Tribune" correspondent, who spent months iu Germany, that hundreds-of now and terriblo sea inon sters -have been released at Kiel, Hatfl- , hurg, nnd othor ports. They oau fire under-sea torpedoes or meet protected <;nnsers in equal combat on tho surface. German)' is playing her last trump card with those.—Reuter. ' . . A-SECRET CONCLAVE .!, T . TTT-.F-E THE ESSENCE OP THE SCHEME, ' (Rcc. February o, 8.40 p.m.) Stockholm, February-S. In diplomatic circles it is stated that Hcrr von Bethniaan-Hollweg held a secret conferenco with -the Reichstajr leaders. The latter inquired whether the 'results of the new suhmarino policy would compensate for tho possibility of America's hostility. Herr von Bethmann-Hollwcg replied: "If tho blockade succeeds, it will ' micceed for a limited number of weeks, in which time America cannot effectively participate. The German Admiralty calculates that tho world's tonnage is reaching the minimum capacity <jompatible with the Entente Powers continuing the war. It is true that America will bo able to turn out munitions and soldiers indefinitely, but these can only bo exported by jeopardis-, ing the Entente's armies' and peoples' own. tonnage shortage."—A.Ti3,rK,Z. Cable Assn, . . . ...'.■"... A SECOND LINE BLOCKADE OF MINES ' (Rec. Fjebruary 6, O.'lo awn.) - ■ London, Februsiss'S.- ', The New York "Tribune's" special correspondent lias returned from ft • months' visit to Germany. He says that in planning her new campaign, Germany is determined "to drawmoro than a submarine riug round the coasts of England. The /submarines arc cqu ipped for laying mines in hundreds and thousands. Theso aro mado and stor ed for a second-line blockade. The ■ submarine supply stations are anchored in convenient secret-rocky. wastes' and guarded by high oxplosivo niiiios. As a device to, evado capture they set adrift countless dummy periscopes with poworful mines attached. Ons German officer boasted that a super-submarine, wtfli collapsible ■ masts and stowablo superstructure, and disguised.as a surface ship, had been' sent out to tnlco up the work of the. Emden;—lleutm-i . . . .. . . --■; • ' GERMAN CENSOR BLOCKING NEWS. (Rec. February 5, 8.40 p.m.) ' . . ■ ■ . . ' . -.■•'• The Hague, February 5. The. German censor .has stopped German newspapers from entering Hoiland, and also telegrams referring to tho effect of America's action. Dip-; lomatic circles have received no news from Berlin since Saturday.—Router. London, February 4German writers, including Naumaim, admit that American intervention will mean endless German sacrifices, particularly because the American. Navy will assist to make tho blockade complete, and because America is certain to send an army to Franco, and also to refill tho Allies' coffers.—"The Times." .. ' . ' •