NAVAL BASE NETTED AGAINST U-BOATS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3011, 23 February 1917, Page 5

NAVAL BASE NETTED AGAINST U-BOATS

FAR-REACHING ESPIONAGE BILL THE NAYY AND THE SUBMARINES SPEECH BY .SIR EDWARD CAISON Lord fisher back at the - ADMIRALTY Sir Edward Carson has delivered an important speech in the House of Commons on the Navy Vote. He indicates what the Admiralty is doing in the matter of coping with the German submarine menace, but stresses the point that this achievement must of necessity be gradual. Lord Fisher has returned, to the Admiralty in his previous capacity as President of the Inventions Board, while a'now committee of the Admiralty, styled the Anti-Submarine Committee, has. been established. He appeals to the nation to restrict its imports in order to give the Navy the utmost freedom, of action. The Ger- / mans have reiterated their shoot-on-sight policy—whoever enters tlio barred zone will perish, they say. In the meantime war measures in America are.proceeding apace. The naval base at Hampton Roads has been enclosed in a submarine net 60 feet deep, swinging when required for tho passage of ships. The break with Austria is now stated to be a matter of hours. The American Minister at Vienna has received his instructions as to his departure when the break comes. The > new Amerioan Espionage Bill is a far-reaching measure, as the Ger- j mans will no doubt agree. •On tho land fronts no events .of major ■' importance have occurred. Three successful raids are reported from the BrrEisE front, while thera is an outburst of activity on the Kit- 1 ' manian and Southern Galician front,