SUBMARINE PERIL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3019, 5 March 1917, Page 5

SUBMARINE PERIL

LOSSES IN FEBRUARY BRITISH LOSE 121 VESSELS 6 (Hoc. March 4, 5.5 p.m.) London, March 3. As far as ascertainable February's submarinings totalled:—British, 121 ships, of 266,632 tons; Allied, 10 ships, 15,422 tons; neutral, 50 ships, 81,143 tons. The arrivals and departures in the United Kingdom to February 25 totalled, 16,490—Au5.-N.Z. Cable Assn. U-BOATS CAPTURED , TWO SURRENDER IN ONE DAY (Rec. March 4, 5.5 p.m.) !»«' »frK, March 3. Mr. Frank bmioncia, the corrcspondentoi' tne i\ew iorK ■•'j.yiuuue," iviio uas returned iroin jjonaou, quoting Admiralty ngures, says ii;at ouwcuu Ji'ebruary J. and to tho JBircisu captured 25 buunianues. Two eunecUured in uno any, lho crows having iuiiou their olnccrs. —neuter.' SIGNIFICANT!,* itfijJMlS GERMAN I'Kfcito COMMENTS (Hoc. March 3, 5.5 p.m.) Mmscsrciam, March 2. German papers am bigmncauuy cautious in tiicir expectation of suu•mariuism. ' lho •Uvolmsche Volks Zeituug" now says mat the complete swppajio of shipping touid not bo expected, out the uiuiiiiuuou w imports oy .tno Allios will 'procure peace on Germany's tonus ana not starvation, ' but tno Allies' realisation of starvation is approaching, and will bring a decision, and turtucr says that the Ueruians may bo lorccu lo scud"out ner Ucct.—Keutor. -^ NUMBEK uuiftIUPHSD (Rec. March 4, 5.5 p.m.) London, March 3. Herr Zimuieran, foreign Minister) told au iutcrvjower that tne number ut submarines had occn quuitupled, and it was oxpected tuoy would uuisu tho war in the autumn;—"Tho Times." THE NEW- SUBMARINES (Rcc. March 4, 5.5 p.m.) Vienna, March' 2, A message to the ''Freindcublatt" says that tne new German submarines have a great radius • and powerful armament. Six-cylindered, 1000 h.p. oil onginos are used under the sea instead of batteries, enabling them to remain below indefinitely. All aro lilted as minelayers.—United. Service. STORY OF A .DESERTER Amsterdam, March 2. A German deserter from the Hamburg dockyard says that tho latest Gorman submarine is 350 feet long, and is armed like a tmiall cruiser, lb carries twenty torpedoes and thirty-two of a crew. Gangs aro working day and night turning out submarines and light cruisers.—"Tho Times."WEEKLY UsToF RESULTS (Ucc. March 4, 5.5 p.m.) Paris. March 3. Experience has showa- that the publication of lho names of torpedoed ships has been attended with 6erious drawbacks. Tho Minister of Marino, in future will issue results of the submarine war weekly.—-Aus.-N.Z.. Cable Assn. .