BRITAIN'S WAR ON THE SUBMARINES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3062, 25 April 1917, Page 5

BRITAIN'S WAR ON THE SUBMARINES

GLIMPSE OF SILENT DESrRUCTION

TWENTY TJ-BOATS IN A

DAY

Washington, April 23. A member of Mr.'Balfour's party acU raitted that twenty German submarines were captured the day previous to MrBalfour's departure. U-boats, searching for the destroyed baso, were unable to find it, and the starving crows gladly surrendered. Britain was capturing and sinking more submarines than anyone imagines. The submarine bases were sought out and destroyed almost as soon as they were established. — Aus.-N:Z. Cable Assn. A CAMHBACT ;. Washington, April 23.. An American Consul in England reports that a TJ-boat, upon sighting * British patrol, submerged, leaving nineteen prisoners, who were on the sut>marine's deck, struggling in the sea for an hour till they were.rescued by the patrol boat. They included five Americans.-4-Us.-N.Z. Cable Assn. NAVY HEAD MONEY. r(Rec. April 24,5.55 p.m'.)':. London, April .'23. Before the-Prize Court, Commanders Fitzmaurice and Maxwell claimed £6000 head money: At the capture of Tsingtao, after the bombardment, it ■was found that seven German -warships had been sunk. Commanders Fitzraaurico and Maxwell's vessels, 'the Triumph and the Usk, were, the only British representatives with. the Japanese fleet. It -was impossible to, say whether a ship was sunk by gunfire or scuttled. Commander Fitzmaurice gave evidence that he was unable to give particulars, as his papers were lost when the Triumph foundered (off Gallipoli) in 1915. ■ __- Judgment ,was reserved;—Aus.-N.Zi. Cable Assn.