THE GERMAN RAIDER.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 January 1917, Page 1

THE GERMAN RAIDER.

Admiralty Account (Australian and N.Z, Cable Associa. ticn and Rsuter.) LONDON, Jan. 17. i The Admiralty’s information from Pernambuco confirms the assumption that tho following ships have been sunk by the German raider. •British:—-Dramatist, Radnorshire, . N finish, Netherbyhall, Momrtemple, . King George, Voltaire,, and Georgjc. , : French : —Nantes and Anires. The vessels were sunk between De- ! comber 12th and January 12th. It is also announced that the Kalin Theodore was captured and a prize crew put aboard. , Tho Yarrodale was captured and sent ; away with four hundred men from tue ; sunken vessels. * , There is no further news of their wherabouts. t ’ Rumors of Capture. , NEW YORK, Jan. is.' As a result of the raider’s ravages in the South marine insurance ■ has advanced from two and a half to ten per cent. , There are persistent rumours that tho raider has been sunk or captured. Tho Crews. LONDON, Jan. 18. Lloyds Pernambuco agent wires that , Captain Hudson of the Marti reports . that the Yarrowdale carried 443 of the , crews of the George, Mount Temple, ► Voltaire, and King George. ; The raider also sunk the Norwegian’s City of Tampico and Hansa. Britain’s War Loan. 1 ~ LONDON, Jan. 17. The Phoenix, Royal and Standard ’ Assurance Companies are each apply- ’ ing for £3,000.000 in the War Loan. 1 LONDON, Jan. 17. * The Furness Withy Company have ! subscribed £1,000,000 of new money to * the war loan. Of the Royal Insurance 1 Company’s £3,000,000 the bulk is new money. The London County Councils have subscribed £7,500.000 of new money. The Conference. j (Australian & N.SL Gable Association), LONDON. Jan. 17. The published report of an authoritative interview says the Cabinet dislikes the phrase “Imperial Conference.because it is msleadiiig. The real intention is to incorporate the Dominions’ representatives in the Cabinet with full conditions of temporary membership in discussing peace terms, after the war. finance, emigration, demobilisation, trade, and all questions connected with tho conduct of the war, except purely local matters, such as recruiting in Britain and elsewhere, local loans and domestic concerns. Hon Mr Borden (Premier of Canaan; has notified that he will be unable to arrive until the middle of March. The Cabinet will probably agree to an inaugural date late in March or early in April, and to a prolonged meeting, possibly extending over the month of May. It is essential not to attempt to influence tlio Dominions’ war work. It is feft that the vast scale of voluntary sacrifices have entitled them to share in shaping the future policies. This is a mere act of equity apart from the binding effect to re-invigorate the Em. pire. WELLINGTON, Jan 18 Mr. Massey will certainly attend the forthcoming Imperial Conference” said Hon. Mr. Allen (Acting-Prime Minister) to-day,■ adding that as the Premiers had been invited to bring a colleague with them, who may attend the meetings, but not vote, Sir Joseph Ward may nlso stay for the Conference.

Food Prices. LONDON, Jan. 17. Mr Prothero in a speech at Bedford said the Government was aware that high prices stimulated production, hut they* weighed undulp on the poorest; therefore he asked farmers before the seeds were sown to produce crops at a fixed price. The farmers could then say to the whole Empire: “We are all in it. give us a reasonable profit.” Tho Government wanted bread to bo as cheap and plentiful as possible.

A German Threat. ROME, Jan. 16. The Berlin Military Commandant’s manifesto threatens the people who have for some days given themselves up to disorders. It is rumoured that * the Reichstag will not reassemble in (Berlin.

An Appeal. LONDON, Jan 17. The German General Staff, evidjuJy leaning an acute economic cr.sis, appeals to the nation to hear the internal difficulties without discontent. It admits that the internal conditions are bad, but the wonder is that they are not worse. Everything depends on keeping up the national spirits otherwise Germanism itself is endangered. It recalls that their forefathers endured in the Napoleonic wars and urges the nation to, show equal fortitude and abandon complaints, grumbling and suspicions. Turkey’s Reorganisation ZURICH, Jan. 17. It is scmi-officially announced from Beilin that a Germano-Turkish treaty was signed on Jan. lltli. w’hcreuiuter Turkey agrees that a German mission shall re-organise the whole economic system of Turkey,