SUBMARINE WARFARE

Hokitika Guardian, 30 July 1917, Page 2

SUBMARINE WARFARE

SHIPPING LOSSES. • | J LORD- BERESFORD’S FORECAST, ill [LONDON TIMES SERVICE COPYRIGHT] |3||| , LONDON, July 27. - In the House of Lords Lord Charles . Berosford said tho British, AUi^u~imd;> v ; | neutral shipping losses were four minion tons to January 1917. „ , Another four million had rinoo oew*» i lost. <O. The presantJ -rdto of; sinking- was equivalent to oight million annually. In the first year of the war shipbuilding went down terrifically and we d had nowhere near begun to make up .r| the deficiency of the (estimated replacement capacity of four million tons an- , 3 nually. ... Ho forecasted a great shortage in April 1918. . - ' ’ a — GERMAN SUBMARINE LOST. |||| PARIS, July 27. A - German submarine grounded ween ; || of Calais. The crew landed and were imprisoned after-firing the vessel petrol tanks having been previously opened. *.m. ■ BRITISH SHIPPING. ; ||J ■ >“ ■« WASHINGTON, July 27. A United Press despatch from Paris , quotes Mr. Lloyd George a B stating " that England will build 4,000,000 tons of shipping in the coming year and that the U-boat menace is diminishing. \;s ' . ARMED MERCHANTMEN. LONDON, Jidy 28th. ||§ ltt. Hon. T. J. Macnamara states thtn over 3000 British merchantmen are now armed.t, Many mother# are ing armed weekly/ v. T g? GERMAN SUBMARINES. AiIERICAN REPORT. NEW ORK- July 28th. 4 The “New York Times” Washington correspondent with the highesfc ty states that the best information avail able by the United States Government q / indicates that, Germany is operating /f--with not more than 200 submarines. She is turning out three or tour sub- -- marines weekly and the Allies are des- -’jg Jroying one weekly. Eveyy effort centred on the co-ordination of the i’gj? United States, English and French. ||| navies tP increase tho destruction as a set off to the submarines. Naval offi- j. > cers seriously regard the reports that Germany is producing 6000-ton submersibles. DUTCH TUG SUNK. ••/?! AMSTERDAM, July 28. ' j A German submarine sank th§ Dutch -q tug Costzee and a 1 j ghter.—-1 he crews wore landed. * ' '' SCNK IN ARCTItt COPENHAGEN July 28 The Norwegian steamer Thoradal and i. the sailer Thorsual’s crew and all of the sailer Vaarbud were submarined and sunk it, is believed in the sea. Twenty of tho Thorsdal’s crew and all of t,ho Vaarbud’ s were saved. . ; s