U-BOAT ACTIVITY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9793, 17 October 1917, Page 6

U-BOAT ACTIVITY

ITALIiN STEAMER TORPEDOED LIFEBOATS FIFED ON AND SUNK. dy Ts h-srapii —P- ••!>- A*»ocm.»ion—Copyrie*>‘ Router's Tclccrams. ATHENS, October 15. A German submarine torpedoed tho Italian steamer Bari, and also sank sovornl of her life-boats. Fifty of tho survivors have gone to Confer (? Corfu), and 150 to Italy. Tho Bad contained Greek officials, who were coming home via Switzerland and Italy. There is no nows of their fate. It is bo!iwed that tho Gormans know they worn on board through espionage, widen is rifo in Switzerland. ESCAPE OFT'JERNED U-BOAT CORRUPTION OF SPANISH AUTHORITIES. Australian and N.Z i’aulo Association PA IMS, October 15. Mr Geoffrey, lately Ambassador in Madrid, in an interview, said ho is convinced "that - tho 'recent escape of an enemy submarine from Cadiz was duo to tho Germans having corrupted certain of tho Spanish subordinate authorities. Tho submarine referred to was interned, but escaped. Bomo of the high military and ■ naval officials at Cadiz were 'dismissed as tho result of tho incident. SHIP "SUNkTiTffITERRANEAN 250 PERSONS MISSING. far Telcftnmtr • .-ri—< •..»■■■<- t.opyrlßh* United Servico Telegram. (Received October 17, 1 a-m.) PARIS, October 16. A steamer carrying 559 passengers, including Algerian soldiers, some pri- , Boners of war, and a crew of 67, was .torpedoed in the western Mediterra- . noan. Two, hundred and fifty persons pro missing. BRITISH SHIPS SUNK MUCH LOSS OF LIFE. By Telegraph—Pro«B Asaociation—CopyriEjhl Au». and N.Z. Cable Assn, and Router. (Received October 16, 8 p.m.) LONDON, October 15. The Admiralty states that the mnierveeping sloop Begonia is overdue. It is considered that sho has been lost with all hands. The British armed mercantile cruiser Champagne was torpedoed and sunk. Five officers and 57 men perished. LORD KITCHENER ASSUREDLY NOT ALIVE. Bv Telegraph—Pres* Association— Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. NEW YORE, October 15. '"ln the course of an-Interview in this cdtv," Lord Northcliffo said there was no foundation for tho report that Ford Kitchener was alive. Ho added mat tho Hampshire was not torpedoed or mined, but struck a jagged rook when travelling at tho rate of eighteen knots. CUTTIG OFF fi!D~TO GERMANY DRASTIC STEP'S TAKEN BY PRESIDENT WILSON. By Telegraph—l'resa Association— Copyright Australian and N.Z Cable Association WASHINGTON, October 13. President Wilson has made a sweeping proclamation. It takes complete control of American imports and exports, prescribes drastic conditions 'governing trading with the enemy, gives discretionary power to take over enemy property, and provides for tho use of encmv patents to help win the -war Tho control of exports and imports is vested in a Ministerial War Trade Board. The order also creates -a Censorship Board, with special con.•ttrol over newspapers in foreign lan- : guages. The proclamation effectively cuts off r financial and commercial aid from ’'reaching Germany. ;AN3TIiER UNITED STATES LOAN “A MORTAL BLOW AT AUTOCRACY.” By Telecraph—Press Association—CopyrlehJ v-ustralian and N.Z. Cable Association. NEW YORK, October 15. Subscriptions to the second Liberty Loan of 525 million dollars (over £105,000,000) aro expected to show a treat increase before tho close of the loan, on October 27th. President Wilson has issued a proclamation fixing October 24th as ‘‘Liberty Dayi” ' A'campaign will be conducted throughout the country to obtain tho fullest subscriptions to tho 'second Liberty Loan, “thus striking - a mortal blow at autocracy.”