On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 82, 13 March 1916, Page 5

On the Sea

THE SUBMARINE WAR. GERMAN METHODS. [United Peeks Association. ) Paris, March 11. M. Jean Erbette, in the Echo de Paris, points out that a month ago Germany declared in brutal and irrevocable fashion that her submarines would sink all armed merchantmen without warning. The Germans then expected to break the French liney and were willing to risk war with America with a light heart. Now that the battle of Verdun is a fiasco, they have lost their great chance, and the German ambassador is asking that Britain should modify her methods of maritime warfare. ACTIVITY IN THE BALTIC. RUSES OF THE ENEMY. I Copenhagen, March 1 German warships show renewed * tivity in the Baltic, and all ships

being inspected. The, latest rua is to hide the nationality of therr submarines and torpedo boats. Many captains report that Russians inspected their ships, whereas ice difficulties make it certain that the Russian ships 1 ' > in the Gulf of Finland _ . and the Gulf of Riga. The German ' officers speak English when inspect'ng neutrals. THE LATEST VIGTTMB. * # ** ,M ** London, March 1. . i The barque Ville Irihavre has been sunk. Two men were drowned. The liner Lovisian and the Norwegian ship Sileus have also been sunk, but the crews were saved. MORE AMERICANS IN DANCER. London. March l£ ', i The Sileus was un : V torpedoed without j Americans were resc^'aNJs landetyfljfe'- | ~ j, ; Wasliingto|,.:Ma:rchTf2Hi| Mr Lansing regards Jte j|tikto& p| j the Sileus as a grave &n( hM has,;protected. %,}'•'!? s : 's! ' [ " >V«£m' FLEE "fi iU |- i —: —r I 'M ■ j ~ j Amsterdam I march 11. ffl j • A German communique staffs this seaplanes bombed the Russian squadron eastward of Varna, and some hits were observed. ... . ; ,__' i-i'Hi ;p i THE GERMAN FLEET. ~, Copenliagen, Maiplr The ' steam trawler Bijjrjgen, bn Thursday, met fifty German ' dreadnoughts, cruisers and destroyers in ttl south of -the Se£, steaming Copenhagen, March 11. i It isr stated thatlM German fleet in the" North' 1 Sea included the new dreadnought Hindenburg. BRITISH "SHIPPING ..j,, | ~;■_. ;.hi iri.jniiiivr'- -.-'it*jitoiwgi^aMeii|)B<ißi^i>#**' London, March Jl. 'Mr Runciman, in the House of Commons, announced that at the end of 1915, the tonnage of British shipping registered 12.416,400, as compared with 12,119,881 at the end of 1913.

FREIGHT RATES Paris, March 11. The Minister for Marine states thilt the question of freight rates is in course of solution. The Governments i of France, Britain, and Italy are establishing an office for centralisation 'of freight needs, settling them in or* ■ ;der, according to their urgency month- s ly. ' MINED OFF ENGLISH COABT. AUXILIARY STEAMER LOST. CASUALTIES AMOUNT TO 14. The High Commissioner reports:— London, March 12 (8.30 p.m.) Merchant' fleet auxiliary steamer "Fauvette" was mined off the East Coast and sank. The casualties are two officers and twelve men.