On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 83, 11 July 1916, Page 5

On the Sea

the SUBMARINE IN AMERICA. WHAT IS HER STATUS? New York, July 9. Agents in Germany announce that tho submarine will return with money, mail, and freights, including nickel and rubber worth £IOO,OOO. Later reports show that the suhmaiine crept back to Virginia Cape, and suddenly dashed into the entrance just as a cruiser sighted her. The surface speed of the Deutschland is 18 to 20 knots. There are contradictory reports as to the Miumher aboard. She has sleeping accommodation for forty. It' is believed her sailing port was Kiel. The Submarine is in excellent condition, although there were sligln mishaps to the motors under water. The arrival of the vessel is expected to bring up important points o! international law. Tho Government mvsb decide her status within twentyfour hours.

MORE ABOUT THE VOYAGE.

report of another trip. Press Association —Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 11.50 a.m.) New York, July 10.

A United States officer who boarded the submarine says the papers show that the gross tonnage was 791, and the" net 414. She waA engaged for freight trade from Bremen to Boston, and left Bremen on the 14th, but stayed at Heligoland for nine days. The British Consul states that he knew more than a week ago that the Deutchsland was fen route to America. Some'New York newspapers assert that another submarine has left lor America. . CJ > discharging cargo under armed guard. ■" r,y f-" ‘‘ ' i !• . i. DESCRIPTION OF THE VESSEL. CAPTAIN TELLS STORY OF THE VOYAGE. f ‘ Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 1.15 p.m.) New York, July 10. Tho Deutchsland is discharging cargo, being protected by armed guards. A description of the vessel shows a high conning tower, several covexed manholes leading to the crew quarters and engine room, and a wireless mounted on telescope masts.

Washington has received a report that the submarine is unarmed.

Captain Kairig states that the vessel belongs to the Undersea Company, md will be followed by the Bremen md others. They spent’one night at the bottom of the English Channel, he crew playing a gramaphone. They brought 750 tons of dyestuffs valued at £200,000. The Deutchsland can des•pnd three hundred feet and submerge 'or four days. Their food consisted of tinned meat, fruit, and broad, and also champagne.

DOCKED IN SPECIAL SPY-PROOF YARD. COPPER, RUBBER, AND NICKEL FOR GERMANY. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 9.5 a.m.) Washington, July 10. The Deutschland has arrived at llalimore. Consignees have been anlounced for a purpose which is purey commercial. The submarine will be docked in a pecial spy-proof yard. The cargo to be taken aboard for Germany will lie five hundred tons of upper, rubber, and nickel.

PRIZE COURT BOUNTIES FOR SINKING THE ENEMY. ' Press Association —Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 0.15 a.m.) London, July IU. Tlio Prize Court awarded the officers ‘■ml crew of the K 9 bounties of

£IOSO and £350 for sinking tho (human cruiser Rein and a German torpedoer. The bounty is calculated ou a basis of £5 per head of the enemy crows. BRITISH STEAMERS FROM THE BALTIC. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and X.Z. Cable Association. London, July 10. As', the icsult of the battle of Jutland, two hundred British steamers have arrived in England from the Baltic unmolested. The ships have been detained in the Baltic since the beginning of tho war.

GERMANS SINK HOSPITAL SHIP WITHOUT WARNING. Petrograd, July 10. A communique states; An enemy submarine in the Black Sea sank a. Russian hospital ship without warning, seven being drowned. BLOCKADE REPRISALS, New York, July 9. A communication from Berlin states that the Germans threaten to answer the blockade by reprisals upon prisoners. There is a growing demand here for prisoners rations to be reduced. The Germans say they have a terribly 1 effective weapon against England by means of the possession of more than two million prisoners. The Deutsche Zeitung says : We did .not begin the hunger war, and the stomachs of the imprisoned English may fool tho result of Britain’s policy.