On the Sea

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 8, 4 December 1916, Page 2

On the Sea

THE SUBMARINE MENACE.

I CHIPS OF ALL NATIONS

i'ress Apsociation—Copyright, Australiau and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 11.35 a.m.) London, December •'*.

f The submarining!? include the st a..i or« h/ggisford ( I II I tons'!, and 'iriar 'dene (2700), the French steamer St Joseph, and the Danish steamer Sig noi'n, the crews of which landed. Tin Xgatimaru was also sunk.

BRITISH FISH SUPPLIES. London. December 3. U-boats shopped an Icelandic traw-j ler which was carrying fish to Eug-1 land, but allowed her to return on! the captain promising not to carry ■ food to England. The submarine: commander lias given a warning that all trawlers going to England will be torpedoed. i | MORE SUBMARININCS. [ London. December 1. i Latest submai'inings include the Reapwekl (3417 tons), the Lucostnu C 29-18 tons), and the Greek steamer Michael (2410 tons). j , The City of Birmingham was torpedoed in the Mediterranean. Two 1 hundred passengers were landed at Alexandria. \ NOTHING DIRTY ENOUGH FOR ! i THE HUNS.

JRome, December 2. 1 A German submarine in the Modi

torranean is sending out wireless S.O.S. signals, in the hope of hringing vessels to the scene of the supposed distress, where submarines torpedo them.

GERMAN OPINION OF TY CHANCES. Amsterdam, Dot-ember 2. German newspapers commenting or. the Admiralty changes, believe that they mean Admiral Sir John Jellicnehas' been degraded i'or losing the battle of Jutland. SUPPLY BASE IN THE AEGEAN. Athens. December I. ! It is reported from Essainos that a German submarine attempted to enter the Straits, and was fired on by land batteries. ft flee! on the approach of British destroyers. i A complete petrol supply station lias been found on Santos Island GERMAN VESSELS IN BRAZILIAN PORTS. ACQUISITION PROPOSAL.

("Received 9.10 a.m.) Washington, December 3. Negotiations have been commenced by>Bra/.il For the acquisition of forty German merchant vessels in Brazilian ports.