ON THE SEA.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 18 January 1917, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

THE DEUTSCHLAND AND BREMEN THEIR LOSS DENIED. Received 9. COPENHAGEN, Jan. 17. German newspapers deny the BritishAmerican reports of the loss of the' Deutschland and Bremen, and state the Deutschland on Tuesday left' for New York. The Bremen is stationed in the Gulf of Bothnia and the Mediterranean as a mother ship to the submarine squadrons.

JAPAN ARMING MERCHANTMEN, Received 9. TOKIO, Jan. 17. Japan is arming her merchantmen engaged in European trade.

GRASPING THE HAND OF THE ALMIGHTY. Received 9. ROTTERDAM, Jan. 17. Pan-Gorman agitation for an increase in submarine war is daily becomingre. ore vigorous. Reichstag deputy Roeseki, addressing Schleswig agriculturists, said: “God has so ordered the world's harvests that England may be unable to feed herself. We must grasp the hand the Almighty has outstretched to help us, for if we allow England to ■find salvation by the unhindered arrival of wheat ships another opportunity will not be offered.

AMERICA’S NAVY. BIG BUILDING POLICY. WASHINGTON, Jan 17. The Secretary for the Navy submitted to the Naval Committee of the House a tentative plan for spending IS million dollars to equip Government yards for shipbuilding and to strengthen the Navy. He proposes to construct five battle-cruisers, three scout-cruisers, and a number of smaller craft.

SUBMARINE WARFARE. A LONDON, Jan. 16. The British steamers Brookwood and Martin and the Swedish steamer Norwa were sunk. Thirteen of the Brookwood’s crew are missing.

THE LOST JAPANESE BATTLESHIP. 200 LIVES LOST. Received 11.40. TOKIO, Jan 17. It is now estimated that 200 lives were lost in the explosion by which the Japanese battleship Tsukuha was sunk. The ship sank in twenty minutes. The cause is unknown.