ON THE SEA.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 23 January 1917, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

THE ATLANTIC HAIDER. FUETHER SINKINGS. LONDON, Jan. 21. Lloyd’s report that the Nailscacourt .‘1295 tons (British); the Parahyba, 2557 tons (Spanish); and the Asp and Harrietta Digarcto, small Norwegian vessels have been sunk. PERNAMBUCO, Jan. 21. The captain of the Notherby Hall, in an interview, said he signalled •' ‘ 5.0.5., ’ ’ but a shot across the bows compelled him to cease. The raider was equipped with several besides cannon. The raider’s speed was 22 knots. The engine-room stokers were whipped like animals. The Indians landed describe the raider as armed with twelve guns and four torpedo tubes. THE PRLSONERING OF AMERICANS WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. The State Department ’s advices from Rio fie Janeiro and elsewhere account for seventeen vessels captured or destroyed. It is reported from Buenos Ayres that the raider carries three diminutive submarines of a new type .for scouting purposes. The United States Government protests against the prisonering of Americans on the Tarrowdale, and demands their release. The incident has caused wide indignation. CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS. LONDON, Jan 20. Reuter’s Rio Janeiro correspondent says the raider* is undoubtedly the Mo ewe. She carried a mine-laying apparatus, telescopic funnels, and many supplementary plates, for the purpose of changing her appearance, and she probably often changed the colour of aor painting, 'i laces of Danish colours are noticeable on her -hull ocneath the last coat. NEW YORK, Jan 20. Washington despatches to the New „rk “Times” indicate that there are three German raiders destroying' commerce. It is believed that one German raider pierced the blockade, carrying several armaments and outfits, which were transferred terthe captured prizes, probably to the Theodore and the Yarrowdale. Rio Janeiro despatches report that a portion of the Brazilian navy is manoeuvring on the coast to prevent the raider from using Brazilian territory as a base for her operations. PERNAMBUCO, Jan 20. The crews of the sunken ships state that the raider is of the Moewe type. The Dramatist sighted a stranger on December 18. She came alongside and hoisted the German flag and a signal to stop. Immediately the side of the vessel under the forecastle bulwarks dropped, revealing two guns of 2Ain calibre. The Dramatist surrendered and was sunk six hours later. The crow were transferred to the Hudson Maru, which followed the raider until January 12, when she was sent to Pernambuco.

When any vessel was sighted, all the captured men were,, sent -below, and water-tight doors were locked.' The Germans told | pie that if a British cruiser appeared, they would be allowed a chance of saving themselves. I The raider left Kiel with a, deckload of hay. She flew a neutral flag. She steamed slowly at day, but went full | speed at night. When passing a neui tral vessel she hoisted the British flag. The captain stated he did not desire to sink passenger vessels. The captured people complain of scarcity of food, there being only an ounce of meat daily. r l he sanitary arrangements were so inadequate that an epidemic was threatened. Whenever sinkings occurred in daylight the raider took moving pictures. BROUGHT INTO HARBOUR. LONDON, Jan 20. A German official says; The British steamer Yarrowdale was brought into harbour on December 31, as a prize. Nineteen of a prize crew and 469 of the crews of ships captured in the Atlantic were put aboard. The cargo of these ships was chiefly war material and foodstuffs. Three of the British sunken ships were armed. One hundred and three neutrals among the crews were detained as prisoners because they were employed on enemy vessels. Berlin official; The Yarrowdale was brought to Swinnemunde. The cargoes of the vessels captured included 6000 tons of wheat, 2000 tons of flour, and 1900 horses. The Yarrowdale’s cargo included 117 motor lorries, 6300 cases rifle cartridges, 30,000 reels barbed wire, and much meat. (Swinnemunde, the port to which the Yarrowdale is reported to have been brought, is a seaport town in the province of Stettin, in the Baltic Sea. How she got through the British block ading squadron is another naval puzzle of the war.)

ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE. Received 9.10. NEW YORK, Jau 22. Two German ships interned at Rio dc Janeiro have been discovered preparing for their Tight with needed supplies. BRAZIL'S PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 22. The Minister of Marine has ordered Brazilian worships to capture the raiders, whose operations endanger neutrality, also to take precautions to prevent the secret departure of interned German ships. GERMANY'S NAVAL INACTIVITY. i PARIS, Jan 21. ! The inactivity of the German fleet is exciting bitterness in Germany. Admiral Hohveg has published an apologetic pamphlet stating that a naval offensive against the British fleet would be' heroic madness. Germany's naval task should consist of harassing tb» British fleet and keeping it alert, thus making submarine warfare possible and safeguarding German and Scandinavian commerce GERMANY’S LATEST THREAT. Reuter. NEW YORK, Jan. 22. According to the “New York Tribune” Germany will notify neutrals that she intends to commence on February Ist a deep-sea barrier, with submarines, to hem in England. She has thirty specially-built submarines, also two new commercial submarines, which will sail for Connecticut on the 21th instant. NEW METHOD OF FIGHTING SUB. MARINES. Received 9.10. NEW YORK, Jan 21. Great Britain is adopting new methods of fighting U boats, and the system will be general. One vessel so equipped leaves a Canadian-Atlantic port with a million dollar cargo.

SUBMARINES TAKING SHIPS’ STORES.' COPENHAGEN, Jan. 21. Tlic crews of submarined vessels state that the German submarines systematically take possession of ships’ food stores. GERMANY AND AMERICA. Received 9.10. WASHINGTON. Jan 22. Officials opine that Germany may be attempting to And a loophole to break the boat pledge to America. Germany contends that all armed ships are warships, therefore all aboard can be made prisoners. GERMAN SAILORS ESCAPE. Received 9.10. WASHINGTON, Jan 22. Rio Janeiro despatches state that 100 sailors on the gunboat Eber. which was interned early in the war at Rio Janeiro, have escaped to the raider. One unconfirmed report, which generally is not credited, says the raider has been sunk by the cruiser Glasgow.