SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 13 July 1917, Page 5

SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

PIRATE BASE DISCOVERED. ON BRAZILIAN COAST. RIO DE JANEIRO, July 11. A destroyer discovered a submarine base near Santos, the chief seaport of the province ,of San Paulo, Brazil. ITALY’S SHIPPING RETURNS. Received 8.45. •ROME, July 12. Shipping for the week ending July Bth: —Arrivals 527, departures 435; two steamers and ten small sailers sunk, one overdue steamer sunk, attacked, or escaped. LONDON, July 12. The Admiralty reports: — Arrivals during the week, 2898; sailings, 1798. Fourteen vessels over 1600 tons, and three under 1600 tons were sunk. Seventeen ships were unsuccessfully attacked; seven fishing vessels were sun. TWO NORWEGIAN SAILERS SUNK COPENHAGEN, July 11. Two Norwegian sailers, the Asheim and Oxol, were submarined in the Atlantic. Some members of their crews were lost. w BRITAIN BUILDING GIANT ’ SUBMARINES. TO BEAT GERMANY. A BATTLE PREDICTED. Received 8.45. NEW YORK, July 12. The New York Tribune’s London correspondent states Britain is buildin the greatest known submarines, which can fight-a destroyer or ligßt cruiser. The yards are rushing new types capable of remaining at' sea longer than Germany’s under-sea craft, a battle with which is predicted.

6REKCE. A SHORT-LIVED REVOLT. ATHENS, July 12. A hundred soldiers, under a sergtmajor, at Tripolis, in Peloponesus, revoted, and seized arms and munitions at the regimental depot. After a sharp skirmish, 50 of the rebels were captured and the rest fled. In the House of Commons, Mr. Balfour stated that Greco-Italian negotiations with a view to the Italians evacuating Epirus are progressing. GREEKS TO TAKE THE FIELD. ROME, July 12. M. Jonnart, who is on route to Paris, states that Venizelos expects to be able to put ten Greek divisions in the field. WHEN PEACE IS DISCUSSED. LONDON, July 12. In the House of Commons, Mr Balfour said there was no understanding whereby, in the event of an Allied victory, Belgium would obtain any territory in Europe beyond her original frontiers. Replying to a suggestion of protest to Germany against the deportation of 3,000 Belgian girls from Antwerp to Roumania, Mr. Balfour said that no protest was likely to deter the Germans from committing these atrocities, which wore reprobated by the whole civilised world.

Mr Balfour gave an assurance that in any discussion of peace terms the Allies would take into consideration the enemy’s exaction of money and goods from the occupied parts of France a*nd Belgium.