SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 21 July 1917, Page 5

SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

THE SUBMARINE PERIL. LORE) NORTHCLIFFE'S OPINION. Received 9.30. NEW YORK, July 20. Lord Northcliffe, interviewed, said Vie submarine was the most serious feature of the war at this moment. The official figures issued weekly were not intentionally misleading, but do mislead people not acquainted with shipping. Possibly Sir A. Geddes may issue figures in a language . understandable by people. "I do not believe in sudden cures for submarines" he said, "the best counter method is building ships. SANK A PIRATE. NEW YORK, July 19. On arrival at a port on the Atlantic coast, the crew of the American steamer Angers expressed the confident view that they Mid sunk a submarine while rescuing the crew of the torpedoed American tank steamer AreJibold. ON THE SEA.

NORTH SEA MINE ZONE. CLOSING HELIGOLAND BIGHT. LONDON, July 19. It is stated that the new British mine zone in the North Sea was specially made to prevent enemy ships and submarines entering Heligoland Bight. A slight modification of the limits is being considered with a view to satisfying Dutch representations, DUTCH LEAVE SAFE PASSAGE TO GERMAN CHANNEL. Received 8.40. AMSTERDAM, July 20. The Dutch Government has declared its readiness to leave a safe, passage in order to enable Dutch shipping to enter the original so-called safe c-hannel granted by Germany.