ON THE SEA.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 19 September 1917, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

NORWAY’S HEAVY LOSSES. Received 10.15. CHRISTIANIA, Sept 18. Six Norwegian steamers have been sunk during the vjeek ending September 15th. The losses now total 479 steamers, of 777,601 tons; 160 sailers, 155,582 tons. ARGENTINE. GERMAN REGRETS. STOCKHOLM, Sept 17. Germany has sent a Note expressing regret that disagreeable issues have been raised through the Swedish Foreign Office transmitting telegrams from Buenos Ayres ? and also expressing regret that such telegrams were sent. The message points out that the Swedish Government did not know the contents of the cablegram. The German Government has now instructed all its representatives in foreign countries to refuse any attempt to force them to reveal to Sweden the contents of code telegrams they may transmit.

ARGENTINA AND GERMANY. LUXBURG RECALLED. Received 9.55. BUENOS AYRES, Sept. 18. Germany has recalled Count Luxburg. Senor Pueyredtin, Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs, says that Germany’s assurances wdiich have been made to the Under-Secretary of Foreign Affairs arc insufficient and that a formal note from Germany is required. GERMANY’S INTERNAL AFFAIRS. SUPREMACY IN BELGIUM RELIN- . QUISHED. LONDON, September 18. The “Daily Chroncile’s” Amsterdam correspondent states that German newspapers declare that a new and general basis of policy has been reached to which the civil and military sections agree. It is probably embodied in Germany’s reply to the Pope. Important statesraents are expected to be made at the Reichstag meeting next week. ; The “Frankfurter Zcitung’’ states that the Pan-Germans have been defeated. The “Koelnisehc Volk-Zeitung” repeats the statement that Germany has given up all idea of supremacy in Belgium. AGITATION TO SEVER RELATIONS. Received 11.30. BUENOS AYRES, Sept 18. The Argentine Government considers the German Ministry here vacant until Germany formally disavows Count Luxburg’s activities. Mass meetings urging the formal severing of relations continue.