ON THE SEA.

Taihape Daily Times, 8 December 1917, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

AMERICA MAY REINFORCE MEDITERRANEAN FLEETS, WASHINGTON, Dee 6. The creation of a supreme naval council will result in the diversion of some American warships to the Mediterranean and Adriatic, w'here the Allied fleets will attempt a decisive blow' against Austria. It is also likely that American troops will be sent to Italy. ALLIED SHIPBUILDING' OVERTAKES SUBMARINING. Received 10,50. NEW YORK,~Dec"7~“ Mr Grasty, cabling from Paris, states that he interviewed a high Allied authority who says the construction of Allied shipping will overtake the submarine losses about May.

THE CONVOY SYSTEM. LONDON, Dec 6. In the House of Commons, Mr Chiozza Money said that since the begin- | ning of the convoy system to Decem- ; her Ist, less than IS per cent of incoming convoyed ships had been lost. german auxiliary sunk. COPENHAGEN, Dec 6. A German auxiliary cruiser struck a German mine at the southern entrance to the Sound and sank immediately. The fate of the crew is unknown.