ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 September 1915, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

\ SUBMARINES. EXPERT SAYS, "OGME TO STAY. UTHEIR DISADVANTAGES. Received Sept. 14, 0.5 p.m. New York, Sept. 13. Rear-Admiral G. Goodrich, i n the North American Review, discussing the future of battleships and submarines, argues that as modern armor is impenetrable beyond a distance of seven miles, armor should be thinner and the weight thus, saved should be put into more battery- power. He eulogises secondary batteries, which' are apt to be very effective in a running light, and praises tho British Admiralty for the measures taken to de'al with submarines. He says: "I am not at liberty to state the number of German submarines already captured and destroyed. One must admire their officers' and seamen's courage. Submarines have come to stay, and "they have been extensively used as scouts. They have introduced new problems into tactics which must gravely influence the handling of a battleship; but a submarine has two disadvantages, namely: Invisibility is incomplete, inasmuch as one must lift the periscope above witter in order to recognise the target; and the other is extreme vulnerability. OUR SENTINEL FLEET. THE GAME OF SUBMARINEHUNTING, Paris, Sept. 13. M. Polyre, describing in the Figaro his visit to the British Fleet, says: "England had never finer crews or a better armed and faster fleet. Sub-marine-hunting ia thoroughly method i•cal and considered fine sport. More have been sunk than captured. They are hunted with nets, guns, bombs, and otherwise, and now the submarine crews know they have less chance of returning than of sleeping in the depths of the sea."- i. RELIEF STEAMER SUNK. GREW RESCUED BY TRAWLERS. Received Sept. 14, 10.5 p.m. Amsterdam, Sept. 14. The Dutch steamer Pomana reports that she observed a British Bteamer sinking, which was flying the Belgian Relief Committee's flag. Steam trawlers rescued the crew of ten. CASE OF THE ORDUNA. • ANOTHER SHALLOW EXCUSE. Washington ,Sept. 13, Germans explain that the submarine commander torpedoed the Orduna because the weather was too thick to see the character or nationality of the vessel. THE FRIENDLY MURDERER. OFFERS NORWAY COMPENSATION. Received Sept. 14, 11,40 p,in. Christiana, Sept. 14. Germany intimates that she does not admit responsibility for the sinking of tho steamer Svcrnjarl in July because she was not provided with a.sign showing that she was a neutral vessel, Nevertheless, Germany agrees to pay compensation for twelve of the crew who perished, in order to show her friendly disposition to Norway. BRITISH STEAMER SUNK. London, Sept. 13. The British steamer Mimosa was sunk and the crew saved. STEAMER ON FIRE. New York, Sept. 13. The steamer Santa Anna, which is reported to be on fire in mid-Atlantic, has on board 1000 Italian reservists. Received Sept. 14, 10.5 p.m. New York, Sept. 14. The Santa Anna has sent a wireless message stating that she is safe and that the fire is under control. The vessel is proceeding to the Azores. AUSTRIAN TORPEDOER HIT. Rome, Sept. 13. Official: A French submarine, on Thursday, torpedoed a group of Austrian torpedo boats in inid-Adriatie, badly damaging one.