ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 September 1915, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

"BARGING ABOUT." How; did this pass the censor? Received Sept. 18, 5.5 p.m. London, Sept. 17. Admiral Beatty, speaking after his wife had opened the Naval Institute, said that the navy started the war with a whoop of joy that they would at la3t put to proof the weapon which many thousands of distinguished men had spent years in perfecting. "We started," he said, "with the full promise of what we were about to do, tout the promise had fallen away. We thought we were going out to follow the footsteps of the heroes of a hundred years ago, but the result was that we barged about the North Sea —(laughter)—missing mines and dodging submarines, while patrol vessels kept our harbors intaet. Jn the meantime we read in the newspapers of the glorious deeds done by our fellows all over the world." He thought that in the circumstances every naval officer would agree that the cheerfulness of the men was utterly wonderful.

THE SANTA ANNA. DYNAMITE STOWED AW.A V. Received Sept. 19, 5.20 v.' London. HiThe steamer Santa Anna imv.wl at the Azores. It has transpired tiiat eighteen dynamite fuses were found, and there were many explosions on the vessel.

IN THE BLACK SEA. TURKISH SAILERS SUNK. Received Sept. 19, 2 p.m. Petrograd, Sept. 18. A communique says:—Russian torpedoera at Sinope sunk a fleet of Turkish sailing ehips, laden with muitions. GERMAN SUBMARINE LEVY. ESTIMATE OF ITS STRENGTH. Reecived Sept. 19, 10 a.m. London, Sept. 18. The Motor newspaper estimates that twenty German submarines have been sunk, whereof fifteen were large seagoing .ships. Germany commenced the war with eleven of these, and sixteen which were unsuitable for voyages beyond the North Sea. She had since added eighteen sea-goers, and two are known to be in the Mediterranean, leaving twelve available for European waters, whereof four are always repairing. Thus Germany has eight submarines at work beyond the North Sea.