ON TUB SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 October 1915, Page 5

ON TUB SEA.

THE SILENT FLEET.

ABSOLUTELY TORPEDO PROOF. AN AMERICAN'S VISIT. -*> Received Oct. 17, 3.10 pjn. New York, Oet. 16. Mr. Frederick Palmer, in Collier's Weekly, describes a visit he was permitted to make to the British fleet in the North Sea. A destroyer was placed at his disposal, and he journeyed to an unnamed port to the serried lines of dreadnoughts. He declares that he is able to convince America that the | fleet is absolutely submarine proof. He i cannot say all that he was permitted to.see and learn, but he says that if people are worrying aibout torpedoes > menacing the British warships they msjy dismiss their fears. The article supplies strong confirmation of the fleet's power at any time to accomplish its primary objective, and of the immese reserves of strength which are available for almost any emergency. ■Mr. Palmer, pays a tribute to the British ships, the armament, and the men. • IN THE BALTIC. BRITISH SUBMARINES* SUCCESSES. Received Oct. 18, 150 a.m. Petrograd, Oct. 17.' Official: British submarines in the Baltic sank five German transports and forced another to run ashore.