ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 December 1915, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

4 THE ANCONA. ' ANOTHER NOTE TO AUSTRIA. AMERICAN PRESS INDIGNANT. Received Dec. f), 5.:j p.m. Washington, Dee. 8. Another Note has been dispatched to Austria asking lor a disavowal of the Aneona attack, reparation for the American lives lost, and a promise that there will be no further repetition of such acts. The press is highy indignant at the American weakness and supineness. OWNERSHIP OF A STEAMER. Washington, Dee. 8. A British cruiser seized the American steamer Winnibago off the South American coast. The ownership of the Winnibago is disputed. SUBMARINES IX ITHE OALTTC. London newspapers just arrived have many interesting details of the work of the 'British submarines in the Baltic, mentioned lately in this column. On October 10. Danish journals named ten ships that had been sunk within a few days, and it was stated that the insurance Companies had received claims in respect of others. In the next seven or eight days another ten cargo boats making for Cernian ports were sunk, aggregating about 'io.OOO tons. These were ships "F which the particulars were published, but there were others that were certainly lost, though particulars were not available. In several instances ships carrying contraband were examined and were convoyed to Russian ports, bin in most cases the crews were removed and the ships were there and then sunk. Seven cargo boats were sheltering at Oxelosund on October 19—all German. Two of these were ore ships. At this dale traffic between Sweden and Germany was virtually suspended. Tlie

"ferry" steamers had ceased running and cargo ships (lid not care tn put their noses out of port. Row many submarines were operating it was impossible to say, but three, two British and o".e Russian, were sighted near Danisli waters. About tlie same period Russian and British submarines bad sunk live Merman transports making along the coast to Lilian'. A ferry steamer that was making the trips across the Baltic with n destroyer to convoy it rammed the destroyer and sank it. Neither passenger steamer nor warship seems to have had lights showing—a -trikiug illustration of the conditions created by this blockade.