ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 February 1916, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

GERMAN WARSHIP REPORTED SUNK. IN THE CATTEGAT. Received Fob. T, 11.3."i p.m. Copenhagen, Feb. 7. It is reported tlmt a large <!orm.in warship lias been mined and sunk in the Cattegat. ■She sent nut signals of distress, but tlic wireless calls soon ceased. THE APPAM. ANOTHER STORY. Washington. Feb. 0. The Appam's British mails will be handed to the British Consul. They had been opened. New York, Feb. (1. British on board the Appatn heard that the eapturer was one of several specially built at Kiel. Two bad slipped into the >Xorth Sea. This raider was heavily disguised and painted as a Swedish trader. What became of the second raider is unknown. PREPARING FOR A DASH. Washington, Feb. 6. Lieutenant Berg- has asked permission to take aboard two thousand tons of coal, and is apparently preparing to dash out. HOLLAND ANGRY AT GERMAN NAVAL ACTION. ' Amsterdam, Feb. 6. The newspapers are angry at the German torpedo-boats torpedoing the Dutch motor vessel Artemis for refusing to proceed to Zeebrugge after being vainly searched for contraband. Several Dutch vessels have lately disappeared, and it was supposed they were mined, but possibly they were destroyed by Zeppelins because they were unable to ascertain the nationality of the ships.

THE LOST ZEPPELIN. TRAWLER CAPTAIN'S STOPLondon, Feb. 5. Martin, master of the King Stephen, says that he shouted to those floating on the Zeppelin: "What is the matter!" A German replied: "Send a boat. I will give you £5." He was gentlemanly and polite and spoke good English. Martin replied: "If we help you you will sling ns overboard and navigate the trawler to Germany.'' The Zeppelin officers said: "Mercy save us,' 1 and then shook their ftets.

BISHOP APPROVES SKIPPER'S ACTION. London, Feb. 5. The Bishop of London, in an address, in London, aaid the British people ought to stand by the skipper of the King Stephen in refusing to trust the word of Germany. ]f the Germans had been rescued and had seized the trawler the whole German press would have applauded it as clever strategy. GERMAN* AND FRENCH COMMENT. Amsterdam, Feb. G. The Lokal Anzeiger, dealing with the King Stephen incident, says: "This fresh infamous action is another disclosure of British brutality." The Vossiche Zeitung says the incident is a blot on Britannia's escutcheon. The Kreuz Zeitung says the deed is more eruel than the Baralong incident, with its deeds of base cowardice. Paris, Feb. B. The newspapers widely comment on the King Stephen incident and declare that the trawler had no option.

THE LUSITANIA OUTRAGE. GERMANY'S REGRETS New York, Feb. (i. Germany's formula is that the killing of Americans on the Lusitania was without intent on Germany's part. The destruction of the liner was an act of reprisal, and Germany agrees that reprisals ought not to be applied to neutrals. She therefore regrets that Americans were killed and offers reparation in the form of an indemnity.

NEW SHELL FOR SUBMARINES. Times ami Sydney Sim Services. London, Feb. 8. The New York Times says that when Britain taekjed the submarine menace she found it impossible to hit submerged submarines, ordinary shells ricochetting in the water like tennis balls. Experiments 'revealed tliat with alterations to the shape of the nose the shell would dive into the water. It was also found that lyddite was morn powerful and exploded under water. Finally they devised a new fuse, went out into the North Sea, and tackled the submarines. Big ships boldly advanced, and the submarines, thinking them mad, came in droves in order to destroy them. Then the battleships lot fly from their big guns with the new shells, peppering a wide area, and the shells sank and blew up the submarines.