ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 July 1916, Page 4

ON THE SEA.

, THE DEUTSCHLAND. PROTESTS LODGED New Y'ork, July 11. In an interview, Captain Koenig (not Kairig) said that microphones enabled him to hear the hell buoy five miles away. lie also beard the screws of passing ships. Twenty cruisers would not prevent the return'of the Dcutschland. She brought mails for Count Bernstolf. Washington, July 11. The British and French Consuls have submitted protests against the Deutschland's presence in an American port. It is stated that a cordon of French and British cruisers will wait outside the three miles, limit, and many special motor-boats, designated submarine catchers, will also be in readiness. A dispatch from Amsterdam states that Germany will inaugurate in August a trans-Atlantic passenger and freight Zeppelin service. NOT A NEW FEAT, SUBMARINE TRADERS RIDICULED. London, July 11. An Admiralty official, interviewed regarding ihe Dentschland feat, said it was nothing new. Ten British submarines built in Canada crossed the Atlantic last summer. It was known that the Dent sell laud was merely an ordinary submarine with her fighting equipment removed. The idea of submarine traders was ridiculous. The fact that Germany had to crawl undersea was the finest demonstration of the efficiency of the blockade. MORE -'SUPERS" TO COME. Berlin, July 11. The Vossiche Zeitung states that several similar super-submarines are being constructed with the object of restoring commerce with neutrals. New York, July 12. Rio de Janiero learns that a sister ship to the Dentschland is crossing the Atlantic to Brazil. REGARDED AS MERCHANTMAN. Received Julv 12. 5.5 p.m. New York, July 11. Naval and Customs officers, ifter inspection of the Dentschland, have reported to the Government that they inspected all spaces, except those occupied by the cargo, and there was no evidence that she was armoured or can be armed without extensive structural changes. Thev regard the ship as a merchantman. GERMAN COMMERCE-RAIDERS. Amsterdam, July Tl. The Moewc has been overhauled and refitted with heavier guns. Two other commerce-raiders, the Adler and Fuchs, are also awaitng au opportunty to escape. DUTCH LUGGER SUNK. Amsterdam, July 11. U4 sank the Dutch lugger Ceertrodia with twenty shots without warning v ben she was homeward bound after six weeks' fish',- g. The commander declared he thought the lugger was bound for England. TWO GERMAN STEAMERS CAPTURED. Received July 12, 5.25 p.m. Copenhagen, July 11. Russian torpedoers in the Baltic captured two 3erman steamers—the Lissaban (3000 tons) and the Worms (9000 6 , ;