ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 July 1916, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

SUBMARINE TRADERS. A LARGE PROGRAMME. Copenhagen, July 13. Oerman newspapers state that eighty submarine!? of the Deutschland type will be built at Kiel and Bremen, it is expected twelve will be completed in August. 1 New York, July 13. The Bremen is expected to arrive in July. II is said to be larger than the Deutschland. «Jt will be followed by the submarine America. A hydroplane is concealed at the wharf. It is believed that it is to fee used for reconnoitring when the Deutschland dashes to sea. MOPE SUBMARINE WORK. jcrawlbrs and smacks sunk. (Reter Service.) Received July 14, 0.0 p.m. London, July 1". A submarine sank several trawlers anil amacks off Whitby. The rew 3 .vere rescued. BULOW'S BLATANCY. I'AS T OPPORTUNITIES. , PRESENT PROSPECTS. "( t J

lUeeivrd July 14, 9.20 p.m. London, July 14. The llornin? Post's Berne correspondent states tin t a chapter in foreign politico cov-jrcd by Prince von Bulow'a book, Deutsche Polftike, is a frank confession that Ormany adopted a policy of dissimilation towards England until the Oeripan fleet would oe strong enough to justify defiance. Bulow explains that Germany was a new arrival among the "rent Pcw<>rs and was forcing herself into the circle of the old national family by imr surprising excellence, but was regarded as an uninvited and objectionable intruder, nevertheless inspiring fear. "It was essential, while buih'.ijpg u;i <i navy to maintain Germany's continental positon, to avoid a collision -a-ith England. Our fleet had been buiii vitb one eye on English politico. My main efforts in the field of higher politics directed the fulfilment of th : s task "

Prince von Bulow continues: "The Boer war i'«d the last chance for striking a i.lcw at England. That would hare teen applauded oy the German people. The general situation, however, was not. really i'iifnvo<able to England. Furthermore. ha-! (lermany struck then, our reht'ons with England would have been poisoned fov a long time. Even if our intervention t.ad caused her failure in c mith Africa, she would still have been able to,nip in the bud our development of «>a power. By ISI4 we had grown f.o hi® llmt v.v could venture to go to war •with England in high spirits."

COMMERCIAL SUBMARINES. a bt;«ixess venture. Received July 14, 8.25 p.m. New York, July 14. Tt 15 stati.d that- a German-American Company is being formed, with a capital Oi many mill'ons, to build commercial submersibles, with a capacity of 50C0 tons ard costing a quarter of a million pounds each. The New York American says that two American citizens will be carried on the Iteutpchland'g return voyage.

REPORTED NAVAL BATTLE. IS THE BALTIC. (Heuter Service.) Received July 15, 1.15 a.m. London, July 14. It to reported from Stockholm that a ilaval battle was fought north of Gothland on July 12.