ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 November 1916, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

GERMAN SUBMARINE PROGRAMME. DISTURBING TO AMERICA, London, Nov. 20. -he Washington correspondent of the Morning Post describes President Wilson as greatly perturbed because Germany is feverishly building super-sub-r:iirines to destroy all food ships without immunity for American vessels. LOSS OF ARABIA. GEM LAN LIES EXPOSE!. London, Nov. 20. A Central News Amsterdam eorrcsymment states that the German Admilalty reaffirms that a submarine sank a transport of 12,000 tons on November 5 in the Mediterranean. Referring to the British Admiralty's statement that the Arabia was the only vessel sunk in the llcditeranean on November (! the Germans declare that two separate eases are concerned. They assert that the Arabia was armed with In centimetre (Gin.) guns and was conveying hundreds of war laborers to France. They state that when the British permitted passengers to travel fjy the Arabia they were imperilling the lives of non-combatants. The Secretary of the British Admiralty to-day comments that no ship but the Arabia was sunk in the :.lediterranea t Passengers by the Arabia assert that when the submarine discharged the tor p.'do the gunners hit the periscope. The submarine dived, rose again, and fired n .sec-; i;d torpedo.