ON THE SEA.
Germans mine gulf of Bothnia. Received Dec. S, 10.55 p.m. London, Dec. 8. German submarines have again interrupted trade to Finland and Sweden, , lavishly mining the Gulf of Bothnia. GREAT DECREASE IN SHIPPING. Received Dec 8, -5.5 p.m. London, Dec. 7. The incoming shipping for November, including Dominions and neutrals, shows a decrease of 1.385,025 tons compared with the previous November. The tonnage for the eleven months decreased by V/i millions and 12% millions compared with 1014 The city editor of the Times comments on the figures which strikingly reveal the gravity ot tiie shipping problem. TAKEN FOR GRANTED. Amsterdam. December 7. Thrre is reliable information that thp Germans state that they intend to nndertal-m the most ruthlpss submarining on January 1. They have already intimated the same to neutral Governments, inviting them to make concessions to Germany in order to obtain comparative immunity. ANTI-WAR RISKS. Time? Service. London, December 7. Anti-war risks were effected on, Wednesday on two British steamers, subject to.a warranty of their arming. MORE VESSELS SUNK. London, December 7. The Danish steamer Nexos and the Spanish steamer Julian Benito were submarined and sunk. A Swedish sailer was set on fire by a German submarine in the North Sea; the crew were saved. GERMAN PREVARICATION OVER THE ARABIA. New York, Dec. 7Germany's reply regarding the Arabia has been issued. It gives extraordinary reasons. The commander, it is said, mistook her for a transport, because she was not painted the right colour, like other <F. and 0. steamers, and was not travelling on the regular route. Several similar steamers had been passed by the submarine on .the same unusual course. Many Chinese and other colored persons were visible on . board the Arabia, corresponding to "workmen and soldiers." The captain of the submarine did not see any ivnmen and children, therefore he concluded the Arabia was a transport, and attacked her without delay.
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 December 1916, Page 5
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