ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1916, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

A SUBMARINE SUNK. Received Dec. 22, 11.15 p.m. Paris, Dec. 22. R Is rtported jhat torpedoes sunk subnjarine U46, which sunk several vessels off St. Nazaire. ~ r MORE SUBMARI\TNGS , Received Dec. 22, 10.15 p.m. London, Dec. 22. The sinkings include the British ships Bayhalla and Liverpool, the Danish Chaeseemaersk and Serda, whilst -lie America*. Kansan struck -, jihir, the forepart being badly damaged. "~ ' A BELATED CLAIM. London, Dec. 21. 'A lerman official message claims that they, torpedoed the French battleihip Suffren mentioned as missing on December 8, fifty miles north-west of Lisbon, on November 26. LATEST VICTIMS. London, Dec. 21. o-day's submarinings are:—Blairba.ll,' 2540 tons; Japanese, TaKimaru, 3208 tons; and the Norwegian, Prima. J233 tons. A DJJ3ASTROUS COLLISION. Paris, Oec. 21. The armored cruiser Ernest Renan collided with and cut in two an Italian steamer Of the passengers, 115 were picked up, and fifteen perished. ARMED MERCHANTMEN. Amsterdam, Dec. 21. The £aglische Rundschau, referring to Captain Blaikie, of the Caledonia, said that the Government had finally decided that England's armed commercial passenger steamers are men-of-war. end the promise given to America that before torpedoing theße vessels chey jmst be (topped falls to the ground. In the House of Commons, Sir Edward Carson, referring to the reply to Germany regarding Captain Blailae, . declared that** Britain had not admitted the distinction between the rights of unarmed merchantmen and those deiensively armed. Doubtless Germany aimed at contusing the offensive and defensive, Beting with the object of inducing neutrals to treat defensively armtd vessels .as warships. Our position was that merchantmen enjoyed .he immemorial right to defend themselves from attack, visit or search by the enemy iy any means. It is believed that all neutrals accepted this view, which, moreover, is embodied in German prize regulations. He assured the House that continuous attention would be paid to protectively arming merchantmen.