ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 January 1917, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

THREE VESSELS SUNK. | THIRTEEN MEN MISSING. Received Jan. 16, 9.15 p.m. London, Jan. IC. The British steamers Brookwood and Martin and the Swedish steamer Norwa have been Bunk. Thirteen of the Brookwood's crew are missing. FURTHER VICTIMS. London, Jan. 10. The Norwegian vessel Graafjcld has tiecn sunk by a mine. Eight men were lost. The British vessel Brookwood and the* Norwegian vessel Tholma have been sunk. GERMAN'S WARNED. I London, Jan. 10. i While many naval writers in Germany seeking to lull the hunger revolt by J inspired statements that British mevufcanim&i will be swept from the seas in the spring, Captain Persius, in the Berliner- Tugeblatt, sounds a note of warning. He says that the more serious the submarine war becomes, the greater difficulties must be faced. The enemy merchantmen will be more strongly armed, and the skill of the captains in repelling attacks will increase. The number of enemy instruments for the destruction of submarines will also become greater. It is a sin against the people to say that we can starve England by a turn of the hand. We cherish the expectation that the enemy will not be able to adapt themselves to the intensification of the economic war, but the future conceals who will hold out longest.