ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 January 1917, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

MORE ABOUT THE RAIDER, FURTHER LOSSES' FEARED. Xov.' \'orh. Jan. I l *. T>;=pnl' lip.-= from Buenos Ayros and Kin 'li Janciri fear that the British steamer Waiirnl Lai.onche' Fi-ivlHc, v.-!iif-!i i■.•;''. Pernamhnro in January, have been eaph red b\ the raider. It is reporlvj .lint the raider left Kiel I'iidrr the Danish flag, ballasted with hen. '-be hid a crew of 2.V). nnd four r-fneer*. Tim -jreatest nrccaulinns wen' taken (hat prisomys. should mif Ir'.ni her secrets. They were confined hrhvv ■leeks, nnd .suffered sever'.- hardships, hav- !''.- lilM,. food The identity of the raider has not been '''closed. Survivors say she is either tin l Yineta or of the Mucwe type. It is reported that several Japanese '.iflcers on board the Hw'snn Mam w. ■;■" shot for resisting. The Hudson Mum v. as captured on 'January 12. Crow fiom other vhips weiv pnt on board v.\vh a German prize crew, which took it to Pernambiieo. uyins * !! c German flag. EKITISn OFFICIAL OriKION New York. -lan. IS. There is a widespread hclrf that s'lbliiarines ere .-ineratinp: with the rnid.r BriH-h nliir-ie.l oninion is thnt one ruder is fitted with puns en deck and that the toipcdo-tubes and guns are concealed hy dummy bulwarks ""with fast patrol boats for searching. The reports of iosof life are not confirmed. It is stated that several Americiris were on board tho Ceorgic and other ships. The number of vcs-sels sunk or captured i.s still inddin ttz.