THE ATLANTIC RAIDER.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 January 1917, Page 5

THE ATLANTIC RAIDER.

IMPRISONMENT OP AMERICAN'S. CAUSES INTENSE INDIGNATION. Washington, Jan. 21. It is stated that Mr. Gerard is forwarding to the State Department :t German official statement upon the detention ns prisoners of neutral sailors .11 armed merchantmen. The contents of the statement ore unknown. United States officials contend that Americans do not forfeit their rights bv working on defensively armed ship?. The officials are preparing data for President Wilson on the question of the legality or otherwise of the transforming of merchantmen into raiders on the high seas. The State Department's advices from Rio do Janeiro and elsewhere account for seventeen vessels captured or destroyed. It is reported from Buenos Ayres that the raider oarrbs three diminutive submarines of a new type for wonting' purposes. The United States Government protests against the imprisoning of Americans mi the Yarrow-dale, and demands their release. The incident has caused wide indignation. The Germans protest at the publication by the State Department of raider information, on the ground that it reaches the Entente Allies. OTHER RAIDERS REPORTED. London, .Tan, 21. The British authorities at Rio de Janeiro have issued a warning that the St. Theodore, armed by the Germans, is now scouting in the shipping lane?. It is believed in New York that there is a second raider in the South Atlantic. One is also reported in the Gulf of Mexico. THE RAIDER'S EQUIPMENT. Pernambuco, Jan, 21. The captain of (he Netherby Hall, interviewed, said lie sent out the S.O.S. signal, hut a shot across the vessel's bows compelled him to cease. The raider was equipped with sever?! machine-guns besides cannon. The raider's speed was 22 knots. Tim en-gine-room workers were whipped like unimalp. Indians who have landed describe the raider as armed <ith twelve guns and four torpedo tubes. SUBMARINE TIRATES LOOT SHIPS' STORES. , (Times .Service.) " Received Jan. 22, 0.30 p.m. Copenhagen, Jan. 21. The crews of the submarined vessels state that German submarines systematically take possession of ships' food and stores. THE PORT NICHOLSON MINED. London, Jan. 21. It transpires that the Port Nicholson struck a mine in the English Channel. A DRIFTING MINE-FIELD. Copenhagen, Jan. 21. Swedish torpedo boats discovered a drifting mine-field north of Kalmar. Many mines exploded on the_eoast of Ilornholm, .Denmark, damaging houses. It is believed that storms have displaced part of the German mine-Holds mouth of the Baltic. DUTCH MAIL STEAMER CAPTURED. Amsterdam, .Tan. 21. A German torpedo boat brought to Zeebrugge the Dutch nihil stcam«r I'rinz Jlenrlrie. The German vessel Urusla Fischer, flying the German flag, entered Flushing iiarbor, and ascended the Scheldt towards Antwerp. A Dutch warship brought her back to Flushing, where she is guarded. ADDITIONAL SUBMARININGS. a London, Jan. 21. Lloyds report the sinking of the Nailsea Court (3295 tons), British; Farahyba (2537 tons), Spanish; and the Asp and Harietta di Gareto, small Norwegian vessels,