AMERICAN VESSELS TO BE SUNK.
'A CONTRADICTORY REPORT. London, Feb. 14. A German semi-official message gays that if the American ships Rochester, Orleans, and St. Louis are encountered in the prohibited zone, they will be sunk mercilessly. Amsterdam, Fob. 14. A telegram from Berlin states that a notice has been issued that all goods and correspondence handed in for transmission b'y the commercial submarines to America will be returned, and the freightage refunded. It is also announced that the submarines have been ordered to spare the St. Louis, but it is feared the radiogram will not reach all the submarines. ARMING OF MERCHANTMEN. REPLACING THE LOSSES. 1 London, Feb. 14. Lord Curzon, in liis speech in the 'Mouse of Lords, said that the proportion of armed ships which had escaped submarines was three to one compared with unarmed. The number of merchantmen now armed was 40 to 50 per cent, greater than the number armed at the beginning of December. Seventyfive per cent, of the merchantmen were engaged in the naval and military service. The Government was proceeding in the direction of almost universal requisition of the new standard ships being built. As Lord Beresford advocated half a million tons carrying .capacity had been added by deolv loading. JOINT SCANDINAVIAN PROTEST. Received Feb. l'o, SAG p.m. Copenhagen, Feb. 14 A joint Scandinavian protest regarding submarining points out that it is contrary to international law, especially as it) apparently applies even to ships voyaging between neutral ports. The [protest also makes all reservations rejgarding loss of life or damage resulting t from the submarinings. - ..j
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 February 1917, Page 5
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264AMERICAN VESSELS TO BE SUNK. Taranaki Daily News, 16 February 1917, Page 5
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