THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 May 1917, Page 5

THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

BOMBASTIC GERMAN STATE- - MENT. BRITISH LOSSES MAGNIFIED. Received April 30, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, April 29. Herr Helft'eron stated ,to tie Main Reichstag Committee that the vessels submarined in February and March totalled MOO,OOO tons, whereof 1,000,000 had been British. England's defensive measures and America's assistance liad been too late. SUBMARINE BAMMED. Lpndon, April 29. A Channel ferry steamer, carrying hundreds of troops, with her destroyer escort, encountered a submarine five miles from Havre. The submarine fired and missed the steamer, which went full speed and struck and sank the submarine. MOTHER COUNTRY, TaQUEJjE IN TEXTILE INDUSTRY. 1 London, April 29. The National Association of the Woollen and Textile Trade has decided to demand 65 per cent, advance on pre-war wages. Two hundred thousand workers are affected. • REDUCED FOOD CAMPAIGN. N London, April 29. There are great efforts throughout the country to wake tho public to the urgency of a reduction in food consumption. The Glasgow Corporation in utilising special tram-cars from which orators declaim throughout the city and suburbs. Liverpool is establishing co-operative kitchens. • The Archbishop of Canterbury has authorised special prayers for blessings on the crops and. the protection of merchantmen, moderation „ in eating and drinking. Meanwhile there are strong clamor? for the fullest details o(, the submarine sinkings. The newspapers denounce the Admiralty returns, as insufficient and misleading, and disappointment is expressed at the antisubmarine measures. BUN MURDERERS. ' London, April -20. A lady residing in the Midlands sent a plum caJce to her cousin, a prisoner > n Germany. He having been removed to another camp, the cake was then l'eturned to the consignor, who, finding it stale, gave it to 40 fowls. The latter died, having been poisoned. CARGO BOAT BUILDING URGED. London, April 29. Lord Bereaford, in an article in the Sunday Times, urges that the building of cargo boats should take preference over everything. Let the people know all the facts concerning submarining, and the old traditional grit will becomo apparent. The greater the danger the grimmer the determination to beat it. If the public is placed in possession of the facts they will lay themselves out 'to ensure victory. RACING FIXTURES CANCELLED. Received April 3<\, 5.5 p.m. London, April 29. The Jockey Club Iras cancelled all fixtures after the first spring meeting, in order to economise grain. THREATENED STRIKE OF ARSENAL CLERKS. 'i (Received April 30, 10.25 p.m. London, April 30. o"cr a thousand clerks at the Royal arsenal and dockyard at Woolwich will strike to-day unless they are granted ft three shillingc weekly advance.