THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 July 1917, Page 5

THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

A SUBMARINE DESTROYED. Paris, July 27. A German submarine grounded west of Calais. The crew landed and were taken prisoner after setting Are to the vessel, the petrol tanks having been previously opened.

BEPJSSFORD'S USUAL PESSIMISM. (Times)'. London, July 27. on the House of Lords Lord Beresford said' the British, Allied, and neutral shipping losses were four, million tons to January, 1917, and another four millions bad since been lost. The present rate of sinking was equivalent to eight million tons annually. In the first year of tihc iwar ship-building went down terrifically, and we had nowhere near begun to make up the deficiency. He estimated our replacement capacity at four million tons annually, and forecasted a great shortage in April, 1918.

MENACE DIMINISHING. Washington July 27. A United Press dispatch from Paris quotes Mr. Lloyd George as stating that England is building four million tons of shipping in the coming year and that the U-boat menace is diminishing. ARMING OF MERCHANTMEN. Received July 29, 5.5 p.m. London, July 29. Dr. T. J. Macnamara (Secretary to tlie Admiralty) states that over 3000 British, merchantmen are now armed, and that many others arc being armed every week.

DUTCH SHIPS DESTROYED. Received July 29, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, July 27. A German submarine sank the Dutch tug Costzee and a lighter. The crews have landed.

NORWEGIAN VESSELS SUNK. Received July 29, 5.5 p.m. Copenhagen, July 28. The Norwegian steamer Thorsdal and the sailer Vaarbud have been submarined and sunk, it is believed in the Arctic Sea. Twenty of the Thorsdal's crew and all of the Vaarbud's crew have been saved.