ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 April 1918, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

INTER-ALLIED NAVAL COUNCIL

jARRIVES AT IMPORTANT DECISIONS

Received April 20, 7.30 p.m.

Paris, April 28. The Inter-Allied Naval Council arrived at important decisions to ensure close] collaboration and intensification of nava adtion.

The Council passed a resolution expressing admiration of British coolness audacity and splendid courage at Zeebrugge.

SUPER-SUBMARINES,

ALLEGED GREAT CRUISING RADII US

Received April 29, 5.5 p.m.

New York, April 2S. The New York Times' Washington correspondent says that .information has been received that Germany has completed six super-submarines, 'of 1500 tons capacity, each with a cruising radius of 10,000 miles. Six more are building.

ATTACKS ON HOSPITAL SHIPS.

A GERMAN LIE EXPOSED

Received April 29, 7.30 p.m.

London, April 28. Admiralty official: Enquiry shows conclusively that the Guildford Castle, mentioned on March 14, was struck by a torpedo. Of the two torpedoes discharged the first missed, and the second hit, but happily did not explode. The Admiralty quotes a German wireless official report of April 24, wherein in the course of challenging the British figures in regard to shipping losses, it says: "These ignore the hospital ships and other shipping space which were particularly exposed to attack by the Üboats."

(On March 14 the Admiralty reported tlmt the hospital ship Guildford Castle homeward bound, was unsuccessfully attacked by a submarine at the entrance to the Bristol Channel on the evening of [March 10, while flying the Red Cross | flags und with all the hospital lights on.]