ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 June 1918, Page 5

ON THE SEA.

anti-submarine success. STATEMENT BY SIB E GEDDES. iiMTfTTTTTIA WILL COPE WEEB MENACE. Bmmd Aim 11, &S pjn. London, June 10. laUrriewed, Sir Erie Geddes (First l4td of the Admiralty) said that the mowMfnl nampaign against U-boats in finropyan water* had forced the Germs* farther afield. Then was no doubt we wee linking U-boats faster ftii the German* were building than America will be able to cope with the whnutnnea along her shores- , Sir Ene Geddes did not believe that the U-boats wwe of a giant type It "was mora likely they were of the armed IteotacUand type There might possibly be fuel depots tfc ftwUi America but not bases, which tadnda repair docks.

BOYCOTTING THE HUNS. fUBKE BAITfIRS CD-QPERATE. Bseehrsd Jtms 11, 845 p-m A- Pans, Jans 10. In reply to the appeai ». Air HaveSoek WUson, ILP secretary of the Brittab Seamen's Union, the secretary of the Awl 9aiiorr Union pledges 200/100 personnel of the French mercantile marine to follow the lead of their British oofleagnei in boycotting German ship* and trade after the war. IDANBPORT FIGHTS SUBMARINE. A MOIOTR-BOAT SEEK. Beamed J«m 11, 830 pjn. New York June 10. An hi norm Tig steamer reports that she saw a transport engaging a U-boat. The transport And several shots, bat the matt is not known Iks crew of tie Pinar del Bio assert that the U-boat was accompanied by a Mtfcsr ship, aboot a 8000-toiuier, paintad grey, -Press Assoc. MOBS VICTIMS OF RAH) OFF AMERICA Received Jane 11 9JO pjn. New York, June 10. Ike survivors of the Knar del Rio saw the U-boat sink another schooner soon after the torpedoing of the Pinar del Bi*. It is reported that a vessel laden with sogar was torpedoed and sunk off Virginia Cape.—Press Assoc. SUBMARINED CREW P.ESCUED. New York, June 10. Tie captain of the Pinar del Rio and 16 member* of the crew have been landed. Thev had been picked up by a steamer.—Aus. N.Z CaMe Assoc.