LOSS OF ELEVEN SUBMARINES REPORTED.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 62, 13 March 1915, Page 5

LOSS OF ELEVEN SUBMARINES REPORTED.

GERMANS ADMIT SINKING OF FOUR. G3VEN OTHERS' MXSSIKG FOR THREE WEEKS. (Received 10.50 a.m.) LO2CDOX, March 12. The '"Daily Hail" states that according to advices from Copenhagen it is reported in German naval circles that eleven submarines have been lost since the "blockade"' began on February 18. The loss of four of the underwater fleet is officially admitted, while seven have been missing for periods ranging up to three weeks. SUBMARINE AND DECOY SHIP OFF FISHGUARD. ATTEMPT TO TRAP PASSENGER BOAT FAILS. (Received 11.10 a.m.) LONDON, March 12. The passenger boat Great Southern, from Rossdale to Fishguard, noticed a tw»-funnelled steamer endeavouring to head her off. The steamer then /lew signals of distress, and meanwhile a German submarine appeared. The Great Southern escaped at high speed, and the decoy steamer sailed away. TREATING CAPTURED CREWS AS PIRATES. REPRISALS DEMANDED BY GERMANY. LONDON, March 12. An Amsterdam telegram says that the Budget Committee of the Keichstag generally admits that the sharpest reprisals are necessary if the statement as to the British treatment of submarine crew-, is correct. Berlin newspapers are angry at the treatment of the crews of captured submarines, who are not treated as honourable prisoners of war. and they demand reprisals. A number of vessels report that they evaded hostile submarines on various parts of the British coast.