ON THE SEAS.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15464, 17 December 1915, Page 7

ON THE SEAS.

THE SUEZ CANAL

THE QUESTION OF STEAMSHIP

ROUTES

V-l't C;il->.—Press Asem-tion.—Coprrisht.) (Received December 17th, 12.*>0 a.m.) LONDON". December IC. Commenting on the statement of the Dutch East Indies Steamship lines thnt they are abandoning the- Suez Canal route for that via the Cai>e of Good Hope, the 'Daily Telegraph" says: —"The Orient Line, the V. and 0. Line, and other well-known lines arc not making the change from the Suez to tile Cane route. There, is no >hortagc of ,-oal now, but it is apparent that the Suez Canal Company might not i.e able shortly to guarantee, the coal supply. •A blow aimed at Egypt might cause the Canal to be put into a state of defence, with inevitable inconvenience to merchant shipping. The Germans boasted that, in the event of war, th«\v would l)lock the Canal and interrupt our communications. Tn view of the conditions that are developing, we trust that, energetic measures have Ix-cn

taken to prevent tlio Canal from bcin™ damaged or used for spying purposes. We must run no risks." AMERICA AND AtSTRIA, AX L-NFAVOI HABLK IMPRESSION. SIGN. ,Bt C»b>.—Pre** A3*ocj*tian—Copyright.) AMSTERDAM. December K>. Advices from Vienna state that the American Note regarding the Anronu has created an unfavourable impression. GERMAN PLOTS IX CANADA. SAX FRANCISCO CONSULATE INVOLVED. OTTAWA. December TV Jn!nm;p< vr>n Koolbergcn lias .sworn an affidavit that lie wn s tho agent in a German pint to destroy the CanadianPacilie railway tunnels and bridges. He gave the plot away to officials o! the railroad, and the Government at Vancouver arranged ;i s'hemo whorobv tlio Germans would be paid !<>r the Ib-titious destruction of tunnels. His statoment implicates P.nron von Hiinrkensen. G. C. Crowley. Margaret ( orbell, and Consul-General Roggall, of tho German Consulate at San Francisco.