ON THE HIGH SEAS.

Clutha Leader, Volume XLII, Issue 88, 12 May 1916, Page 6

ON THE HIGH SEAS.

NEW SUBMARINE METHODS. •MADRID,' May 8. A German submarine sank the French sailing ship Marie Moliiios. Her commander gave the French crew 15 minutes to take to the boats, and they were picked up 18 hours later. BLACK SEA. GERMAN' SUBMARINE LOST. AMSTERDAM, May 8. It is reported that a German submarine struck a mine and sank at Varna. Many of her crew were saved by a destroyer. ATLANTIC TRAFFIC. RUMOUR OF RAIDERS. WASHINGTON, May 8. The Naval Attache to the British Embassy at Washington is investigating a icport that two German commerce raiders are at large in the Atlantic, off the Azores. The crew of the steamer Venezia, of the Fabric Line, just arrived t'rom Bordeaux, assert that raiders tired shots at their.vessel, but the Venezia escaped. The Attache luis notified Halifax, Nova Scotia, that British cruisers are to make a search. It is believed that two submarines are accompanying the raiders. The British Attache announces that he j is unable to find any trace of any commerce raiders, and he disbelieves the report. CANADA'S NAVY. TWO SUSPECTS CAPTURED. VANCOUVER, May 8. A wireless message from San Diego (California) announces the first enerv lof the Canadian navy into the war. The ' cruiser Rain'bow captured two prizes iu j the Pacific, these being the auxiliary ! schooners Leonore and Oregon. German •, ownership is suspected in each case. THE GERMAN RAID. MR BALFOUR'S COM"MENT. i 1 WARM RECEPTION IN FUTURE. : LONDON, May .10. j Mr Balfour, in a letter on the subject j of the east coast bombardments, points out that the maritime position is so improved that instead of keeping the battle fleets in the North as the strategy of the earlier stages of the war required, it was now possible to bring important forces south, reinforced l>v submarines and monitors, without imperilling the Necessary preponderance elsewhere. Hence another Norfolk raid would be far more perilous for the enemy than in the past. THE BRESLAU SORTIE. A POOR AFFAIR. PETROGRAD, May 10. The Breslau approached Eupatoria flvj ing the Russian flag and fired a few I shells from four miles, then swiftly re- ! tired. Two schools were slightly dam- ■ aged.