DEALING WITH SUBMARINES.

Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 92, 16 October 1915, Page 12

DEALING WITH SUBMARINES.

» - A letter from a military cadet in England, -written to his father, who happened to receive the letter in Bellingen, New South Wales, contains the following interesting items, says the Bellingen Courier : — "Father ■ learnt from one of his brothers the other day that during the past three months or so tlie British have captured 18 German submarines, all of the big modern type. ." The periscopes of the enemy submarines are rendered useless, and they have to come to the surface to ccc where they are. British torpedo boats in waiting deal with them. It will interest you, perhaps, to learn where these German submarines have been getting their supplies of petrol and other necessaries. About a month ago seven fishermen were shot at Kineale for supplying German submarines with petrol and oil. Many more have been dealt with on tHe east coast of England for doing the same sort of thing. In particular was Captain He had been supplying petrol and oil to German submarines for a long time, but his mechanic became suspicious of him, and reported his suspicions to the war authorities. One day he made the mistake of signalling to a British submarine. Ho was shot at Dover There is reason to suppose he had something to do with the blowing up of the British warships and Father is sure abut the supplying of oil and petrol, but not about the blowing up of the ships."