Hunting the Pirates

Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4476, 17 February 1917, Page 5

Hunting the Pirates

Allies’ Methods Against the Submarines. . ) ■ New Wafer Grenades. _ British Make Extensive Captures. Patrol Beats’ Great Work. (United Press Association —Copyright.)

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) PARIS, February 15. M. Raymond Lestonnat, writing in L’lllustration, states that the British Have captured an important number of small submarines in the north.

sel was torpedoed. They were picked up by the sailer Endora, which was also torpedoed. They again went into the boats and drifted for five days. A boat containing tlie Azul’s chief officer and 14 men parted company the first night, and is missing. The men were presumably drowned.

Big trawlers drag the bottom of the sea. Destroyers and 1 patrol boats have been using a powerful grenade, which explodes at a pre-arranged "depth, and works automatically by contact of the water with a fuse. The grenade has an explosive area of 25 yards, and is sufficient to twist the hull and plates of a submarine. The patrol boats endeavor to get above the submarine- and then throw out grenades. When a stain of oil appears on the surface there is good reason to believe the submarine has been sunk, but the captains of the patrol boats never claim to have sunk a vessel unless they have definite proof. As showing the heroism of the mercantile marine, survivors of the Vedamore, who had a fearful experience, exposed to the bitterest weather for ten hours, immediately re-engaged to go to sea. There are similar happenings daily. Admiral Sir J. R- Jellicoe, in aspeech in the city, alluded to the Imperial Navy, including men from the overseas dominions, also men of the mercantile marine. No word of" gratitude to them was too great. The Navy represented all the world's seas. The Grand Fleet cherishes a hope that some day it will meet the enemy fleet when it comes out. The mercantile marine had little opportunity to fight an invisible enemy. Regarding the submarine campaign he said: “We can only say that people can help the Navy by the strictest economy of consumption and the greatest output of production.”

THE KAISER’S HOPES. MESSAGE TO HIS NAVY. DEPENDING ON THE SUBMARINES.

(Reuter’s Telegram. ) (Received Feb. 16, 8.10 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, Feb. 16. A. Berlin official message reports that the Kaiser, in an order to the Navy, says: “In the impending decision by battle the tank faces the Navy, of turning the English war Method of starvation, with which our most hated and most obstinate enemy intends to overthrow the German people, against himself and his Allies by combatting their sea traffic with all means in our power. Herein the submarine will stand first.” He expresses confidence that “the enemy’s designs will be broken.”

THE YARROWDALE PRISONERS. PEREMPTORY AMERICAN DEMANDS. , WILL *E PRESENTED TO-DAY.

'.Reuter'r Telegram.) (Received Feb. 17, 1 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. The United .States’ formal protest against the detention of the Yarrowdale sailors will be forwarded to Berlin to-morrow through -lie Spanish Embassy, and will take the form of a peremptory demand. Berlin will be informed that no German crews are held in America.

GERMANY’S LAST THROW, STAKES'HER ALL ON THE SUBMARINES. THE SPECTRE OF FAMINE IN H UNLAND.

A break with Austria is regarded as only a matter of time. Danish and Scandinavian steamers announce that they are resuming departures. President Wilson has received a message froth Colombia that she will maintain neutrality and hopes that war between America and Germany will be averted.

Australian and N.Z, Cable Assn. NEW YORK, February 15. The United Press’ Berlin correspon. dent, now at Berne, states that Germany is staking all on the assumption that the submarines will be able to paralyse the Entente’s war industriesThey do not believe America will be able to help the Allies much because she is isolated. Germany intends to send submarines into American waters. Food conditions in Germany are steadily growing worse. There are thousands of requests from departing Americans for food.

CHINA’S DETERMINATION. FIRM TONE WITH GERMANY. STANDS FOR. HUMANITY AND JUSTICE. (Australian and N.Z. dablo Assn.) (Received Feb. 16. 6 p.m.) PARIS. Feb. 16. The Chinese Minister, in an interview, said the Chinese Note to Germany faithfully represents Chinese sentiment, which endorses President Wilson’s Note. For reasons of humanity and justice, if the Note tails to secure the desired effect, China will not hesitate to break off relations. .

There is endless “graft” in Berlin. Food cards are stolen. The Magistrates’ friends get extra cards. Food dealers interchange wares. ,-Tlie police are powerless because influential people are the biggest offenders. • The recent cold froze and spoiled a large supply of food. .. There, is the greatest difficulty m transportation, which is used, up for army purposes. Thousands of schools, business houses, and apartments have been closed. . , . Meanwhile General Hindenburg . is coldly calculating on the possibilities of a military victory before it is necessary to again face tlie Socialists and other peace agitators. The Daily .Telegraph’s Copenhagen correspondent says that Germany realises that the whole humanitarian world js against submarining. Dr von Bethmann-HoUweg and Herr Zimmerman favor an amelioration of submarine warfare and the resumption of relations with America. The Tirpitz party are rapidly losing power and'it may be taken as a certainty that Germany will not deliberately provoke war. The Daily Telegraph states that Austro-Hungary is making efforts to avoid a rupture with America, hoping that she will be the means of peace have dwindled of the success of submarining. The people nave reached a dull, sullen conviction that something must be done to end the "count Bernstorff, in an interview «aid that the neutrality of the United States was dictated by a- tradesman s sympathies with where he does business They shipped goods to the Allies because they have the command of Se sea. “If the conditions were reversed tliev would have shipped them to us. I 'have had my play m politics and enjoyed myself. I have no ulans for the future hut may return & America to attend th e peace confeitnisestated that the British AdmirSS Sf neXai

japan was formerly opposed to China’s entry into the war, but is now willing to acquiesce in a rupture with Germany. The rupture will render void the payment to Germany of the Boxer indemnity and railway loans and eliminate the financial root which might re-open intrigue.

THREE PARTS PRETENCE. HOLLAND’S VIEW OF POLICY. LONDON, Feb. 8. Well-informed Dutchmen regard Germany’s policy as three-quarters bluff, dictated by her domestic situation. It is believed that the wisest Germans regard the step as a gigantic and irreparable blunder. The correspondent of The Times at Berne states that the' Swiss Government and people are aghast at the German blockade, which will seriously affect trade. Irritation has also been caused by Germany’s failure to fulfil her pledges to supply fuel and her deliberately insulting methods or forcing the closure of the frontieis to imports. Switzerhind, desires bined neutral action, in vibw of Germany’s ultimatum to the civiiisec world. Cordiality towards the Entente has ((been increased by Germany’s arrogance. ' , Mr Jeffries, correspondent of the Daily Mail at -Athens, says that the Athenian press is dismayed at tut German measures. , The Neon Asty states that the phantom of misery and hunger is before the people of Europe. The Athenas believes that the Herman objective is to drive neutrals to demand peace. ', . A Buenos Aires .message states that the attitude of the Argentum remains impersonal, though a section of Congress is working for the seizine of German steamers. T , The Madrid correspondent oi Hie Times cables that The German Note was a stunning and unexpected bl • The whole of Spam realises/that it is confronted by the gravest smce the war began. Ministerial oigans describe the Note as an attempt to blackmail neutrals into many by securing a favoiable peace, but there is no suggestiono'depataire from neutrality. The reactionary and Germanic papers endeavoi to belittle ruthless suWarminT but shipping is paralysed, while half a million ing reports that Germany is willing S purchase the' Spanish, orange crop amf establish fruit tries, and'also to sell interned Her man steamers to', Spain. , _

SINKING OF THE LYMAN LAW. ;

CART AIN COMMUNICATES WITH CONSUL.

Australian and N.Z. Cable As s n. (Received The captain of the Lyman Law lias wired to the American Consul. Dm commander refused to say the submarine which sunk his fs p was German or Austrian. One* of his crew i declared that it was Austmn The American (Consul states that an Austrian submarine sank the Lyma Law. This/increases the tension be tween America and Austria, pio i & that Austria is working in co-opeiac-tion with Germany in the submanne policy . •

TWICE TORPEDOED. SURVIVORS OF THE AZUL. A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. The Times. (Received Feb. 16, 6.10 p.m.) ■ LONDON, Feb. 16. A boatload of survivors of the Azul has been landed. They report" that they took to the boats after the "ves-