ON THE SEAS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 263, 23 October 1916, Page 5

ON THE SEAS.

GERMAN CRUISER TORPEDOED (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASBN.I London, Oct. 21. The High Commissioner reports: A British submarine torpedoed a German, light cruiser of the Kolberg

class (4280 tons) on Thursday. _ The latter vanished homeward in evident difficulties. MORE STEAMERS SUNK. [REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.] (Received 23, 9.25 a.m.) Stockholm, Oct. 22. The Swedish steamer Algseld has been sunk. Eight perished. Several Norwegian steamers have been sunk. EXCLUDED FROM NORWEGIAN WATERS. GERMANY’S PROTEST. 'AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE AS.".I Amsterdam, Oct. 21. A German official message states that Germany is energetically protesting to Norwajr against the exclusion of war submarines from Norwegian waters, which is directed only against Germany and is therefore not neutral. STIRRING STORIES OF JUTLAND. BRITISH DESTROYERS IN DIFFICULTIES. [AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLB ASSN,] (Received 23, 9.45 a.m.) London, Oct. 22. Sir Rudyard Kipling, in an article, describes the destroyers’ night attack in the battle of Jutland, particularly the adventures of the socalled Eblis. After torpedoing and sinking a German battleship,- she suddenly found herself under the noses of two enemy cruisers. The nearer one altered her course to ram the Eblis which also altered her course to avoid the cruiser and the two ships rammed each other. The cruiser left twenty feet of her side plates on the Eblis’ forecastle. The Eblis was terribly damaged above and below waten The bridge was demolished, pinning down the commander.

The same cruiser fired large shells into the Eblis and several fires were started. An enemy battle cruiser then tried to ram the Eblis and came ac her at full speed, grazing her stern.

The Eblis’ commander not expecting to outlive the attack threw overboard the secret books. But he controlled the fire outbreaks, and secured steam from three boilers, and his officers steered from the engineroom, the course being directed by improvised signalling from the deck. By constant pumping he managed to reach port thirty-six hours after being rammed. Sir Rudyard Kipling also records an incident in which three British destroyers were concerned. A large enemy ship fired a panicky salvo at the first destroyer, rendering her unmanageable, and swerving from side to side she caused the second destroyer coming up to ram her under the bridge. While they were locked together the third destroyer rammed the second, cutting off her stem.

THE U BOATS. TRIPPERS UNDISMAYED. ( .Australian >m> n.z cable assn.j (.Received 23. li'.W a.m.) Nev.- York, Oct. 22. Despite the ‘■ubniarine menace five liners, with 1171 passengers, including 226 Americans, departed for Europe on Saturday. HOLLAND UNAPPEASED. REPRISALS CONSIDERED NECESSARY. [M*mUUB AND N.Z. MBU UBN. I (Received 23. 9.45 a.m.) Hague, Oct. 22. The public continue to be agitated about the torpedoing of the Blommersdyk, the Tubantia and the Palembang, because Germany has not promised to punish the submarine commanders. The union of neutral countries considers reprisals are necessary if Germany refus”s.