THE NAVAL WAR

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17311, 28 October 1916, Page 9

THE NAVAL WAR

MINE-SWEEPER LOST. .MANY MEN PERISH. ■ ■ ■' ii< The High Commissioner ' reports t-»i LONDON, October 28. The Admiralty report:—On Monday a mine-sweeper waß suhmarined. All the officers and seventy-three men were lost. ' •■ ■ ■ ""•''" ' 5 " ■■'! Eeutor/e Telegrams. s,(Received October 28, 1.40 a,mf]r LONDON, October 27. An official announcement says: •'.!.' The enemy submarines torpedoed and; sank the mine sweeper Ganista. All' the officers and seventy-three men wero lost. Twelve men were saved. WJiQit last seen the ship was sinking, but was still engaged with the enemy submarine. , . _ ■ .■■■■■■ , '_ . .1W ■."■.: THE SUBMARINES. J CAMPAIGN IN AMERICAN WATERS. QUESTION IN HOUSE OF LORDS. (Received October 27, 5.20 p.m.) -V LONDON, October '26.^;;; Lord Sydenham in the House Of ■ Lords raised the question of USS's. der predations, and asked whether they were in conformity with Germany's pledge. ,1 Lord Beresford said that he alw&y* thought the German Government wanted to involve America in the. war to -; enable the Germans to say that they I could not fight the whole world, and' also because America would be of,con-" siderable assistance in a peace confer- ! enee. It was a. serious statement to make, but he maintained that Ame-■ rica was aiding and abetting the shame- ' ful, wholesale torpedoings at sight, en- ' dangering lives. The torpedoing of | merchantmen was-becoming more serious. Britain should take notice of it, -■ Viscount Grey replied: "We have no undertaking, with America as to what _.- information "she. has or , what she should: do with it when she has obtained it. We oan only get information from the • officers of sunken merchantmen.'' The Government could not answer Lord Sydenham until it possessed all the 3 facts. He understood that the Arneri- ; can and German Governments were dis- , oussing the subject, and it was therefore inadvisable ;to, raise the matter in > the House. He. especially deprecated a-j discussion of the American policy. "