THE SUBMARINES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17329, 18 November 1916, Page 10

THE SUBMARINES.

THE ARABIA OUTRAGE. BERLIN'S OFFICIAL VERSION. •v Australian and N.Z. Coble AssooioMoa. LONDON, November 16. • " A Berlin official.message says that a German submarine sank, with a tori pcdo on November 6, a hostile transport of 12,000. tons, eighty sea miles West of Malta. 1 v The'British Admiralty states that this pronouncement is an obvious attempt to explain away the outrageous and inhumane act of torpedoing a mail steamer without warning. f The only ship junk in the Mediterranean on Novem- - her 6 was the Arabia,' which was sunk 900 miles east of Malta. SINKING NEUTRALS. GERMANY’S EXPLANATION. «AS A DEFENSIVE MEASURE.” J Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. NEW YORK, November 16, JlSsThe .“ New York Times” Berlin correspondent sends by wireless an interview with the Secretary of State, ,Herr Zimmerman, who said that Germany Was not sinking neutral merchantmen ; per se, but as adefensive _ measure. ? The armament of several British mer- « ohantmen had been used in attack, and therefore armed merchantmen could not be considered as peaceful trade .vessels. Germany was merely seeking to stop contraband shipments for the enemy, ♦nd neutrals had their remedy by discontinuing the carrying of contraband. ” STEAM£RB TORPEDOED. THE LATEST LOSSES. Australian and N.Z. Cable Aasociation. , i (Received November 18, 12.30 a.m.) ■H’ . LONDON, November 17. - - The latest torpedoings include the British steamer Matarazzo (2823 tons), ’the American A. D. Davidson. (1640 tons),’ the Norwegian Lokken (1954 ions), the Greek Stylianiberis (3603 ions), and' Barbaria (2831 tons). 7THE NAVAL WAR. CULF OF FINLAND RAID. a r ' THE GERMAN LOSSES. .. • Reuter'. Telegrams. ' (Received. November 17, 9.40 p.m,) f PETROGRAD. November 16. • i "/.An Admiralty oommunique says: — *“lt 1b estimated that during the raid on the Gulf of Finland, on November IS the Germans lost from six to nine of their largest and most modern torjpedoera. Wreckage confirms this'estimate/^