SUBMARINE BLOCKADE
BITTER TONE IN NORWEGIAN PRESS. " LONDON, May 8. The Norwegian Press is bitter -in tone regarding the torpedoing of neutral vessels. The paper says:—"lt is poor satisfaction for a fleet whose ambition is mastery of the seas. Neutrals can only look to the British fleet for safety. The High. Commissioner reports:— London, May 8, 2.35 p.m. The Admiralty reports that 1604 xessels, of an aggregate tonnage of over • 300,000, arrived at and sailed from British ports during the week ended May 5. There were .sunk by submarines five, _ of a gross tonnage of 11,488. One fishing vessel was.mined and 16 sunk or captured, of a gross tonnage of 3011.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 10 May 1915, Page 6
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