SUBMARINE PIRACY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 17 July 1915, Page 5

SUBMARINE PIRACY

GERMAN STEAMER SUJ&VIAORINED

vv yOHB.BSTTANIA, 'Julyrl6. ' The "Germait? steamer Friedrichup was, sunk neaTrßodo. 'lt is reported that she was submarined.

FRENCH TRAWLER MINED. {Rec. July 17, 8;50 a.3ri.) : '' _J ' v' PARIS, jiily 16.. The French • trawler Nieuport Ijas Been mined off Calais; the crew was/drowned. To 'gelt a' true perspectiver pf event® of this war one -has", &t> compare them %ith parallel' cases. Many people believe that Germany's submarine and: mine blockade is a more .serieus tiling than ifc really is-. In 1813 Eriglaripj ,-was at war with France and*' America," anil in. seven: _ months. of that year American:, warships and privateers alone* captured 500 British snips—an average of vessels a day • arid in three years the average was maintained, and :25Q0: vessels were captured. The American edir tion of tlio• '.'World's ."Work" .for June gives statistics that show from February 18 to May 7, 1915, or 78 days, there was a total-loss of 90 ships destroyed trading to Britain, or an average of 1-6 per jthah< oiie-halflof the average 100 years age) at the hands of America. As "England ihas. 13,058 ..vessels engaged in lier trade^.'it will take German, at the present, Tatgf 30 years 10 months and; 7 ■aayie to "destroy fleet i fshe can, without touching ouir iiewlybuilt ships in replacement. Dreadful, as the "wanton .and reckless loss of life andi destruction of non-combatant ships anay be, it is but a poor result fof the Ger-man-policy, as compared to the British losses 100- years ago in open naval com-bat-with France and America.