SUBMARINE WARFARE.
GERMAN RESERVATIONAMERICA DOUBTFUL. Washington, May 17. The German Ambassador, Count Bernstorff, has handed to Mr. Robert Lansing, American Secretary of State, a communication warning neutral merchantmen that they will incur danger if they turn toward or approach a submarine when signalled. Mr. Lansing has informed Count Bernstorff that the United States will probably refuse to issue to neutrals the warning suggested.
AUSTRIAN COMPLAINT. SINKING WITHOUT WARNING Amstebdam, May 17. Austria has sent a Note to the allies and to neutrals, alleging submarine attacks without warning on the Austrian and Hungarian merchantmen. The Note states that the latest affair of the kind was the sinking of the Drbrovenik on the Dalmatian coast on May 9. BARQUENTINE LOST. Philadelphia, May 17. The Norwegian steamer Falkland, which has arrived here from London, reports that she rescued four of the crew of the French barquentine Bernadotte, which was bound for the Grand Banks of Newfoundland for cod fish. The barquentine was attacked by a German submarine. It is believed that 30 of the crew of the French vessel were drowned.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16233, 19 May 1916, Page 5
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