SUBMARINES AND SHIPPING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17326, 28 May 1918, Page 5

SUBMARINES AND SHIPPING

NO SURVIVORS. CRUISER SUBMARINE SUNK. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association and Router. LONDON, May 26. The Admiralty reports: Our Atlantic escort submarines report that on May 11, in the latitude of Capo St. Vincent (southwest of Portugal), they 6ank ft German ' submarine of the so-called cruiser type. ' There were no survivors. Another enemy submarine was also destroyed. ' The Admiralty has decided to depart from its rule of not announcing the de- ' struction of individual enemy submarines. ; BRITISH WATERS UNHEALTHY. 1 U BOATS SEEK MORE DISTANT FIELDS. THE ADMIRALTY PREPARED. Router's Telegrams. LONDON, May 26. (Received May 27, at 7.15 p.m.) In connection "with the sinking of the German submarine cruiser, the naval correspondent of Lloyd's Weekly says that in view of the unheal tkiness of British waters for enemy submarines the Germans have concentrated their efforts on more distant lines of communication. Submarines may now be expected to appear in the neighbourhood of Gibraltar the coast of Spain, and the South Atlantic. The sinking of the submarine cruiser shows that the Admiralty is prepared for this development. CHEERING FRENCH STATEMENT. SUBMARINES STEADILY DECREASING. SHIPBUILDING INCREASING. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. PARIS, May 26. (Received May 27, at 7.45 p.m.) The Minister of Marine told the Parliamentary Army and Navy Committees that during April Great Britain and America had built 40,000 tons • more shipping than had been sunk by submarines. The number of submarines destroyed was increasing monthly. The total for May promised to exceed that for April, which was a record. TRANSPORT RAMS A U BOAT. NEW YORK, May 23. A loaded American transport going to France rammed a submarine while steaming at 25 knots an hour. Eighteen of the U boat's crew were saved. DAMAiGED SUBMARINES. SPANISH PATROL ACTIVITY. MADRID, May 26. The German submarine U65 has entered Santander (Bay of Biscay port) in a damaged 1 condition. The simultaneous arrival of two submarines in Spanish ports is regarded as proof of the activity of the Spanish patrols, also that the high seas are becoming more dangerous for submarines. German submarines have sunk 67 Spanish ships, aggregating 152,000 tone, killing 52 Spaniards. These figures have created widespread indignation. Some of the crew of U65 are wounded, and the vessel's motors are badly damaged. U4B, which was interned at Ferrol (north-west coast of Spain) in March, attempted to escape, but a Spanish cruiser stopped her. The authorities then disembarked the crew, and dismantled the submarine's engines. THE OSTEND BLOCK. VINDICTIVE PARTLY SHIFTED. The Times, LONDON, May 26. The Germans have succeeded in shifting the -position of the block-ship Vindictive at Ostend, leaving a passage barely sufficient for a large destroyer, but Ostend Harbour is at present not being used. • Attempts have been made at Zeebrugge, but fruitlessly, to dredge a passage between the two sunken cruisers. Bruges basin is full of ships, and many have been sent back to Germany. The effect of the blockade at Ostend and Zeebrugge on the submarine campaign is not yet visible. DEALING WITH PIRATES. SAILORS' DETERMINED BOYCOTT. * Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, May 26. Mr Havelock Wilson, president of the Seamen's Union, speaking in the Albert Hall, said our seamen were adding a month to the boycott for every fresh German crime. The boycott now totalled five years and eight months, including two months for the recent deliberate bombing of hospitals. This meant that 250,000 British sailors were pledged not to tolerate a German aboard a British ship, nor take a British ship into a German port, during the period of boycott. U BOAT RAMMED. BONUS FOR TRANSPORT CAPTAIN. NEW YORK, May 27. (Received May 28, at 1.10. a.m.) Advices from England state that the captain of the transport which rammed the U boat received a bonus of £1000.