IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
THE SUBMARINE MENACE,
(Keuter'B Teie'srara.) (Received May 1, 1.50 p.m.) j LONDON, April 30. ' In the House of Commons' Sir Edward Carson stated that owing to the increase of submarines in other areas and the increase of patrol boats in th^ Channel the loss of shipping in the Channel. in April was less than in any preceding .three months. Hte admitted that the shipping losses generally were increasing. Mr Dillon asked. why no official mention was made of reinforcements in the recent destroyer action at Dover. Sir Edward Carson replied that the fight lasted . only five minutes. Reinforcements arived in time to pick up enemy survivors. (Received May 1, 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, April 30. Lord Cecil, replying 1 to questions, said the Government hadi no information ai present about the German corpse factory reports beyond what appeared in tht newspapers. In view of the othei actions of the German military author! ties nothing was incredible in the state ments. It was no part of the duty ol t'he Government to institute inquiries into %vhat goes oh in Germany.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14286, 1 May 1917, Page 6
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