SUBMARINE OPERATIONS

Southland Times, Issue 17732, 9 August 1917, Page 5

SUBMARINE OPERATIONS

AUSTRIAN SUBMARINES DESTROYED. BY ITALIAN AEROPLANES. (By Telegraph. —Press Assn.—Copyright.) (United Service.) ROME, August 7. Received August 8, 5.1n p.m. Italian aeroplanes sank three submarines undergoing repairs at Pola. ANOTHER SPANISH VESSEL SUNK. GROWING INDIGNATION. MADRID, August 7. Received August 8, 5.15 p.m. A German submarine sank another Spanish fishing vessel, and four of the crew were wounded. Great indignation prevails. GERMAN SUBMARINE LOSSES. CAMPAIGN STOPS AFTER NOVEMBER. ROME, August 7. Received August 8, 5.15 p.m. It is reported that German submarine losses are increasing. At least 25 arc missing during July, and several were admittedly destroyed. A Swiss despatch from Germany states that the campaign will be stopped after November, Entente anti-submarine measures making winter operations impossible. GENERAL NEWS SAFETY OF HOSPITAL SHIPS. SPAIN’S'PROPOSAL ACCEPTED. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) MADRID, August 7. Received August 8, 6.20 p.m. The Herald states that Britain and France are accepting the German Government’s agreement regarding the safe conduct of hospital ships, and have thanked Spain for her humane intervention. Eleven naval officers are proceeding to various ports indicated by the Allies. BRITAIN’S FOOD CROPS. SHIPPING FREED FOR MANUFACTUR--ING MATERIALS. (Australian & N.Z. Cable Assn. & Reuter.) LONDON, August 7. Received August 8, 5.15 p.m. In the House of Comomns Mr R. E. Prothero, Minister of Agriculture, stated that a million acres had been added to the area of land finder corn and potatoes. Assuming that an extra 600,000 acres were growing essential grains, sufficient tonnage would be freed to bring to Britain the entire supply of last year's American cotton. This meant security for manufacturing materials of a value of £30,000,000 annually and £6,000,000 or £7,000,000 for operatives' wages. ALLOCATION OF HONOURS. CAN THEY BE BOUGHT? LONDON, August 7. Received August 8, 6.20 p.m. In the House of Lords Lord Selbourne said there was a widespread belief that honours were sometimes granted in return for large payments of money. He suggested that when they were conferred on others than Royalties, and naval, military, and civil services, a public statement should be made giving the reasons. Also the Premier should make a declaration that no payment, either direct or indirect, was associated with the granting of honours. Lord Curzon, in reply, said that hereditary’ honours were widely diffused in our generation. Their democratisation was one of the best safeguards of public life. Cases of alleged purchase were an infinitesimal proportion. Moreover honours were now given far less frequently for party services than formerly. The Government was prepared to consider an extension of the system of publishing the reasons for granting honours. Lord Salisbury denied that the evil had been exaggerated. The nation’s conscience had been awakened and the Government should find a remedy. THE STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE. TRADES UNIONS FAVOUR REPRESENTATION. LONDON, August 7. Received August 8, 6.20 pun. The Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress resolved that subject to the Labour Party’s and the Trades Union Congress approval, Britain should be represented at the Stockholm Conference. FEDERATED LABOURERS OPPOSE THE CONFERENCE. NO COMPROMISE WITH GERMANY POSSIBLE. LONDON, August 7. Received August 8, 6.20 p.m. Mr J. O’Grady, M.P , presiding at a meeting of the General Federation of Labourers, declared that the later issues of the war did not admit of a compromise except on the basis of an inconclusive peace. The German idol must he shattered. Mr Henderson and others had failed to realise that they cannot meet enemy representatives without effecting a compromise. REICHSTAG’S PEACE RESOLUTION OPPOSED BY GERMAN WORKERS. AMSTERDAM. August 7. Received August 8, 6.20 p.m. Thirty thousand workers at Dortmund (Westphalia) unanimously disapproved of the Reichstag's peace resolution. An agitation is being organised against the resolution throughout the Empire. LEIBKNECHT SAID TO BE DYING. AMSTERDAM, August 7. Received August 8, 6.20 p.m. Herr Lcibknecht, the Socialist leader, is reported to be dying in a prison hospital. ALLIED CONFERENCE IN LONDON. LONDON, August 7. Received August S, 6.20 p.m. Mr Lloyd George presided at the Allies’ Conference,, at which M. Ribot and M. Painlevc were present. CORN BILL PASSED. LONDON, August 7. Received August 8, 6.20 p.m. In the House of Commons the Corn Bill was read a third time. It’s the result that counts. SANDER’S EUCALYPTI EXTRACT cures permanently. SANDER’S has healing powers peculiarly its own. It is not nauseating like the common Eucalyptus. Try it.