THE GRIP OF STEEL.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 566, 2 December 1915, Page 7

THE GRIP OF STEEL.

...... • ; - - .* ._ BRITAIN'S BALtfIC BLOCKADE. PANIC SEIZES CREW OF GERMAN STEAMERS. ■ P ' ■..■ '' -\ - , (Received December 2, 8.30 a.m.) " NEW YORK, December 1. The "Evening Post's" Stockholm correspondent states that Britain's blockade in the Baltic has been thoroughly effective at the iron and timber exporting ports. German steamers are afraid to come out. , \. Nineteen German steamers have already been torpedoed or driven ashore, while others are missing; The arrival of the British submarines has/ encouraged the Russian submarines to develop greater audacity and activity. The German crews-are panic-stricken, even armed trawlers shooting at sight, and they have sunk at-least one Swedish submarine in mistake for a British vessel.