SUBMARINE WAR.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 885, 11 December 1916, Page 7

SUBMARINE WAR.

MANY MORE VICTIMS. HEAVY NEUTRAL LOSSES. Australian and .V.Z. CabU Association. LONDON, December 9. The following vessels have been sunk: —The Norwegian steamer Meteor (4211 tons), the Nervion (1920 tons), the Belgian Kiltier (2360 tons), the Spanish Gerona (1258 tons), the Lucienne (1054 tons), and the Greek steamer Spyres (3357 tons). A. and .V.Z. Cable Association and Rev>er. LONDON, December 9. The following steameis have heen sunk:—The Danish vessel Sigurd (2119 tons), the British Avistan (3818 tons), and the oil tank steamer Conch (5620 tons). Australian and .V.Z. Cablt Association. LONDON, December 8. Three Danish, two Spanish, one Russian, and one Niwegian vessel were sunk to-day. NORWEGIAN LOSSES. NINETEEN IN NOVEMBEPw R'uirr'i Telegram*. CHRISTIANS. December 8. It is officially stated that 19 Norwegian vessels, of a tonnage of 32,993, were lost in November. THE MARINA CASE. NOT A TRANSPORT. Australian and X£. Cable A'toriatif*. WASHINGTON, December 8. Official information states that the Marina was not a transport. NEW YORK, December 9. After Britain's advices that the Marina was not a transport, President Wilson and Mr R. Lansing confer ied. It is not denied that there are serious aspects to the situation, but it is not believed that the case will lead to a rupture. It is expected that President Wilson will either send a new Note or make oral representations to Germany, in which he will indicate that the explanation that the Arabia and Marina were sunk on the presumption that thes were transports is unsatisfactory. RAIDERS ~AT LARGE. TN NORTH ATLANTIC. i. entf S.Z. CabU Associa'an and Rrvtcr. LONDON, December 9. The Admiralty states that German armed and disguised merchantmen were sighted in the North All-inti on Monday. CAUGHT BY~ RAIDERS. TWO VESSELS CAPTURED. A. end S.Z Cable Association and Reutcr. (Received December 11, 9.10 a.m.) BERLIN, December 10. An official announcement states:— Our Flemish naval forces, on the night of December 8, captured and brought into harbour the Dutch steamer Caledonia (863 tons), and the Brazilian steamer Rio Pardo (935 tons), which were bound for England laden with cotton. ARMED MERCHANTMEN. ATTITUDE OF AMERICA. Reuter's Telegrams. NEW YORK, December 8. The "Tribune" publishes a London cable stating that the British are arming merchantmen with high calibre guns to fight submarines. It is believed that Washington intends l» regard them as war vessels, and in order to avoid this Transatlantic trade will go to Halifax instead of New Y'ork. A NARROW ESCAPE. STEAMER GETS AWAY. Austrilian and S.Z. Cable Association.* COPENHAGEN, December 8. A large German submarine attacked the Norwegian stea - ler Calarie, bound from America to England, and fired several shots. The Calarie was damaged, but escaped. Two of the crew were killed. The Norwegian steamer Stettin has been torpedoed. The cable news In this issue accredited to "The Times" has appeared in that journal, but only where expressly stated Is such news the ed'torial opinion of "The Times."