ON THE SEA.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 March 1916, Page 5

ON THE SEA .

/GERMAN METHODS. HER SUBMARINE WAR. ' Received March 12, 5.5 p.«. Paris, March 11. j v M. Jean Erbettc, in the Echo de Paris, j point* out that a month ago Germany declared in brutalj and irrevocable fashion that her submarines would si»k all.armed merchantmen without waraiig. The Germans then expected to break the French line, and were willing to risk wajr with America with a light heart. Now that the battle at Yerdum is a fiasco, they have lost their great shaice, and the German ambassador is asking that Britain should modify her jntthois of maritime warfare, ACTIVITY IN THE IALTIC. RUSES OF THE ENEMY. • Received March 12, 5.5 p.m. Copenhagen, March 11. : German warships show renewed activity in the Baltic, and are inspecting all ships. The latest ruse is to hide the/nationality of their submarines and torpedo Jjoa-ts. Many captains report that Russians inspected their skips, whereas ice difficulties make it certain that the .Russian ships must remain in ~. :lhe,GnJf of Finland and the Gulf ef Riga. The German officers speak English when inspecting neutrals. ~, -r SINKING OF THE SILEUS. .' "" , AMERICA PROTESTS. Received IJarch 13, 12.5 a.m. London, March 1-2. The Sileus was unarmed and was t«rpedoed without warning. Seven America* were rescued and landed at Havre. Washington, March 12. Mr. Lansing regards the sinking of the Sileus at a grave affair, and he baa pre•te«t«sV '' , THE GERMAN FLEET. * > . Received March 13, 12.5 a.m. Copenhagen, March 12. It is-stated that the German fleet in tjtt North Sea included the new dreadtfftught Hindenburg. ffcSTROYER AND TO3PEDO BOAT MINED. . London, March 10. The Admiralty report that the defrayer Coquette and torpedo boat No. 11 .were mined and sunk off the East Dafttt. The casualties of the farmer Were 22 and the on the latter 23. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. ' "'*' '' Wellington, March 10. Hie Hi|h Commissioner reports under date London, March 10 (2.30 p.m.) : The Admiralty announces that the British destroyer Coquette, commanded byV Lieutenant Vere Seymour, and tor-pedo-boat No. 11 (Lieutenant John A. P. Leigh) .Struck mines on the east coast sank. The casualties were: CoHOttte, one officer and 21 men; torpedobeat No. 11, three officers and 2t men.

NORTH SEA FULL OF MINES. Copenhagen, March 10. A Norwegian captain reports that the i North Sea is full of German miaes. FREIGHT RATES, j* Received March 12, 5.5 p.m. Paris, March 11. The Minister for Marine states that the question of freight rates is in course of solution. The Governments of France, Britain, and Italy are establishing an office for centralisation of freight needs, settling them in order, according to their urgency, monthly. ~ KUNMING BACK HOME. Received March 12, 5.5 p.m. Copenhagen. March 11. Tie steam trawler Bergen, on Thursday, met fifty German dreadnoughts, rniisers and destroyers in the south of '< : <e North Sea, steaming easterly, THPE MORE VICTIMS. ; Received March 12, 5.5 p.m. London, March IT. • Tltt barque Ville Irihavre has been sunk. Two men were drowned. The Jaer Lovisian and the Norwegian Ai} SJmui have also been sunk, but the «/ejr# yere saved. ... „,___ .^ . RUSSIAN FLEET BOMBED. " ' Bacsitja March 12, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, March 11. £ Uerawn communique states that ieftplmei bombed the Russian squadwif iMtward of