ON THE HIGH SEAS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144860, 11 December 1915, Page 3

ON THE HIGH SEAS.

MEDITERRANEAN DANGERS HIGH INSURANCE RATES. (Received Dee. 10, S.lO p.m.) LONDON, Dee. 9. , Owing to the activity of submarines, Lloyd’s are charging 40 per cent, war risk through tho Mediterranean, and sometimes more.

MORE STEAMERS SUNK. LONDON, Dee. 9. Lloyd’s report that the British steamers Veria and Helsouir and the steamer Goulaidris have been sunk, THE GERMAN FLEET. ITS IMPORTANCE IN THE AVAR. TIMES AND SYDNEY SUN SERVICES. (Received Dec. 11, 8.0 a.m.) ■ LONDON, Dec. 10. A representative of a German journal visiting the fleet describes it as anxiously guarding tho North Sea and Baltic. It is a piece of armour covering a vulnerable spot, and without its aid England might have brought pressure on tho Dardanelles and terrorised the whole of the Balkans. Joining the Allies forced England to pay regard to America. Without our fleet England’s chance of forcing peace with ns would be ten times greater than it is to-day. It is not Germany’s place to provoke a decisive battle at sea. It would be heroic but not war.