SUBMARINE WAR.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16283, 10 July 1917, Page 8

SUBMARINE WAR.

THE FRENCH REPORT. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn. and Renter.) PARTS, July 8. For the week ending July 1 the arrivals were 947, departures 1053. sinkings four over 1600 tons, and four under 1600 tons, unsuccessfully attacked three. AVAR ON FISHING BOATS. SWEDISH VICTIMS. Renter's Telegrams. / STOCKHOLM, July 8. There is. uneasiness about) the fate of fifty fishing boats that have no.fi returned from the North Sea. Five have boun officially reported as sunk by a, German submarine. A captain declares the Germans have sunk about 'fJnrenltjy. The Superintendent of Fisheries states that the fishing is carried on outside the German blockade zone therefore these sinkings are unjustifiable. JAPANESE EXPERT'S OPINION. WASHINGTON, July 8. Commander Hidakakinja, .Japanese na.val expert, declares that the sub- ' marines have destroyed Britain's absolute control of the soas, but have not enhanced Germany's sea. power. The cable neTfr In this Issue accredited to "The Times," has appeared in that journal, but only where expressly A'tated is such news the oditoriy opinion of "The Times."