U-BOAT GUIDES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11730, 21 June 1916, Page 4

U-BOAT GUIDES.

PETROL DEPOTS AND WIRELESS IN SPAIN. The extensive manner in which the Germans continue to utilise the Mediterranean coast of Spain is exemplified by a statement made by M. Andre Tudesq m tho Paris ''Journal" that between Barcelona and Gibraltar there are no fewer th in thirty petrol depots or wireless stations. Spanish fishing smacks supply the German submarines, while the wireless installations keep them informed concerning the movements of the Allied warships and merchantmen. At Barcelona, the chief of the submarine supply service is Herr Deutsch, who keeps an oil and petrol store and makes no secret of his business. Enemy submarines are frequently seen off tho Spanish coast falling up their tanks with fuel from sailing vessels. At Casta Antunoz, a milo and a half from Barcelona, the commander of one recently jame asboro in a motor-boat. Pie was in mufti, and dined at a German tavern called "The Sporty with Baron Austmann, the German ConsulGeneral and Herr Hoffer, the organiser of the German propaganda in Catalonia. Twenty-four hours later ft U-bcat sank without warning two British merchant ships, the Angus and the_ Ilorlcck Head, m Spanish terrii torial waters.