The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-31
And as a Result They Destroy
a British Submarine of the
Cruiser Class.

| CONSTANTlNOPLE. Dec. 31.-The
destruction recently Of British sub
marine of the Cruiser" class, was
due largely to the fact that on cap
tured French submarine, the Tur-
qouise. were found certain secret in
structions concerning the operations
OF the Allied submarine fleet in the
sea Of Marmora. These documents.
besides naming the Marmora coast
points where supplies could be OBJ
tanned by the Allied submarines. also
threw light on the movements of
these vessels. In pursuance of the
information thus ATTAINED, the Ger
man submarine U. B. IA. waylaid the
British undersea Cruiser" and sent
torpedo into its side. Twenty-four
men were drowned, while the crafts
three officers and another five of the
crew. most Of them wounded, were
made prisoners.
That the allied submarines in the
Marmora were being supplied with
necessities In the lake itself had been
the contention OF the Ottoman au.
thorities for some time. 1t had beer
impossible, however, to obtain accu-
rate information. Since it was felt
that an end had to be put to this
state of affairs. the Turkish govern
ment declared the entire Marmora
coast a CLOSED zone" into which no
ship Of any sort could venture with
out a special coast permit and a rep
resentative OF the Ottoman marine
department aboard. Nevertheless. a
large number of Greeks, in some
cases also Turks. ventured into the
forbidden waters. Heavy sentences
OF penal servitude, in some instance
terms Of eight years, we're imposed,
upon them. Notwithstanding THU
the traffic continued until quite re-
Gently.
| The papers found on the Turquoise
show also that the newer and larger
types Of British submarines use Goa,
as fuel. In the list OF "bases" in TIL
Marmora sea are several places wher
coal could be obtained. Turkish pa
troll boats had reported that they
had seen submarines from whose fun
nels coal smoke issued. At the tim.
this was not believed. 1t has beer
learned since then that the principle
of locomotion, above and below the
surface, remain the same, with tn,
difference that the submarine SO OBJ
tanning its power must. while in the
zone of the emmy, replenish its cleo
trio storage batteries at night, when
nothing but sparks from the funnel
could reveal Its presence.
| in connection with the efforts of
the Turkish authorities to restrict
military activity on the sea of Mar
mora, a rather amusing incident oc-
Cured last July. The officers Of Il
certain German submarine were in
tho habit of dining at one of Pera' Is
best hotels. So did the officers OF
an English submarine on at least ono
occasion. AT that time the Turkish
government, as it does even today,
permitted the subjects OF hostile gov
ernments to move freely about Con-
stantinople. Dining one day at this
hotel, the commander Of a German
submarine was given by the waiter a
letter which bore his full name and
address. The waiter said that on the
previous evening the letter had been
left by party Of five, one OF whom
seemed to be an American.
The letter contained greeting from
the officers of the British submarine
to the officers OF the German subma-
rine. 1t was couched In friendly
terms. showing further that the
sponsors Of the letter were Of a sport
I've turn Of mind. They would meet
some day, joked the message, and
then they would see who would get
the best Of 1t.
H Whether or not the waiter was
right in his assertion that an Amerf-
can had been In the party. Is hard to
say. At any rate. the Turkish gov
lerrment began To keep close watch In