The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-02
WILL o. THE WIsP
GERMAN u-5oATs

From the london chroniele.

rTOI1 the IOn0On CnrOnICle. .
Paris-The Echo de Paris estimates that
there are now Is enemy submarines oper-
ating In the Mediterranean. few OF
them are Austrian built; others have been
sent overland In sections by rail- to the
austrian naval arsenals: many have
made their way round by sea. Every time
that Gibraltar has sgnaled the passing OF
German submarine one or more boats
nave been torpedoed in the western Medi-
terranean, and shortly afterwards they
have been at work in the eastern Medi-
How. are these wandering submarines
replenished with fuel and stores? The
Echo de Paris says:
AT the outset German submarines, COM
the Spanish coast, between the Portu gliese
and French frontiers, then In the Balearic
Isles, where there was determined pro-
so closely watched that the supplying OF
U-boats has become impossible.
Another center or supplies was organ
ized later, 1t Is thought. in Sicily, on the
Girgenti coast, and in Augusta Bay South
coast OF Sicily, into which a French de-
stroyer pursued German submarine and
nearly caught It. Since the month of
May, ever since Italy declared war on
Austria, things have changed: the Sicilian
coast line has been closely watched by the
italian navy. and the German submarine
supplies have found other lurking places.
General gossip states that they are now
Installed In Greece, where they form a
powerful organization with an ex-minis-
its head.
TT is on the sicilian coast Of the Pelo-
ponnesus that the supply bases are most
numerous.
1.-TWO other bases Of supply are still said
to exist on the south coast of Crete and
on the island of Corfu, where submar-
ines 1t Is said, found shelter for a long
time In the roadstead of the Achilleion,
the kaiser's property (Since this article
was written the allies have seized Cor
fu.)
"other bases of supply are reported In
the Greek islands Of Cos, Leros and Sa-
mention base which Is said to be stu
ated on the Spanish coast OF Morocco,
near Melilla."
Then the correspondent goes on to still
fitted with Diesel engines. which can work
at will on gasoline, the heavier petroleum
oils and petroleum residue. But the Greek
government has monopoly of these prod
ucts. which come exclusively from the
Standard Oil company In oil tankers and
are quite familiar to the British navy.
IAN such oil arriving In Greece is con-
signed to the government" adds the cor
respondent "All we can say 10 that Pc
troleum imports into Greece have In
creased in enormous proportions"
The modus operandi Is as follows:
The German supply agents buy the oil
or petrol from the government; they then
consign the precious liquid to depots hid
den inland not far from the sea. On GER
tain specific days or Enthusiastically
nights-the tanks are transported on mule
back to the point OF the coast where local
craft are waiting. The oil tanks are put
to the submarines, which are lying in
wait in the offing. In a few hours the
whole thing Is over"
Now that the Greek government has
allowed the allied warships to exercise a
close inspection of the coasts, 1t Is hoped
that these alcoves will become rarer." .