Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1916-10-11
GERMAN SUBMARINE GETS SIX SHIPS.
Had a Coed Day Of it Near the American
Coast.

ravaged shipping off the e4sterr
coast of the United States today
Four British one Dutch and
enc Norwegian steamer we're sent
to the bottom or left crippled
derelicts off Nantucket Shoals
Tonight under the light of the
hunters moon the destroyer Aot
lila of the United States Atlantic
fleet was picking up passengers
and crews of the destroyed YES
sells and bringing them into New,
port, R. l.
So far as known there was no
loss of life although at a late
hour the crew of the British
steamer Kingston had not been
accounted for A submarine held
up the American steamer Kansa11,
bound from New York for Genoa
with steel for the Italian govern
ment, but later on establishing
her identity allowed the American
to proceed. The Kansan came
into Boston harbor late tonight
for her usual call here.
The submarine is believed to
be the U-53, which paid a call to
Newport yesterday and disappear
ed at sunset Some naval men,
however, declared that at least
two submarines are operating
close to the American shore
though outside the three-mile
limit.
Newport, R. l.. Oct. S.-The
British steamer Stephano, bound
from St. Johns, N. F., to New
York, carrying nearly 100 first
and second cabin passengers in
cluding many American tourists,
was sunk off Nantucket !iyh tship
at 4:30 p. N. today, presumably
by the German submarine C-53.
The United States torpedo boat
destroyer Balch reported the loss
of the liner by radio TO the naval
station here, stating that the
S nip had been torpedoed. The
massage from the destroyer said
that the crew was safe abroad the
Balch. but made no mention of
the passengers who: it was
thought here also were taken
care of.
Washington, Oct. 8 -Sub1n arine
warfare at the very doors Of the
United States does not necessarily
portend further complications
with Germany so long as it is
carried on within the limitations
of international law.
That is the view of official
Washington tonight on the .ecord
of one days operations III which
none of the ships destroyed ap-
pears to have been attacked with
out warning or without proper
measures having been taken for
safety of those abroad.
While in intern tional law an
Allied ship destroyed by Ger =
man submarine just outside the
three-mile limit and in sight of
American shores, is no different
than a ship destroyed in the Arc
tic Ocean, provided its destruction
is accomplished in accordance
with the laws of Nations and
humanity, the presence of a Ger
man submarine hotilla near Am
erican territorial waters, officials
fear, may raise perplexing ques-
tlons of neutrality and in fact a
most serious issue would be raised
if the operations of the submer-
sibles were carried on so near
American ports as practically to
constitute a blockade.
At the outset of the war, when
Allied cruisers hovered off New
York so close that commerce was
lmpeded, operations as practical
ly a blockade, notified France and
Great Britain of its objections
and the ships promptly were
moved further out to sea The
possibility Of d similar sit..ation
resulting from submarine opera
tlons is foreseen.
Newport, r. l., Oct. 3,-The
wholesale raid on foreign shipping
south of Nantucket Lightship
Sunday was the work of one sub
marine, according to reports of
American naval officers. Rear