Evening star., 1916-09-30
U-BOAT WORK DOUBLED
IN LAST TWO MONTHS
262 Vessels Sunk Between June !
and September "a, Latest
Advices Show.

Much more complete information Of
Germanys submarine activities which
supplements Lord Robert Cecil's state
ment in London last night was res
reived in dispatches from London ar
riving here today. which show that be-
tween June / and September "a no less
than 262 vessels Of all nationalities
have been sunk by submarines OF those
fifteen were reported sunk without
warning, with the loss of eighty-fou
lives. A total of sixtysix neutral ves-
sells were destroyed during the period.
Today's fuller information brings out
that the submarine activity has prac-
tically doubled during the last two
months. During June. after delivery
of the American note on the Sussex
accepting Germany's agreement not to
sink vessels without proper safeguard
to lives on board. fifty-seyen vessels
were sunk. of which five were neutral.
and six. including three neutrals, were
sunk without warning, with the loss
of twenty-five lives.
In July the total sunk fell or to
forty-two. including nine neutral and
two British sunk without warning.
with the loss of forty-one lives
In August the total sunk more than
doubled, with the figure of 103. including
twenty-six neutral vessels. Two allied
boats were sunk without warning, with
the loss of three lives. The figures up
to September "a show continuing high
rate of destruction in the month. with A
total of seventy-five vessels sunk. In
Guiding twenty-six neutrals. with five al
lied boats sunk without warning, with
the loss of fifteen lives.
List of Vessels Sunk
The list of vessels sunk without
warning, with the lives lost. is given
as follows:
British-Golconda, June 3, in North
sea, eighteen lives lost; Moeris, June
| 80, Mediterranean, three lives lost:
Calypso. July 10. in North sea, thirty
| lives lost; Euphorbia, July 16, in Medi-
terranean, eleven lives lost: Aaro, Au-
gust 1, in North sea, three lives lost;
Swift Wings, September /. in Medt-
| terranean, two lives lost.
! LIangorse September 8, in Mediter-
ranean, no lives lost.
Inverberrie, September IA. in Medf-
terranean. six lives lost.
Dewa, September II, in Mediterra-
| mean. three lives lost.
Lord Tredegar. September II, In
Mediterranean, four lives lost.
| Aliies-ville de Rouen (French).
June 1s. in Mediterranean. two lives
lost
| Socoa (French). August 25. in Medi-
| terfanean, no lnIOrIHdtioH
| Neutrals:
ExceIlenz Mehnert (Norwegian), June l.
| North sea; no lives lost.
| Orkedal CNorwegian), June 9, North
| sea; no lives lost.
| Bure (Norwegian), June 9, North sea:
| one life lost.
| The information as given above cor
| responds almost exactly with that In
| the State Department files. and will be
| the preliminary basis on which Ameri-
| can consideration of the submarine
| question as it now stands is laid out.
| No action has been taken by the State
| Department on any Of the foregoing
| cases, nor on Germany's general sub
| marine policy since the Sussex note.
on the ground that in no case as
yet has it been proved that American
| lives were endangered. The subma-
rine campaign is being watched very
| carefully. especially in view of the in
creased agitation in Germany for
resumption of unrestrained activity.