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From the London Chronicle.
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Paris--The Echo de Paris m that
there are now % enemy submarines oper-
ating IN the Mediterranean. A 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 signaled the passing of
a German submarine one or more boats
terranean, and shortly afterwards they
have been at work In the eastern Medi-
terranean.
How are these wandering submarines
replenished with fuel and stores? The
Echo de Paris says:
A the outset German submarines. COM
ing by way of Gibraltar, were supplied on
the Spanish coast, between the Portuguese
and French frontiers. then in the Balearic
Isles, where there was a determined pro-
wider of petrol. But these coasts are now
so closely watched that the supplying OF
U-boats has become Impossible.
Another. center of supplies. was organ
ICED 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 a German submarine and
nearly caught 1t. Since the month of
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-mtnis-
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its head.
at is on the Sicilian coast of the Pelo-
ponnesls that the supply bases are most
numerous.
"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 a base which is said to be stu
ated on the Spanish coast of Morocco,
near Melilla."
Then the correspondent goes on to a still
fitted with Diesel engines, which can work
at will on gasoline. the heavier petroleum
oils and petroleum residue. But the Greek
government has a monopoly of these prod
STANDARD Oil company in oil tankers and
are quite familiar to the British navy.
'All such oil arriving in Greece is con-
signed to the government adds the cor
respondent. "All We can say is that pc
troleum imports into Greece have in
creased in enormous proportions"
The modus operandi is as follows:
1.-The German supply agents buy the Oil
or petrol from the governments; 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. Tho oil tanks are put
aboard and the boats carry out their cargo
to the submarines, which are lying In
wait In the ofting. 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, it is hoped
tina these alcoves will become rarer.'