Weekly journal-miner., 1916-12-06
NORWAY HIT BY SUBMARINE
 WARFARE
GERMAN CAMPAIGN RE- SUITS IN DESTRUCTION
 OF MANY SHIPS AND LARGE NUMBER OF LIVES
Associated Press Correspondence.

CHRISTIANIA, Norway, Dec. D. Norway with the third largest mer- cantile marine in the world. has sui 'ored severe losses. Up to date they have totaled: One hundred and fifty steamers of 235 900 tons. insured by the War Insurance Association for S27 n00 000 sailing ships aggregating 1000 tons. and insured for s1 888- 900 and many sailing craft loaded with lumber and pit props for En- gland which were not insured. One hundred and fifty sailors have lost their lives. fifty of them by German forpedoes from submarines and the others when ehins have been destroy ed bv mines Reside these many ho"'7 t9-N hNNr ta'-er bv brIliperents and confscated after prize court pro- ceedings
 Germany. after few months rest, suddenly started a submarine warfare against Norwegian ships last Septem- Der much sharper and more merciless than ever before-exposing the lives of many sailors to the dangers of the Arctic storms. At the same time, it is declared, hostile campaign against Norway was launched in the German press. all of which the Norwegian people have been unable to under stand. The more Norway has tried to preserve its neutrality, the more dis satisfied, according to the Norwegian viewpoint, has the German chauvinis-. tic press been and papers such as the Koelnische Zeitung and Frankfurter Zeitung very often have threatened mercantile reprisals after the war.
 Nothing seems to have created greater bitterness in Germany against Norway than the governments ordin- ances prohibiting the export of cer- tain foodstuffs, which Norway needs for itself-especial1y the ordinance of last August prohibiting export of cer- tain kinds of fish. Although fishing is one of Norway's main trades yield ing a great surplus for export, since the war so much fish has been ex- ported that there has not been enough left for Norway itself and the country has been deprived of one of its main foodstuffs. The export to Germany has been increasing to such an extent that the people demanded that the government should take steps to pro vide fish enough for the home market.
 After the torpedoing by German submarines of Norwegian ships in the Arctic ocean and along the coast this Fall the ordinance of October 13 was passed, which like the Swedish forbids belligerent submarines the use of Norwegian waters.
 The Germans themselves declare they do not need and never used Nor wegian waters in their warfare. Everybody here then asks how the Norwegian ordinance can be taken as alone directed against Germany and how it can be taken as an attempt to tampcr with the German machinery. The press-except the Socialistic pa pers-unanimously stand by the gov ernment in this case and will support it's unholdirg the right of Norway to teep the sovereignty on its own ter ritory
 The German press lately claimed that no Norwegian sailor had been killed by German torpedoing of Nor wecian ships. The Morgenbladet re- calls that the Norwegian steamer Svein Yorl. on June 9. 1915, was tor pedoed when bound for Norway with cargo of coal for the steamship line itself Twelve of the crew lost their lives and Germany has recognized its guilt and agreed to pay full damage. The steamer Lougli-in ballast was torpedocd without warning and one man killed: and in all about 40 Nor wcgian sailors are declared to have directly lost their lives by German torpedoing.
 The Morgenbladet continues: "lt the German press believes it can mis- lead opinion in Norway and deprive the government of the necessary sup port it is greatly mistaken. Nobody here-loving the fatherland-will in a serious situation help overthrow the cabinet by disclaiming Norways right and duty to protect the lives and property of its citizens to the best ot our ability. We do not want to wrong anybody, wo do not want to in- jurc foreign life or foreign property we only want to live by ourselves, our own national life without being hu- initiated or treated with arrogance.