Evening star., 1918-06-17
TWO NORWEGIAN
Ships SENT down
Submarine Raiders Continue
to Avoid Dangerous
Opponents.
u. S. WARSHIP RESCUES

u. S. WARSHIP RESCUES
Germans sea wolves have sunk two
more neutral vessels in American
waters.
The latest victims of the raid
ers which frst made their appear
ance Oft the Atlantic coast three
weeks ago, are the sailing ship
Kringsjaa anu the bark Samoa, both
Norwegian. The crew of the former
has been picked up by an American
warship. which is bringing the men
to an Atlantic port. and that of the
latter was landed last night at Nor
folk
Both vessels were sent down ninety
miles off the Virginia coast. The
Samoa was sunk by shell fire at s
o'clock Friday morning, the Navy
Department announced, but the time
Kringsjaa were not reported to the
department. The announcement con-
cerning the Kringsjaa said:
"a United States man-of-war has
picked up all of the survivors of the
bark Kringsjaa, which was sunk about
eighty miles off the Virginia coast.
They are being brought to an At
lantic port"
Believe All Took to Boats.
Although the report to the depart
ment might indicate that some Of the
crew Of the Kringsjaa had been
killed, officials believed that, as they
had done before. the Germans permit
ted all abroad the sailing ship to take
to the boats before sinking the ves-
sci.
Since the Krinssiaa was sent down
in the same general locality as the
Samoa, 1t was believed that the same
submarine had accounted for the two
ships. 1t also vas regarded as GER
tain that the same submarine unsRe-
cessfully attacked the British steam
er Keemun off the Virginia capes last
Thursday.
The Krinssja brings the total of
vessels sunk by the German U-boats
of the American coast to twenty.
six of which were Norwegian. four
steamers and two sailing craft.
The Krinssjaa was of 1888 net
tons and the Samoa of .,051 net tons,
The attack on the Samoa indicates
that Germany's sea wolves still are
seeking easy victims, picking out
sailing vessels OF unarmed steamers.
ns Sound oxee seas Ths fsst thas ths
U-boats are operating exclusively in
the waters we'll of shore between
the Delaware and Virginia capes.
while the approaches to New York
are neglected. despite the known fact
out of that port. adds to the impress
sion that the raiders are purposely
avoiding dangerous opponents.
View Of German Intent.
The tactics adopted by the subma-
rine commanders lead officials to be-
lieve that Germany is counting only
on a hoped-for effect on American
morale and not upon any military
benefit to be derived from the dam
age done.
The German problem. oficials ex-
planned. can be laid out in lines and
angles on the map. The American
coast line with its many ports. rep
resents the base Of huge triangle,
the apex Of which rests in the mar
laden with war stores or troops that
leave the American coast must con-
verge to deliver their earsoes. OflciaIs
cannot conceive that. falling in check
ing the trafnc at that point, where
every ahip must come within a def-
AltSiy hmiteQ dFSds the HclHAH 4edu-
ers could hope for success in far
spreading waters on the American
coast. Obviously. it was said, II not
enough U-boats are available to
check or to impede vitality trafac
through the narrow seas, the same
number could not hope to increase
their effectiveness by transferring
operations to wider seas and at the
same time increasing their distance
from home bases thousands Of miles.