London, Feb. 10.
Among other vessels, three liners have recently beaten off enemy submarines.
The P. & O. 8. Kashgar (8,840 tons) in the Mediterranean recently twice fired at a periscope, causing it to disappear.
The Ellerman Line str. City of Marseilles (8,250 tons) was shelled in the Mediterranean and fired eight shots in reply, after which the enemy submarine dived.
The French str. Plata (5,577 tons) fired at a submarine half-a-mile distant and is believed to have hit it in a vital part "The Times' comments: " This ie the best reply to the suicidal suggestion made by America of disarming merchantmen."
London, Feb.
It is suggested that the mission of Lord Curzon and General Sir Douglas Haig to the King of the Belgians is connected with Germany's peace overtures to Belgium.
Rome, Feb. 9.
It is stated that' Germany has offered Belgium peace on the following terms: restoration of the country, the return of King Albert and the payment of a large indemnity in exchange for economic 1 privileges which ti Belgian ports, into German traffic centres.
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