London, Nov. 26.
No serious concern over Germany's intensification of her sea war against Allied and neutral shipping is shown by "naval correspondents of news: Paper and other" independent ailthorities on naval matters in London, There is no disposition to deny that the past week has been a bad one In the toll taken by Germany. of neutral and Allied shipping, but German losses are understood to have been heavy too, Several German submarines are known to have been sunk by the British and French Fleets, and agency reports have reached London of the destruction of a German mine-layer with considerable loss of life. There also information that five German merchantmen have been accounted for in the last two days. OF these, three are reported captured by Al ied naval units in the south Atlantic, fand another, the Adolph Woermann (8557 tons), wax scuttled by her crew to avoid capture, ly German Forays So far as the use of aeroplanes and submarines for mine scattering, it is pointed out that the aeroplane can only carry a very limited num ber of mines at an extravagant use petrol, while it is subject to easier detection than the submarine, so that the danger area is known and can be swept. There is a serious limit tion also to the use of the submarine, since she cannot return to the danger area without risk of becoming a Joss.
In view of the unsultabilitysof sub: marines for this task, their use for indiscriminate mine sowing by Germans is regarded by some naval ab-servers here.as an admission of camplete failure of the original submarine campaign,. which required the direction of torpedoes for gunfire ayainst particular objectives—Reuter. lors Sing in ce of Beath London, Nov. 36.
A tale of courage and cheerfulness in the face of death was told today in connection with the toss of the French trawler Sainte Claire off the south-east coast of England on Mon~ Gay, The trawler hit a mine. After the explosion ar sinking of the ship, the nine members of the crew, Swimming in the sea, sing through= out the night until all but one voice was silenced. "The only survivor, after nine hours in the water, told his British fishermen rescuers thet the crew had tied glass buoys, used for "supporting fshernets, around
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