Show DERELICTS PROVE SERIOUS MENACE Ghosts of Great War Fill Baltic Sea STOCKHOLM Feb 20 Ghosts Ghosts of the neat great war still haunt the Baltic scarIng scarIng scar- scar In Ing veteran skippers sailors fishermen fisher fisher- men bien ten and steamship passengers alike i Hardly a week passes without re reports reports reports re- re ports along along- the Swedish coast of or drifts drifts' drift drift- ng s' s old mines and derelict submarines ith th a serious danger daiger to aLl ail 11 ion tion The mines are principally of Russian and German origin and after atter loose from their moorings they have drifted toward the east coast of Sweden Many rany of them have been washed asbed ashore on Gottland Island which lies almost in the center of ot the Baltic The derelict U-boats U haunt the west- west rn waters Ever since the armistice Baltic storms have washed mines upon the coast and dwellers along the shore aye ave long loner since become accustomed to the he terrific detonations of exploding lines ines hurled against cliffs during t eavy avy gales Energetic efforts have been een made to sweep up these dangerous danger danger- ous us relics c of the war but It will l probably probably a ably f be years arr before either l the North h sea or the Baltic Is free of them It is not at all uncommon for fishermen fish fish- ermen to catch atch mines in their nets hey hev are regarded as lucky catches though they have to be handled gln- gln erly for the government pays hand- hand for the removal or 01 destruct on f the mines if it satisfactory proof of heir hell discovery or destruction can be beurn urn The U-boat U derelicts are said to have een discarded English vessels lost chile hile being towed from English ports j o Copenhagen The menace to navigation navi- navi atlon gation from these two sources Is such hat passenger and merchant vessels ave to change their ther schedules In the and anti traverse the danger zones by bv daylight Lately there has been heen little property amage and no loss of life as the re- re of the floating U-boat U derelicts Swedish mainc mane mane ma ma- nd rid mines Nevertheless inc ne insurance companies s have of ot late lateen een cen en threatening threatening- to raise their rates n ii a count account of this danger to ton lon |