| Show CRUISERS COMBING SEAS fOR GERMANS ALLIES REDOUBLE THEIR EFFORTS EFFORTS EF EF- FORTS TO ROUND UP VESSELS PREYING UPON COMMERCE Seventy British French Russian Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- Japanese anese and Australian Cruisers Searching for German Cruisers in Atlantic and Pacific London The The admiralty on Frida Friday Issued a statement outlining the tho steps that are being taken to roun round up the eight or nine German cruisers at large in the Atlantic Pacific and Indian Indian In In- dian oceans These cruisers include the Emden which has sunk or captured captured cap cap- twenty British vessels to date in the Indian ocean ocean and the KarlsrUhe Karlsruhe Karls Karls- which has taken thirteen British BritIsh Brit Brit- I ish h ships in the Atlantic The statement statement state state- ment meat says Searching for these vessels and working in concert under various commanders In chief are upwards of at seventy British Australian Japanese French and and- Russian cruisers not Including In in- eluding auxiliary cruisers Among these are arc a number of ot the fastest British cruisers The vast expanse of seas and oceans and the many thousands of ot islands offer oller almost infinite choice of movement to the enemy's ships In spite of ot every effort to cut ot off their coal supply It has hitherto been maintained maintained main main- tamed by one means or another In Inthe Inthe Inthe the face of increasing difficulty the discovery and destruction of ot these few enemy cruisers therefore is largely large large- ly a matter of time patience and good tood luck Tho The public should have u that the commanders in chief and th the experienced captains captain serving under them are doing all that thatis thatis is possible and taking the best steps to bring the enemy nemy to action Our commanders commanders so far have been occupied In very serious and import import- ant convoy duty but this work has I somewhat lessened and the number of searching cruisers is 15 being continually contin contin- continually continually augmented The percentage of ot loss is much less than was reckoned on before the war Between and foreign foreign for for- eign voyages have been undertaken to and from United Kingdom ports less than five per per thousand of which have been Interfered with and of these losses a large arge number have hare been caused by merchant vessels taking everything for granted and proceeding proceed proceed- ing without precautions as if It there were no war |
