16 DECEMBER 1916, Page 2

To begin with, the war by submarine is to be

pushed withont Imitations. Since Germany is forbidden the use of the sea, she means, or rather hopes, by the use of submarines to destroy the mer- eantile shipping of the world, and thus bring Britain to her knees. But frightfulness, we are told, is to go much further than that. German agents in Holland, it is rumoured, are stating that no Dutch ship will be allowed to leave or enter Dutch ports except under German escort.