Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 271, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1917 — MINE FIELDS MENACE NORWAY [ARTICLE]

MINE FIELDS MENACE NORWAY

Ownership of Drifting Agents of Destruction Is Matter of Doubt. Christiana. —Drifting mine fields are reported along the whole Norwegian coast from Listerland eastward. Off Hallo, 20 mines were seen drifting north/to Christiana fjord, jmd from Halvo many explosions have been heard. The drifting mine fields are surrounded by a mass of drifting wreckage. Norwegian motor boats have salved many casks of wine, margarine and whale oil. The ownership of the drifting mine fields is a matter of doubt. Certainly nobody is anxious to claim them, for they do not' Conform to the rules of The Hague convention, which prescribes that mines shall be so constructed that they become harmless when adrift.