4 AUGUST 1917, Page 1

It is important to notice that Spain will no longer

shelter enemy submarines. The ' U '-boat 'B23,' which, in a damaged condition. entered Cortuma, has been interned at Ferrol. H. Ribot told the French Chamber on Tuesday that the Spanish decree exoludbig submarines from Spanish waters had been issued on the represen- tations of France. He had, he said, demanded that the decree should be enforced in the ease of ` B23.' Senor Date's Ministry had, M. Ribot added, "given numerous proof/ of its goodwill," of which this act is not the least valuable.