Perhaps it will be said that we are unfair in
practically assuming that the submarine was a German flying the Austrian flag. Wo will give our reasons for our conviction in this matter. We do not believe that Austria is at the present time in a posi- tion to send any submarines out of the Adriatic. Next, her submarines are not of the new large German variety, well armed and capable of travelling many hundreds of miles without having to renew supplies. Finally, we feel confident that the Austrians have not got submarines which can fire a hundred shells, as did the submarine which sank the Ancona.' Only the new type of German submarines is capable of such bombardment. No doubt the German Admiralty and the ubmarine captain re gard the use of the Austrian flag against Italy as a piece of exquisite Teutonic humour as well as policy.
