For the month of October, 1916, the New York "Journal of Commerce" placed its total figures of Allied and neutral merchantmen sunk by mines or submarines at 127 vessels of 227,116 tons, according to a compilation published on November 3, 1916. No official figures of the German Government for October, 1916, were available. Of the above-mentioned 127 vessels, Great Britain lost 38; Norway, 56; Sweden, 10; Denmark, 8; Greece, 5; Russia, 4; Holland, 3; France, Belgium, and Rumania, each 1. Of these the following were of more than 2,000 tons: British: Franconia, 18,150 tons; _Alaunia_, 13,405 tons; _Welsh Prince_, 4,934 tons; _Rowanmore_, 10,320 tons; _Astoria_, 4,262 tons; _Cabotia_, 4,309 tons; _Midland_, 4,247 tons; _Cluden_, 3,166 tons; _Barbara_, 3,740 tons; _Framfield_, 2,510 tons; _Ethel Duncan_, 2,510 tons; _Sidmouth_, 4,045 tons; _Crosshill_, 5,002 tons; _Sebek_, 4,601 tons; _Renylan_, 3,875 tons; _Strathdene_, 4,321 tons; _West Point_, 3,847 tons; _Stephano_, 3,449 tons. Norwegian: _Christian Knudsen_, 4,224 tons; _Risholm_, 2,155 tons; _Snestadt_, 2,350 tons; _Edam_, 2,381 tons; _Sola_, 3,057 tons; _Bygdo_, 2,345 tons. Russian: _Tourgai_, 4,281 tons; _Mercator_, 2,827 tons. Dutch: _Bloomersdijk_, 4,850 tons. Greek: _George M. Embiricos_, 3,636 tons; _Massalia_, 2,186 tons; _Germaine_, 2,573 tons. Rumanian: _Bistritza_, 3,668 tons. More interest than ever before in submarine warfare was aroused in this country when the German war submarine _U-53_ unexpectedly made its appearance in the harbor of Newport, R. I., during the afternoon of October 7, 1916. About three hours afterward, without having taken on any supplies, and after explaining her presence by the desire of delivering a letter addressed to Count von Bernstorff, then German Ambassador at Washington, the _U-53_ left as suddenly and mysteriously as she had appeared. This was the first appearance of a war submarine in an American port. It was claimed that the _U-53_ had made the trip from Wilhelmshaven in seventeen days. She was 213 feet long, equipped with two guns, four torpedo tubes, and an exceptionally strong wireless outfit. Besides her commander, Captain Rose, she was manned by three officers and thirty-three men.