ON THE SEAS.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16144, 23 February 1918, Page 9

ON THE SEAS.

THE SUBMARINE MENACE. FRENCH AND ITALIAN RETURNS. (By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Reuter'e Telegrams.) (R-oceived February 22nd. 8.20 p.m.) LONDON, Fobruary 21. A French report on tho submarine campaign during tho week ended February 16th gives tho following figures, thoso in last week's report heing given in parentheses:— Arrivals ... ... 919 (891) Sailings ... ... 876 (841; Sinkings— Over 1000 tons ... ■ — (1) Under 1600 tons ... — (1) Unsuccessfully attacked 3 (1) Tho Italian return states that two steamors were sunk. ADMIRAL LORI> JELLICOE'S VIEWS. (Anatralinu and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received February 22nd, 8.20 p.m.) LONDON, February 21. Admiral Lord Jollicoo was tho guest of the Aldwych Club. In the course of a speech ,he said that destroyers were the great antidote to submarino piracy. Wo were short of destroyers at the outbreak of war, and thought too much about Dreadnoughts. Tho Germans now feared our destroyers abov© anything else. Tho people must not wonder that enemy destroyers got past on* patrols occasionally —even frequently. They fought tip-and-run raids, but occasionally got caught, as by the Brokt and the Swift. The visibility of enemy destroyers at night was represented by a pin-point on a big map of the North Ssa. "You do not hoar of tho visits' we pay to tho German waters," he said, "but the Germans lenow about them. There are no targets for our submarines. Tho enemy only come out once a year. It is a boring business waiting for our annual shot." Admiral Jellicoe said he believed that the Navy had sunk 50 per cent, of tho German submarines in the North Sea, the Atlantic, and the Arctic.