SUBMARINE WARFARE AND OERMAN BOUNCE.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2381, 10 February 1915, Page 7

SUBMARINE WARFARE AND OERMAN BOUNCE.

Sir/—There id a saying of Paddy— that one mail is as good ae another — end sometimes better. Now, sir, can there be any difficulty in one submarine attacking another 1 Of Course, everything ill war is risky, and it may be held by some critics that the Allies inay torpedo each other, but by a simple arrangement this can be overcome, by an admiral's order issued each day to the commanders of submarines, to attach a coloured staff to the periscope—the colburs to vary each day—so that on rising to the surface it can bo seen to wfioh party it 'belongfi, afid it would be almost a matter of impossibility, to ascertain each day's colours. . Now, Sir. we'will say an enemy's periscope i'b sighted, tho submarine going east. I am going north or south—the enemy's periscope is of the wrong colour. Then go for nim, it is hit or miss, and if Our German friends find foes under water they may make for Faderland like the rest of their sneaking craft. If uir craft can fight, why not submarines? Fish of all Sorts fight under water. Theli, Lord Fisher, start the Boys in Blue at the same game. —I am, etc., . / . HENRY WALTON. Waikanae, February 9, 1916.