THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 September 1917, Page 5

THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN.

THE WEEK'S LOSSES. Deceived Sept. 20, 10 p.m. London, Sept. .20. A British Admiralty report on the submarine campaign during the week riided .'•"cplember 10 gives the following figures, those in last week's report he'.ng r.lso given: This Last week. weekArrivals -., 2005 27-14 Hailing* 2737 2SOB Sunk over IfiOO tons S 12 Sunk under 1000 tons 20 0 Unsueeefsfullv attacked .. fl 12

('Hie 20 ships under 1000 tens sunk ineln: 1 " nine i.unk during flu- previous week). The following table shows the total losses for the lib weeks since the regular report was first issued:--Over Under UnsuelliOl) KUO Total cessful tons tons sunk attacks

ITALIAN LOSSES SMALL. Received Sept. 20, 10 p.m. Koine, Sept, 10. The Italian arrivals for the week were -1!)3 and the sailings 407. The were nan steamer under 1500 tons and one small sailer.

ADMIRAL JELLICOE'S ViEWS,

GERMAN HOPES UNREALISED. American newspapers give the text of another brief interview accorded to a representative of the Associated Press by Admiral Je.llicoe early in August "You ask mo to say something of the submarine menace," Sir John said. "It Is serious because all the Allied armies and civil population, are in varying degree, dependent on sea transport. But, viewed broadly, the recourse by the Germans to this form of piracy is encouraging. They did not adopt it until they had lost hope in the victory of their armies. They did not risk drawing the United States into the war and concentrating on themselves the loathing of all other neutral States, until they were* convinced that they could not float a keel on the world's seas and by legitimate means interfere with the growth of the military strength of the Allies. For three years naval power has been in process of transition into military power. The Germans in desperation decided to embark upon uifcliless submarine warfare in the confident belief that it would prove a fatal stroke. In February, according to their own confession, it' was the best and only means of a. speedy and victorious ending to the war."

"Starch, April, May, June and July have passed, and their early hopes are still unrealised," Sir Joint continued. "There is no reason to doubt that; the Germans have at sea lately a far larger number of submarines than in February and March but. nevertheless, with the invaluable assistance which America ban rendered, we have prevented them from reaping the liarvest which they anticipated Com'bating the submarine demands the utmost, effort on the part of all the countries which have joined forces to de'.'at Germany. She has slaked her all on the submarine, and if we defeat it her last hope will have gone. The two urgent needs of the moment are'more patrol ships for hunting down submarines and an increased output of merchant shipping, so that the losses suffered at sea may lie made good. The war has become one of economic endurance. With the powerful :\id which the United States is rendering in making the naval blockade eil'ective, Germany's condition must become worse week by week. She will hold out so long as there is the faintest hope of the,.success of the submarine warfare. Unce its failure is demonstrated the German people, whatever may be the case with the German Government, will red gniso that defeat t,tare3 them in the face."

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