WAR AT SEA
FRENCH MINISTER’S SURVEY FAILURE OF SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN. GOOD HOPES OF DEALING WITH MINES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day. 9.10 a.m.) PARTS, November 30. The French morning communique states: "There is nothing to report." The Naval Minister. M. Cesar Campinchi. has announced that the French Navy has intercepted 223.297 tons of merchandise bound for Germany during the first 68 days of the war. including 85.742 tons of foodstuffs. 101.653 tons of raw materials and 35.000 tons of liquid combustibles, lie added that Germany possessed from 50 to 00 submarines when the war began and had already lost 30. M. Campinehi said he did not believe the submarine was a serious menace to Allied commerce and the magnetic mines were less to be feared than was generally believed, it was now believed possible to drag them from the sea. which was being done with electrical magnetic equipment and was showing excellent results. He concluded: "Thus Germany’s war against the Allies on the seas is bound to fail in the ions* run.” "j
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 December 1939, Page 6
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