The Saint Paul globe., 1898-04-24
OFFSET FOR THE PLUNGER

This May Menn That Submarine
warfare VIII Re Added 10 the
Appalling I" Contemplate -
Coopct Ip in Thc~e STEEL Cs Iin-
derS, the CombntnntS Would Go
10 Their Graves Hene.th the
waves. and the Details Of the
Death Fight Never BE known.
Correspondence The St. Paul Globe.
WASHINGTON. April u. - "Those
who talk So lightly of war" remarked
a SAGE veteran of the United States
navy. who had spent a good deal of
lis time cooped up in the narrow con-
fines of a torpedo boats interior, can
know little of the terrorS. expected and
impossible to foresee. that await the
naval meu in a future war" Prob
ably this veteran had in mind the sub
marine tarr0rs that are going to fig
are in the next naval contest. Certain
il IS that the experts Of the European
uavies are fully alive to the fact that
l--''I "'"S''" N'S'i F'''oN'N'' -
equipped floating forts are of little
avail against the boat that steals up
beneath the waves and. while hidden
,,,+ ,f .isb, sa,5s . h,It INFO The vi
tails Of th- battl5ship or cruiser, ana
sinks her without those aboard know
ing The nature of the enemy before
whose attack they go down.
Spain at least is concerned about the
LiSSSl~S VI t'g Ii'l'''" an" iUii9
among the hEhtlhS NeSSeIS lhhI sue
would have 10 grapple within the event
of war with this country. 1t is re-
1,orre5 that Snain * seeking 10 ac-
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RukoSfpNN. and now lying somewhere
In the waters of The cars domlnions.
with the most particular care taken to
e-rar5 b-, AGAINST +b., n,.,-ino ewes Of
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Sa'U v' tIe hU99Idh nav! De leiuereu
less effective when the time comes for
It's use. hy the fact that there are
others of like nature in existence
Shor1d Sn3fn acouira rhis boat the
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Ut''' -'' Sd 'Si ''''I7 HI"lIIleI' I"I lHe H'At
naval war may witness a fight beneath
the waves, in which the cOmbatants
VIII oe the submarine destFoyers OF the
In sfraneasr h.,trie of tfe cantf1t,, ana
almost impossible to invest with more
ter1oIs than the mere fact of the fight
ing 'eIilS aI. carried on Deheath the
Gan 7'' It.
Destructive FiEhtin" Monsters.
Tn. submarine boafs viii he tha most
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ed 10 be after has proved successful
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