The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-10-16
SUBMARINES AT vvORK
FORECAST OF NAVAL WAN IN
THE COMING YEARS.
New Types Of Destroyer, WhsB Ger
tain EneInes Are Developed, viii
Possess Powers. OF Hldeoue W.
oestructlvonoeo.

/ The destroyer is doomed shortly Il
disappear. or, II you like, she WIN IL
future be invested with the power L
dive. The types. at any rate. viii b
amalgamated. It 10 . matter Of DAf
fecting the Observation-Disclosures enxin(
for marine purposes. Afterward The
submarine may attain the power Of
flying % we'll, and We shall have q
ship possessing al the qualities Of the
Wild duck, except that Of sitting on
eggs and reproducing herself. This
forecast 10 made by Gerard Fiennes
who writes Of the work Of the subma,
rine in the Pail Mall Magazine:
1T 10 the darkest hour. the hAur be.
fore the dawn. The hostile feet lies
in its harbor, behind the boom and
under the shelter Of the forts. It has
suffered damage In an encounter With
. superior force, but 10 still in being.
The beams Of the searchlights wheel
and cross and seesaw up and down;
the guarding destroyers prowl hither
In the outer harbor. OF . sudden
there 10 . rush from sesward Of black
hulls and flaming tunnels. No con.
oealment u attempted: It would be
useless. The attackers creep, unper-
oeived. near enough to make their
rush. In IN instant the scene u ablaxe
With auick-aring guns, hurting shell
On friend and foe alike. The assail.
ants hold on. Ono boat after another
sinks, but ever fresh sauadrons rush
IN to the attack. A dosen, 20, 30 boats
viii b we'll lost II the attempt sue.
eeeds.
"Ths boom which protects the har.
Dor mouth 10 made Of huge baulks of
timber, wound and wound With stout
steel hawsers. From it, low edge
hang torpedo nets. II would b vain
70 charge It - the Polyphemus years
ago charged the boom ct Portsmouth
tor IN experiment. and got over. It
must be blown up. A rending crash.
followed BY another, proclaips the
failure Of the trusted defense. The
boom 10 in splinters: the destroyers
which wrecked II actually make their
way to safety amid the smoke and
confusion caused by the explosions.
Now the fast-breaking dawn discloses
Z number Of slim poles cutting the sur.
lace Of the water. Again the crash II
the IRE breaks out. Il 10 futile, but
the nerves Of the gunners will not
stand inaction. The defending de.
stroyers charge the submarines, try.
Ing to knock away their periscopes
and to explode mines close to their
hulls. Here and there they succeed.
A whalelike snout is thrown out OF
the water and sinks again forever.
There 10 . whirr Of wings overhead.
The aeroplanes are up. Soon foun.
tains Of water are spouting from
where their dropped bombs explode
But above all the din there arises q
dull, muffled roar-a secondsta third
Some of the battleships. are hit. One
torpedo which missed it's mark de.
stroys the caisson of the dock in which
the flagship is lying for repairs. Worst
Of all, the fleet has lost its sense Of
security. It must 60 out and fight at
any cost. What the fireships were
designed to do in the old wars. and
seldom did, the submarine can accom-
plish. at least. If she justifies the
hopes of those who believe in her"