The Sentinel=record., 1914-11-04
ONE SUBMARINE
 DOES THE WORK
ENGLAND ANSWERS CRITICS WHO DEMAND THAT MORE ATTEN-
 TON BE GIVEN THIS CRAFT.
Loss of the Vessels the Submarine has the Result of the European War.

Washington, Nov {. ,yer since the sinking of the British cruiser Hawke by the German submarine U9 in the North sea, the Navy Department has been deluged with letters containing suggestions from lndlyiduals all over the country for the improvement of the submarine and for a great exten- sion of its usefulness. Satisfied that most of the writers of these commu ricaticns had secured al exaggerated idea of the fighting abilities ol the submarine and that there was very present danger of serious interfer- once with the naval building program and perhaps an almost total Suspen- sicn ol the construction of additional battleships if erroneous ideas obtain common crcdence the nayai officials have been trying to correct this m- pression. They have made it d point to reply to each Of the letter writers, setting out in detail the req sons why, in the judement of the de- partment officials it would be disas- trous to abandon other naval con- struction entirely ia favor of the sub marine, and pointing the limitations which surround these little boats.
 These arguments have been reduc- cd to form in the following statement which it may be said accurately re presents the views of the technical officers of the Navy in regard to the merits of the submarine:
 "The land operations of the war have been so overwhelming, and the navaa conflicts so comparatively few that the importance of the sea opera tions of the various nations is apt to be lost sight of It is the brilliant feats which strike the eye, the dash of the British against Holgolaad, the destruction of three cruisers by a Ger man submarine, rather than the slow bearing dowa by sheer weight of tn allied fleet against the whole German coast line.
 80 far the submarine has carried off the hOnors, and at the same time has greatly disappointed it's admirers in that it has not done more. It was freely predicted before the war that the day Of the dreadnought was pass cd tha; tho submarine would drive il from the seas.
 The destruction of the three Brit ish cruisers, Hogue. Greasy and Abou. kirk. by the German submarine lg. and later the sinking of the Hawke by the same submarine was taken as proof of the importance of surface craft.
 Nevertheless. the advocates of sub marines are beginning to evidence signs of impatience at the paucity Of results. They realize that there are over two hundred submarines in the nayies Of the warning nations, and so far only one has done any thing. Not dreadnought has even been monaced The cruisers which were struck were old. hastily commissioned with naval reserve crews. two of them were engaged in lowering boats and picking up the survivors of the first when they too were torpedoed.
 The loss of these vessels has had no more effect ia the result of the war than the reported capture of a German aeroplane by British sub marine. No one would seriously ad- vocate submarines as proper weapon to use against aeroplanes. but nevertheless reported that an aeroplane which had alighted on tae