Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-11-07
Is SUBMARINE
A GOOD SMALL
navy ARGUMENT?
inventor OF Under Water Fight
er Nominated for Nobel
Peace Prize
(By a Naval Expert.)

prize, and supports the candidacy
with excellent reasons r.,
Consider what one Of them recently
accomplished: Ii sank three armored
cruisers; Il killed 1000 British naval
officers and sailors; costing at the
outside 100000, Il went into action
under water and sent to the bottom
$l7. 800,0 900 worth Of British naval
equipment; II returned to its base
without a scratch. or without the ex.
penditure OF anything more than fuel
and the torpedoes which sank the
three cruisers; II enabled 90 German
sailors to put more than 100 times
their number of British out of action.
A submarine defense system for
maritime nation is ideal in three
cally perfect defense; In the second
place, its cost Of building and upkeep
is surprisingly small; and In the third
place 1t cannot undertake expeditions
against other nations, thereby enor.
mously reducing the temptation to
get into trouble.
The submarine apparently has de-
creed that the future Of the Dread
nought is It's past
What nations now will care to con-
tinue the mad race to burden their
taxpayers with the enormous expense
of building. equipping and maintaining
huge fleets Of Dreadnoughts, when q
few tiny submarines can wipe out
these monsters without a chance Of
retaliation?
The modern warship going into ac-
ton with submarine takes desper-
ate chance. The future warshlp win
have no chance at ALL A Bridgeport
er has stopped the mad race for ma
val supremacy by making nayies use
less.
What does the supremacy Of the
submarine mean to the taxpayers OF
the globe?
E9ht billion dollars year has been
estimated for the cost OF the present
European conflict.
In peace times the Allies expend
on their army and navy over billion
dollars yearly while Germany and
Austria's expense Is about $451,0OO,-
600.
The navy OF the Allies costs yearly
100000. The dual alliance navy
costs s125.000. 900.
The substantial completed battle.
ships and cruisers number 246, with
tonnage OF 2,s77.7s7, costing probab-
II billion and a quarter dollars for
the Allies. The Germany-Austria COM
bination numbers 10, with Tonnage OF
1,o51,O17, which probably cost $780,.
$4,000.
Il The combined money in the big
war craft in the present war 10 about
acne and three-quarters billion dol
lars useless Investment In the opin-
ion Rf the British admiral. Admiral
Sir Percy Scott, who has stated, sThe
Introduction of lie vessels that swim
under water has, In my opinion, en-
tirely done away with the utility Of
ships that swim on top OF the water"
submarines and aeroplanes have
entirely reyolutionized warfare" and
Under the circumstances | can see
no use for battleships and very little
chance OF much employment Of cruis-
ers."
While blockading the German ports
of the North Sea, the British cruis-
ers Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue were
sunk by the German submarine U9 on
September "A, 1914 Discussing this
sea tragedy, the London Times naval
expert says: ct Is depIorable that
In the nature Of the new form OF ma
val warfare disaster should be sud-
den and so overwhelming, without
even sight Of the insidious foe. The
London Daily Telegraph naval expert
stated: mo matter how many Brit
ish submarines may have been on the
scene they could not have done any
good, as far as can be conjectured.
Submarines cannot fight submarines,
There IL no defense against these
underwater craft 80 long as they re-
main under water"
The cruisers did not iire q shot be-
cause the U9 was invisible and were
helpless and hopeless.
One cheap pigmy submarine annihi-
lated in a few minutes three costly
giant cruisers, which cost probably
sixty times the price Of the U9.
The largest modern submarines
cost about q half million dollars to
build, and less than $4,000 yearly to
run. The Dreadnoughts cost III. 000,-
900 and over three-Quarters OF MILL.
on dollars yearly to maintain.
A London newspaper has stated:
The submarines demonstrated their
ability to take such ofTensive action a.
to render battleships almost impo-
tent
The Q. 8. secretary Of the navy
stated at Albany September rs, 1914:
Like many Of the governments, ours
has acted on the belief that the most
powerful sea fighters would be the
huge Dreadnoughts. But we are now
learning from the war In Europe that
he weapon Of national defense on the
sea In the future probably win be the
dreaded little submarines
Some experts believe that one or
more squadrons Of I'VE submarines
each should be located ct the follow.
ne points on the United States coast:
Bar Harbor, Portsmouth,, Boston. New
York. Delaware BrsakWater, Norfolk.
Baltimore. Charleston. Key West.
Pensacola, New Orleans. the Panama
Canal, San Diego. San Pedro. Los An
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