The Sentinel=record., 1914-10-18
DEATH SENTENCE ID LARGE NAMES
FOUND IN LITTLE SUBMARINES WHICH ARE TO PLAY IMPOR-
 TANT PART IN WAR.
ar-Sightedness of the Germans Is Found in the Fact That They Were Ready With This War Method When the Occasion Demanded.

| the BTltlSn afmOred cruisers AD0uklF
 Hogue and Greasy by the German sub marine U-9," has not been without its
 effect in Holland and other small cOun | tres of Europe. It is felt this per | formance of a submarine is ample
 proof that in this relatively chear
 craft is to be found a weapon which
 any powerful navy must fear. and thaj possibly means has been found
 which will make preponderance on the
 sea of the large powers less of 8
 nightmare in the smaller countries
 than it has been.
 The Dutch press generally has not
 said much on the subject. The Danish | press also has made but scant com
 ment on the work of the "U-9," but Spanish and Swedish papers have | been less reticent. An almost extra
 ordinary restraint has been exercised by the German and Austro-Hungariau papers, while the Italian press seems
 to be generally taking the view tha. the submarine is an arm of the smal
 country which the larger powers must respect after the destruction of the
 three British cruisers with loss oi 400 men and 60 officers-the result of two hours work by a submarine with a crew of 20
 The views expressed by an unnam ed Norwegian admiral in the Chris
 tiania Morgenbladet of September 2l
 may be taken as typical of what ha
 been said in Europe of the affair: "The efforts of the English t. blockade the Baltic and the North Sea have been given their dea | sentence since German submarine with a crew of 20 men managed to break through the cordons established, travel some 200 sea miles and from it's base and slip about easily in the waters con. trolled by the English fleet. That the three cruisers were old. does not mean anything. The fate that overlook them can oyertake tomorrow the en tire English Baltic fleet
 The North Sea and the Baltic ar no longer in the possession of the ilOlNLHfH A new era with a new method has be gun for the small powers when they will be able to maintain a large mum. per of these cheap and efficient sea arms and in so doing even up thing with a powerful enemy whose greate. resources permitted them to build up q navy entirely beyond the means of small governments"
 While, he said great restraint has been exercised by the German press there has been noticeable a feeling Or renewed confidence in the naval phase of the European war. With par donable pride it is pointed out that the "U-9' and "U-21" after doing their deadly work, returned to their stations unharmed and are now ready for more expeditions of that sort.
 The case of the "U-21" is especially remarkable when it is borne in mind that this boat was away from her base for almost ten days, a perform ance with which another of the "U' boats also must be credited, according to a published letter of a member Of its crew.
 The letter in question described the ,ong journey above and under the wa ter, it's many hardships and the fna! reward of the men by a glimpse into the periscope whicl showed a flock of big British men-of-war lying peace. fully at anchor unmindfu of the "seawolf with the iron skin" who was proving in the deep--to use the Ian suage of the sailor from whose letter this is taken.
 It was stated in the letter that tbe trip had reconnaissance as it's purpose and that the captain refrained from tberating the torpedo in the tube be cause doing so would have been con. trary to orders. It was further stat. ed that the trip was along the coas. of Scotland and England
 Tt would seem," says the Ostsca Zeitung that while the possession o submarines by Germany was of nc great concern to the British. the erea activity radium of the craft is.' Tn that" comments the Vienna Froic Presse, may be found an example or the far-sightedness for which the Germans have already been known"
 Rear Admiral Schieper of the Ger man navy, publishes some rather in teresting details concerning the Ger man submarines and its field of action in an article in the Berliner Tage blatt:
 There has been some complaint fin the past he says that we were noi as many submarines as the French and English, for instance. But for this we had good reasons. Deaf to the plaints of the critics we permitted other nations to make the expert nents, profiting by their experiences In addition the demands of service along our coast were different.
 Naturally, l can not speak of these low. but l may mention that the small submarine, limited to activity near it's 'ase, was not exactly what we wanted What we needed were larger boats. which in addition to being sea golng lad a greater actiyityradium. But to 'uild such a submarine was no easy