The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-11

not expected or contemplated to use all
the submarines at one time"
Thirty submarines are completed.
the navy. he thought would get along
very well. When the Atlantic fleet went
20 Mexico. Mr.. Daniels sald. he. found
that ~ was easy TO buy and improvise a
hospital ship in three weeks
My theory" he said. rs that We
snouid put All the money available for
construction into our fighting ships. n nd
not auxiliartes."
Secretary Daniels testified that sub
there had been much trouble over en- en-
sines and batteries. and The navy had
not had the progress In this branch that
ed the committee to authorize s100.0
Tor battery from Thomas a Edison.
which he said. ~ IL did the work AR.
solve the whole submarine problem.
Most Difficult In word
Mr.. Daniels said the building of sub
the world and that when they were built
them. Now" he said. we have bought
submarine ourselves. which we are
building at the Portsmouth. y. IL, navy
yard, ! believe We have got to come to
and batteries are the problem. The lead
batteries have "A life not exceeding five
years. Mr. Edison Is working ON a bat
tery which IL being tested at the New
York navy yard. He thinks he has a
submarine that will stand"
EXPLAINING that az first the depart
ment took up the Holland submarines
which gave a good deal OF trouble. and
then the Lake type. which also failed to
prove perfect. Mr.. Daniels said:
We have almost lost hope that ms.
submarine builders viii come up TO IN.
Ieq1irements. and II they do meet other
conditions. its a question whether thu
batteries will not give out
lie said that navy was using the same
submarine battery as Great britain,
france ana Germany. Responding TO
questions he said that at one time he
had contemplated the purchase OF sub
marines In Germany and France with a
view 70 finding out their methods. and
added that those methods could ONLY he
ascertatned by buying the boats Ths
navy Is using the Lake pattern for the
paying the Lake company $50, zoe roy.
Only Three Out OF Two Hundred.
heterring 20 the disappointments in
supinarine efficiency. the secretary suC-
sested to the committee that "out 81
~ ~ s ses that Germany. and Eng
land together have. the world has heard
OF the achievements OF only three
Represep Hobson cited news
paper reports that England was building
10 capital ships for delivery IN 1915.
more than three times England's aver
age program: Germany nine. several
program and that II still was uneertsin
whether the German fleet would enFaRe
tne Engnsh or French fleets. Conse-
quently. MI HObsOn insisted. they would
than now.
When the was In Europe Is over re-
piled Secretary Daniels. those countries
VIII be so exhausted In their resources
and burdened with debt that there is 20
ing 20 be great revulsiOn against war
IN All countries. There Is going TO be
such exhaustion and reaction that the
people are going 20 see a cessation OF
this very burdensome war. I expect a
ieNuision VIII be 50 great that We Will
have an international conference on
armament-morc possible now than ever
before and that we will get some action
BY which the nRvies OF tine world pow
ers VIII be used only to carry into exc
cuuon the agreements the countries
reach"