The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-28
HUNDRED AND ELEVEN
ALLIED VESSELS sunk
German Newspaper Gives Total Ton.
mage Of a34,2sp Lost by Foes
Since February IS.
NEUTRAL SHIPS ELIMINATED
Not Included in Ast--Frankfuter
Zeitung Claims That the War Zone
and Submarines Have Been Proven
a Success.

New York, June 27.--The total of
losses in ships OF the Allies merchant
marine around the English coast In
the period between February is tthe
beginning OF the German submarine
war zoneJ and May Is. as compiled
from German data, Is published in
the Frankfurter Zeitung of June g
received here yesterday.
This publication, the first issued
from German quarters, contains also
a list of the various allied ships sunk,
totaling Ill. together with the ma
tionality and tonnage of each, and a
charted map Of the British Isles show
ing where each ship was sunk.
in describing the achievements of
the German submarines against their
foes--the neutral ships sunk are not
inCluded--the F'rankfurter ZeNungs
article says:
2s4.2ss Tons.
"In the period OF three months
since the 18th of February. a day
memorable for history, our sub
marines have inflicted on the enemy
merchant shipping, in the first place
the English merchant marine, total
loss of III ships with displacement
OF 234239 tons. The figures may.
perhaps. not seem Especially large in
comparison with the gigantic number
Of merchant ships flying the flag of
the enemy.
But in this method of warfare the
percentage loss of ships of our OPP
ponent as compared with his total
does not count, but rather the fact
that through the regularity and In
a. "A. 90. 4.~sN.
Plies the enemy shipping shall be ais
turbed as poignantly as possible, and
that there should as n result of this
disturbance appear in the economic
life of England phenomena similar to
those which the English plan or the
isolat ton OF Germany aims at without,
however. having succeeded In getting
any nearer To its goal. owing TO the
inherent strength and power of adap-
tation of German business.
'-The rise of prices now prevalent
in EngiaId. and the paralyzing OF
great branches OF trade which could
not occur in an England that really
| ruled tsne sea may be attributed in
chief part to this war of the subma-
| rine.
| Advantage Tesscned.
THE advantage of the insular po'
| sftion of England has been greatly
| lessened, thanks to this excellent Ger
man weapon. even IL 1t cannot be COM
| pleteiy eliminated. But II one com
| pares with the total voyages of tbs
English merchant shipping the losses
| of the English merchant marine
/ amounting to more than 100 ships ir
n period Of exactly ninety days. and
a tonnage of 21s,0o0 tons (from ths
totals mentioned above there must b
! ~AAn 80 ErxAnv ~
4 Russia). then we must consider ONLY
that part OF the British merchant ma
rine that entered ports OF the islant
| kingdom In this period or left them
and one must bear in mind furt11e'
that n large number .of those ship
Ia contained several times In the Eng
lish statistics, since they do coast ser
vice.
Il But as valuable booty for our sub
marines particularly those ships ar
to be regarded that import any kind
of commodities to England. And sta
tistics will later be able to show OF
success OF the German submarine war
far. as indicated by hgures.
!. "a glance at the map that accom-
panies the list of losses suffices Il
ss,ow that mine fields as little as grea
! distances are factors Of decisive i'm
portance in the activities of our sub
. marines The closing of the Engiisl
Channel and OF the North Channe
fbetween Ireland and Scotland) ha
not prevented our boats from pene
, trating wherever there was booty
Even on the northwest coast Of Scot
land and out in the west of Ire1an'
, the German Submarines have car
ried on a successful hunt. The mum
IT,. ne "a m ha rau
represent the successive ships on tn
list
.~. Adds English Figures
The Frankfurter Zeitung adds fig
ures given by the British admiralty OF
the same subject. These, II says. TO
tai 100 merchant ships with a regis
tered tonnage of $4,000 tons, from
the beginning OF the war to May %
Added TO these. It says are eighty
: three fishing vessels with a tonnag
of 1855 tons, making a total Of 81
ships with 47o.5s5 tons.
These figures. however, are Ger
tainly Incomplete" IL says, 'inasmucl
az up to March is there had alread
been announced las ships with a tota
tonnage of 100000 as lost. and tn
figures published by us above, base'
upon authentic material, concernini
the victims OF our submarines in thre
months, contradict beyond any powe
OF dispute the euphemistic presenta
ton of the British admiralty. Ever
SO. however the English list still
shows that since the beginning o
/ the submarine warfare, although 1,
that period there was little to speal
Of in the way of activities ofNthe Ger
man cruisers abroad. the damag
4 done to the English feet has risel
according TO the confession Of tn
I admiralty itself. Since February IS
that is 10 say, since scarcely NOR
than quarter of a year, according u
the English hgures, no less than fifty
six British merchant ships with a. ton
mage Of $4,000 tons tthat IL to say
more than 40 per cent of the tota
number of merchant ships designated
4 as LOST have been sunk. But IL In
\ stead of these English figures thu
German compilation which lie indubi
tably correct, be accented. then tn
entire picture changes considerabl,
in our favor"
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