The Washington times., 1915-07-01
Berlin Schedules Total Tonnage
Of 234,239 Lost BY Foes
From February to May.
NUETRALS NOT MENTIONED
Frankfurter Zeitung Produces
List to Show War Zone and
Submarines Are Success.

NEW YORK. July 1.-The total OF
losses in ships Of the allies merchant
marine around the English coast In the
period between February IS (the begin
ming of the German submarine war
zone) and May 1S. as compiled from
German data, Is published In the Frank
furter Zeitung Of June just received
here.
This publication, the first issued frofn
German quarters, contains also
LIST of the various allied ships SUNK
totaline III, together with the nationality
and tonnage of each, and a charted mar
of the British Isles showing where each
ship was sunk.
In describing the achievements OF the
German submarines against their foes-
the neutral ships sunk are not included
the Frankfurter Zeitung's article says;
Aimed At Foes Economic Life.
"In the period of three months since
the 18th of February, a day memoraoie
for history, our submarines have lnhlct-
ed on the enemy merchant shipping III
the first place the English merchah'
marine. a total loss of Ill ships with
displacement of 234.23s tons. The iis'
ures NAV. perhaps, not seem especlatiy
large in comparison with the Bisantie
number of merchant ships flying the nag
of the enemy. But in this methoo y,
warfare the percentage loss OF snlps VI
our opponent as compared with his tota,
does not count, but rather the fact that
through the regularity ana lneVltaoie-
ness of the marine catastrophes the
enemy shipping shall be dlsturpea az
poignantly as possible, and that there
should as result of this disturbance
appear in the economic life OF england
phenomena similar to those which the
English plan Of the isolation or Germany
aims at without however having sue
ceeded in getting any nearer to Its goal.
owing to the inherent strength ana
power Of adaptation of German ousl-
ness.
Prices Rising in England.
THE rise of prices now prevalent In
England. and the paralyzing of great
branches of trade which could not occur
in an England that really ruled the sea.
NAV be attributed in chief part to this
war of the submarines. The advantage
of the insuar position OF England mas
been greatly lessened, thanks to this ex-
not be completely eliminated. But II one
compares with the total voyages or the
English merchant shipping the losses or
the English merchant marine, amount
ing to mora than 100 ships in period of
exactly ninety days. and a tonnage of
PIG, 900 tons (from the totals mentioned
above there must be deducted the shares
of France and Russia), then we must
consider only that part Of the British
merchant marine that entered ports of
the island kingdom in this period or left
them: and one must bear in mind fur
ther that a large number of those ships
is contained several times in the English
statistics since they do coast service.
But as valuable booty for our sub
marines particularly those ships are to
be regarded that import any kinds of
commodities to England. And statistics
will later be able to show on the basis
of these figures the great success of the
German submarine warfare, as indica-
ted by figures.
Penetrate Everywhere.
"a glance at the map that accom-
panies the list of losses suffices to
show that mine fields as little as great
distances are factors of decisive i'm
marines. The closing of the English
channel and of the North channel (be-
tween Ireland and Scotland) has not
prevented our boats from penetrating
northwest coast of Scotland and out
in the west of Ireland the German sub
marines have carried on a successful
hunt. The numbers in the little circles
on the map represent the successive
ships on the list"
The Frankfurter Zeitung adds figures
given by the British admiralty on the
same subject. These, it says, total 13C
merchant ships with a registered ton
mage of $4,000 tons, from the begin
ntK, nf ha XHrnr ~ 70
these. 1t says, are eighty-three fishing
vessels with a tonnage OF 1885 tons,
making a total of 213 ships with 47O5S5
tons.
Figures In Germany's Favor.
These figures, however, are GER
tainly incomplete" 1t says, 'inasmuch
as up to March 16 there had already
been announced las ships with a total
tonnage of 800, 900 as lost, and the fig-
ures published by us above, based upon
authentic material, concerning the VIC
Tins of our submarines in three months
contradict beyond any power of dispute
British admiralty. Even so. however
the English list still shows that since
the beginning of the submarine war
fare, although in that period there was
little to speak OF in the way of actiVi'
ties of the German cruisers abroad, the
damage done to the English fleet has
risen according to the confession of the
admiralty itself. Since February IS
that is to say, since scarcely more than
a quarter of a year, according to the
English figures, no less than fifty-siS
British merchant ships with a tonnage
of 1877, 900 tons Chat Is to say, more
than 40 per cent of the total number o.
merchant ships designated as losD have
been sunk. But if instead of these Eng
lish figures the German compilation
which Is indubitably correct. be ac.
cspted. then the entire picture changes
considerably in our favor"
German List.
This is the German list:
Nation WheT