The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-10-08

the demands Of the United States that
1t radically amend its methods of sub.
marine warfare is due TO the collapse
of the submarine campaign is the
declaration made by tn" Providence,
Rhode Island, Journal of September
23, whose account of the British meth
ods of combating the C-hoats has been
teIegraphed widely throughout the
country and given apparent credence
by much OF the American press.
The Journal sta'es that Cover
Ell hty per cent Of Germany 5 subma-
rines have been destroyed and its un.
dersea warfare brought to completes
failure within two months
1.-THE Journal is able to print this
morning." IL stated, "the full and &C.
curate story of the manner in which
the British navy has accomplished this
woik s....
The Journal declares that while the
German submarine crews are as brave
and efficient as any sailors on earth,
"the mysterious disappearance of
dozens Of submarines with their entire
crews has brought about n
panic in this branch of the service -
They do not understand how this de-
struetion Is effected and their govern
ylent will not tell them. The journal
quotes the statistics of the submarine
warfare as follows:
Sixty Seven Melted
"Sixty- seven German submarines,
twenty eight Of which are declared to
have been of tho newest and latest
obstruction, have been sunk and their
crews q strOyed by the british navy
since the fifth day Of May. 1t is
'tated on POSITIVE authority that the
full capacity of the German ship yards
for underseas boats is not more than
three a month, Sut that even if Ger.
many were able to replace her sub
marines as fast as they had been de,
Stroyed, the gravest situation she faces
in. regard to this, method Of warfare j.
the actual destruction OF the morale OF
the officers and crews Of such vessels
Unidentified Victims -
ut has not been possible in many
eases for the British admiralty ia
ascertain the mineral designation OF
the Submarines that have been sunk il
| his manner, but it is positively known
hat since April | the following boat
'rva harn DESTROYED. U.q. U1S, U-16
U.1s, U-22, U.23, U-24, Us, U-2, VI
IA, besides four unNumbered boats o.
what is known as the Augsburg two
cycle motor type, and three of the
Nuremberg motor type, which appar
emily have carried no numerical desig
nation whatever.
Describes Tactics
D..k
ish tactics as follows:
| "For several months there has beer
considerable publicity with regard t.
the belief that transports from Great
Britain to the coast of France hav,
been projected for submarines mainly
by pathways of wire netting stretche,
across the Channel 1t has been know
that great quantities of wire have bee
shipped from the United States, anr
that very large orders for similar ma
terial have been filed in British factor
les. This wire has not been used ~
the manner suggested.
1.-THE operations which have resultc.
| in the practical elimination of the Ger
man submarine navy have all centerc,
about the fact that the periscope of Tho
| submarine, particularly when travelin,
in seas that are rough or choppv, has :
very greatly restricted range of vision
| This range at the most in clear watcI
| is not more than one mile, except whe'
there are vessels on the horizon usinl
| fuel which MAXI s smoke, when tn,
range of vision rs increased to from
| three to FIVE miles.
Drop Traps Ii Their Paths
| "This fact has been taken full al
| vantage Of. The netting which ha'
been used by the British Navy for th'
| past two months has been made of gal
| vanized material with a fifteen-foOt
mesh This size has superseded bot
the nine foot and the twelve foot mes
which preceded it and which w.rC
found to be impractcable for the pur
| pose. The netting has been. cut into
lengths of ITO feet with depth of ,;
feet. On top of this netting are lashe
great blocks of wood.
"Oil-burning torpedo boat destr ROY
ers, vessels of great speed, have beer
used in pairs, running along SLOWLY
with these sections of netting street.-the
between them. The moment a subma
rine periscOpe is sighted the destroyer,
slow down Mt distance Of a mile ~
less, and as soon as the submarine :,
course is charted by the continuou,
movement of her periScoDe the destroy
crs get ahead of her path and cut away
the nshings which hold the ends of tn,
netting to the vessel.
Turns Submarine Over
at is declared that three times ont
Of four. when this has been done, tn,
submarine has run directly into thi,
netting which, bv the time the s,rhml
rine reaches it, has sunk from eight t.
ten feet below the surface, and that
| with bows once enmeshed the submit
rine turns turtle a"i sinks ont NJ sinh'
AT times the destrOyers have run
'evHrhl miles ahead nf those submarine
before dropping their nets, in order l.
make sure Of the rXact course of tn.
'nemy Fight or ten submarines hay,
escaped destruction, merely by accident