Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-13
EDITOR

keeping, it is not fast, and it is extremely yul
nerable. Already devices for its destruction
are multiplying: The aeroplane or dirigibl
can see it well below the surface; the net tin
mine field, the destroyer are all being used t.
oppose it, and a new type of armed patrol boa
lis being built for the purpose of watching tn
sea s surface for signs of the mechanical whal
that must come up. Submarine signals, also
although now in the infancy of development
will doubtless soon be able to detect the pres
lence of moving submarines and give accuratei!
their direction and distance. s. ! :. II.
It would be, of course, not unreasonable t
suppose that, while the weapons for the de
Istrnction Of underwater craft are being per
fected, the improvement of the submarine itsel
will continue Without doubt its size will in
crease, its engines both surface and sub
surface, gain In horsepower and resulting
speed, its radius of action grow and its sea
worthiness improve have said nothing d
the discomfort of the, officers and men on th,
present day vessels, nor of the well known fac
that the propelling and operating mechanism
Iis ii such an experimental stage that frequent
accidents occur; these are the evils of any new
apparatus witness the automobile of ffteeI
years ago But the time is not far distant
when the shabitability . and safety from mis-
Ihaps will make submarines as dependable al
any other high-poWered, complicated vessel 81
war; Two lettering factors will probably al
ways be present in its development: the In
ability to see under water, and the necessity
of coming to the surface at short intervals.
The submarine has come to stay. 1t has
taken its place not as the sole weapon IN nava
|offense and defense, but as an adjunct to Other
weapons. That It is useful for coast defense
for commerce destroying, for scouting pur-
poses, and as q part of the protection to and
attacking power Of battleship feet is es
|tablished. e .,. .S .-...ss. !.
Sheriff Roses suggestion for better policing
|of the Manoa valley district seems to BE q good
one. He says that the district is SO tended
that even with two policemen patrolling i
they respften hard to locate in q hurry, and
that If q house could be provided with tele-
phone, so that one man could stay there con
|stantly, the residents could be sure of getting
assistance without delay. Possibly the super.
visors could appropriate small sum for q
|single-room house on the proposed fire station
site, or Manoa residents could get together and
furnish central location. The problem of po-
Icing Manoa admittedly is difficult one but
lit is one that must be worked out. The pres.
|ent situation is intolerable KIT
Mayor Lane s city planning commission is
well chosen. It is we'll rounded except for one
respect 1T lacks any member of engineering
|or architectural profession TO pay all the com.
|pliIhents lie evidently desired to pay by. APP
|pointment to the commission, the mayor has
been forced TO forego technical ability This
however, will surely be at the service of the
commission for the asking. Any Honolulu en-.
|gineer, architect or landscape gardener should
he glad to aid the commission with sugges-
tions. Certainly there is room for suggestion
Naval Constructor J. A. Furer,i whofleft yes
|terday for Washington. may receive no imme-
date reward for his feat of raising the sunken
submarine F4 but in the eyes of his profes-
sional brethren his achievement is one sof I'm
usual merit. Honolulu is sorry to seeshim go
for in and out of service and professional cir,
cles he had made many friends III
Forty-two thousand raving enthusiasts at a
baseball game, in stands reverberating with the
widest of cheers and the blaringest of blaring
band music-all this hardly suggests to the
minds eye a picture of "frigid, classic