Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09
Washington View
 Submarine Action
DOES NOT PORTEND cOMPLICA.
 TONS WITH GERMANY
IF RIGHTLY CONDUCTED
None of the Ships Destroyed Appear to Have Been Attacked Without Warning or Without Proper Meas ures for Safety of Those Aboard.

Washington, Oct. 8. - Submarine warfare at the very doors of the Unit ed States does not necessarily portend further complications with Germany so long as it is carried on within the limitations of international law,
 That is the view or orr1cials Wash 1ngton tonight on the record of one days operations, iS which none of the ships destroyed appears to have been attacked without warming or without proper measures for safety of those aboard.
 Mechanically at least, in interna- tional law. an allied ship destroyed by German submarine just outside the three mile limit and in sight of Amer ican> shores is no different than a ship destroyed in the Arctic ocean, provid- ed it's destruction is accomplished in accordance with the laws of nations and humanity.
 But despite the fact that it seems to make little difference on which par ticular part of the high seas Germany prosecutes her newest submarine cam paign, officials and diplomats see a situation filled with so many possi- bilities that it Is almost impossible to enumerate them so long as commerce in and out of American ports is men, aced.
 May Raise PerpIexing Questions. The presence of a German subma- rine f1otilla near American territorial waters, officials fear may raise per- picking questions of neutrality and in fact a most serious issue would be raised if the operations of the sub mersibles were carried on so near to American ports as virtually to con Stitute a. blockade
 At the outset of the war when a1- lied cruisers hovered OF New York so close that commerce was impeded, the United States, construing their oper- ations as virtually a blockade, noti- l fled France and Great Britain of it's objections and the ships were moved l farther out to sea. The possibility | of a similar situation resulting from | submarine operations is foreseen. | The destruction of half a dozen ships, within sight of the shores of the' | United States while American war
 ships lowered near to take off the vic-' | tins aroused reports of German bases | and conveys. One renewed report | was that large quantities of fuel oil | had been submerged at points in the l Gulf of Mexico, on the coast of Maine and on the Canadian coast. A con i lecture which was generally accepted 1 as among the most. likely possibilities | was that the sumbarines are accom- | panied by merchant submersibles of
 the Deutschland and Bremen type, | loaded with torpedoes and ammuni- | tion.
 More Than One Submarine. 1 Many officials leaned to that view ana pointed out that one lone submarine | 5000 miles from a base would scarcely have spent torpedoes so prodigally as did Commander Rose today unless there was a supply close at hand. Ma val officials thought it possible that
 one submarine could nave done to- days work unaided. but they inclined
 strongly to the theory that probably a fotilla of Germany's newest U boats is
 o 1.-the coast. It was regarded as sig
 niicant that German embassy officials
 while disclaming any information, said they suspected there was more than one submarine.
 Opening of New Campaign. It was openly declared here tonight
 that today's operations marks the
 opening of an organized campaign in the waters adjacent to America against
 all the commerce of the allies in gen. eral and especially vessels carrying
 munitions of war. It is expected that
 attacks also will be directed at trans-
 ports carrying troops from Canada and at British and French warships in
 patrol duty off the coast.