The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-14
CLAIM CAMPAIGN
AGAINST U-bOATS
is SUCCEEDING
Earl of Lytton Declares British Ad-
miralty is Pleased With Results
Achieved, But Will Keep Plans
Secret.

London, Feb. 14.-In the house of
Lords today Admiral Baron Beres-
ford, drawing attention to the subma-
rlne menace and asking what meas
ures had been taken to meet it, said.
"We have lost since the beginning
of the war 100000 tons of shipping
That is fact which the public should
know, but it is not nearly as serious
as it appears. We have made up the
loss very considerably. Three mil
lion tons which have been lost have
been more or less adequately filled.
There is not the slightest neces-
sity for panic. We have done re-
markably well and shall do great
deal better i'll future, but we have had
time to face it and it is to that time
that l desire to call attention"
The country, Baron Beresford con-
tinued, had been informed in August,
1918, that the submarine menace was
well in hand. AS far as he could
gather 1T was nearer coming to be
well in hand, today, owing to the new
ideas brought to the admiralty bv
men fresh from the sea, who had had
experience in this novel form of
warfare and it's mysteries.
IN conclusion Baron Beresford,
while acknowledging the submarine
menace was serious, said it would
not be fatal menace and he was
confident that in six weeks or so the
nation would have the submarines re-
ally in hand.
Admiralty Not Talking.
The Earl of Lytton, replying for the
admiralty, said the government would
be glad if it were possible to take
the public entirely into it's confidence
but that that would involve impart
ing information to the enemy, and the
admiralty was determined the Ger
mans should have that information
by experience and nos through uues-
tions in Parliament.
All the eXpedients suggested bv
Baron Beresford were being pressed
forward with the utmost energy, to-
gethcr with many others, he con-
tinued, even in addition to those men
toned by Earl Curzon on February
l.: Every device that human ingen-
ulty could frame was being employed
We are the police of the entire
world and Germany IS playing the
role OF highwaymen," declared Lord
Lytton. eve are confident that we
can continue in the future as in the
past, not merely to supply our armies
at the front with munitions and SUP
plles and carry out our obligations
to our allies, but also to keep free
certain routes for neutral commerce
and obtain necessary supplies for our
own people,"
Expective Counter Measures.
Although the new phase of the sub.
marine warfare was only fortnight
Old, Lord Lytton said that the coun-
ter, measures put into effect already
had achieved very considerable sue
cess and justified confidence in ex-
pcctations for. the future.
Lord Curzon adduccd a set Of fig
urcs which he claimed showed that
The situation was less aggravating
than might be Supposed. He said:
I'm July, 1911, our mercantile ma
rine consisted of $500 vessels inrX-
cess of 600 tons each, with Il gross
tonnage of l6,S50,000. At the end of
last January the decrease had been
only between 5 and per cent in
gross tonnage. Admiral .Jcllicoc and
those who have been with him are
not dissatisiic with what has been
done even in thc last fortnight They
were not dissatisfied with thc'nlm
Der of German Submarines that would
never return to their own shores"