Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-22

mics, adrift in the open seas ot
course. the moment an allied Vessei
sees these boats course is steereo
for them. Humanity could not dictate
otherwise. 1t IS then that the lnhu,
manity of the submarine asserts itself.
for no sooner is the victim started on
its mission of mercy than the SUD
marine arises from beneath the water
and discharges its torpedo
A third device which has proved 70
be successful is the sending out OF
fake S o S messages. The CAPTAIN
of a certain American passenger vessel
showed me the transcript OF snch
radioeram which was afterWaru
proved to have been sent out by
German submarine. 1t read: y >.
American vessel sinking. LATITUDE =
longitude =" 40.
Under ordinary circumstances this
skinner would have turned his boat
about and rushed to the scene hao
he done so in this instance ne
would have gone to his death. ny
this procedure the German not only
violates every tradition Of the sea. but
sarious1y tnterferes with the rescue
of ships In actual distress whose ap-
peals for help are legitimate. y
signals cannot be safely needed
A further evidence Of German treach-
cry is the sending up of fake distress
rockets at night More than one snip
snondiug to these signals Of trouble
Now you begin to see why the cru
SADIE against the submarine Is ATTENDED
by hazard and hardship. Yet. despite
these handicaps, the British-and no"
with the help Of the American navy
are making Roadway against the pest OF
the sea and accounting for more than
is generally believed.
X
When YOU ask the average Britlshel
about the campaign against the u-boa'
he shakes his head and says:
"Rless me If I know. The govern
ment won't tell us anything about 1T.
Right here you encounter one of the
sore SPOTS in the whole British sub
marine situation. because there is
strong body of more or less 1ndls
Greet sentiment which protests agains
the secrecy surrounding anti-suoma
rine operations. With the develop
ment of our naval program, in which
the operation against the underses
boat will be an important factor. WI
will he confronted with the same prop
. lem at home.
IT was Sir Edward. who on beini
: asked how he felt when he went to as
! sumo the admiralty post. said:
"My only qualification Is that al
absolutely at sea-" =,
= With his long, hawk-Hke race III
: keen. piercing eye, his flashing humo
, and n bitter but eloquent tongue. ne
. curfously equipped to hold down IN
4 tob which, with the possible exceptio
!. Of the food controllership. Is the IA
r vorlte target of criticism. Indeed, I
i Great Britain today ono of the faVorlt
, sports Is to bait the admiralty for on
thing or another.
Ask Sir Edward why the veil 10 draw
ovor submarine operations and he WI
@ reply: a.,
+ likes All that the enemy knows
n that tho submarine docs not com
2 home, What has happened to It Is
:. complete mystery, He cannot te
a whether the vessel was lost throug
a some defect of construction. mif
a chance of navigation Or destroyed b
ono of our admiralty methods,
: "If we announced the immediate d
il struotion OF a submarine the German
q would at once dispatch another to OF
q crate at tho same place. By keepdn
t the location of their losses q secret tn
h ononny remains in tho dark"
Q onoe asked Sir Edward II he though
tho submarine menace could DO ovei
i come With Irish frankness, he n
. pl!sd: ..-,..