The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-28
Government.

which WAS introduced Sn tetrUast.
P15. hsRa- ~ sinking less Thar Hf -
400 tons % shtrs per month ly No
teat he~ ISIS. th~ amount - tens sge
1esfr oyet per month wss close "a rt@ H.
zoe TONS. 5v January. 1919, che tom
mare ~ ships DESTROYED ssy slhrgsr
rad ~sI}ea 70 under s% rec tons fu
April 1879. ss Grand Atrtre ~on
vpltzs followers made oRe mere eff
tcrt 20 make TIE submarine warfare
SUCCESS as. nearly as Gee tors were
esirg destroyed q nerth. Fug after
he sinking - fhe susse< ara the
KrrvssnR rsasssS iisgtes - war with sAe
rr~He6 states tss euar@a ~tns 7vvryaFs
wRs axz5a he53 %a@s ard tn Jule Less
shao $4,000 tons of shipping were
DESTROYED
THE .r-F3rssv~s CHANGE
THEIR PLANS
A. tAts time. however TIE sub-
Marie cm-riralEn stSeas underwent
.etga rre Previously most OF me ships
ssz~tr cvea were surk o~ tbs coast ~
England Frame ar tn *Ee &e5ftcrrHn-
@Mr Tsw~4ax tfae year sssd half ct
tfse SIT fugarsns campaign the atfie='
rseT bod az catching and destroying
saafrxSaa rsfse@ t~csgxse So effective it WAS
sr~o exs~fly Sc maintain submarine war
fare In hssfl rTrfJas vs@ters. The Ger
rmav nnTv had tried ell kiaas Of
sscsReTues tynt nGsEe was very succf>sSs-
ful, After the sinking e the &ucora
ere admiralty uIawHes for two sub
rnRr3res to vurk .t8Ket8er, hut THIS wac
not So successful as II mtEht have
beer During MAY. InHe aad Juiy the
submarine warfare was virtually given
ap a. the }as@e. OF ships during the
Ise~ff7s w4il shovz There was 81 steep
tons n tr~y 10 less thar / 40 600 tons
ia Mas. shout 1q&e0e taos hi June
anf rct ratFeh more t4-an roo nga tpua
IN 1ufv
D8rt~x feee three months the ia ~
was being bitterly criticized Fer IT'S IN
activity BUT a. the events six months
8ter will show the German navy
ssr7ptv uxpa these months To Ireuarf,
for "a much stronger submarine cam
mfgr. which was IN begin in Angus.
rtrr7e- r v~ng ~ vg9zrT
rot to risk a submarine campaign ea
he allied coasts. hat to operate in tie
atlantic Of the coasts Of spain and
Norway. This method of submarine
warfare proved ser. successful and b%
NoVe7u tFf, 1918. Germa~y was sink
4rE 1--WE ss5 geo tons nf rhtpS Der
month
During this swell tD the success ot
fhe submarine campa.g the fr-5T was
dispatched across tha Atlantic tc
operate of The Initial f-+4tas ,y,a xta
t-S3 was %rHtt here for Two pur.
poses FIRST. IL was to demonstrate IL
the American people shat. I'm event al
war, ~ubsr1n rtne~ could work terror ofI
the Atlantic coast. second. 1t WINS tr
show The naval authorities esfsctho,
their plans for att Alta h ON American
shipping world I've yyrnsriseai u.as
Saisetf Ia, tey-reas s4s tass 4 ssssass .s4ia4e~
hni h proved 10 the admiralty tina,
excursions to american winters yerf
feasible.
On February when the kaiser de,
FED the United States nv threatenf7s
all neutral Shipping in Etlropear
waters. Germany had 4oa underaes
boats completed or tn course of con.
struction. This Included hig r-boats
Ike the yr-6s with "a cruising radiu,
N 3 aan rufles ana the smaller c~a n
with fffeen-day radius. for use neasnst
England. az we'll as s7ipplv zhiu@ anf
rtstne LAYERS put not NH these vrer.
ready fer use against the allies ana t1gs
United States NJ Aha. time About fo{
we're waiting for trained. crews u,
were heirx rnrarlrfe8 in German ahl,s.
Yards
IL vsas often said in Perrin That
ma PRES ss.sf less when a slrf,oarinr
failed to return yva~ tbe r~.w p,