The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-05-08
THE SUBMARINE MENACE
HAS BEEN SOLVED:


HAS BEEN SOLVED:
New York, May 5.-W. L. Saunders.
OF the naval consulting board, an
nounced here today that the board
had forwarded to Washington plans
for dealing with the submarine prob
lem, which, it was believed, had solV-
ed the problem successfully.
Mr.. Saunders was unwilling to go
into details, but admitted that ex-
haustive tests had been made along
the Atlantic coast of inventions SUBJ
mitted to the board. He added that
aggressive warfare, in the opinion
of the board, must be carried into
the enemy's territory and said the
plan suggested involved a poss1oill-
ty of land operations Without COM
hitting himself definitely, he ind1-
Gated a military expedition against
the Kiel canal. The plan, he assert
ed. was not based upon theory" but
upon actual tests which have prov
ed encouraging. The use Of elec-
tricity. he said. was involved impor-
family in the whole idea for an Oh
fensive.
The Naval consulting board be-.
lieved sufficiently in what had been
discovered, he said, to feel JUSTIFIED
in notifying the people that the sub
marine fear might be allayed.
AS the official spokesman OF the
naval consulting board, Thomas hoo-
ms gave out this statement tonight
in reference to Mr.. Saunders an
nouncement:
eff Mr.. Saunders is correctly quot
-o as s&y1ng that some AEerlcah
genius has perfected an invention
which will clear the sea OF suoma-
rines, he must have knowledge OF
some invention which is not known
to me, nor to the other members OF
the board. We are still searching
for exactly that kind of Invention.
In later statement DR.. saunders
reiterated the belief that the plans
formulated, would prove effective but
made it plain that he was merely
voicing his personal opinion.
Washington, May 5.-The report OF
the naval consulting board on devices
to overcome German submarines nao
not reached Secretary Daniels to-
night, and while officials here hoped
the problem had been solved, 1t was
made clear that the judgment OF tne
department would be withheld until
there was successful demonstra-
tion of the invention in action.
Although making no predlc1lons'
naval officers expressed great conn-
dence in the ability Of the board,
which aided in some instances oy
naval experts, has been following up
every hit as to ways and means OF
checking the undersea peril. Ine
members include men of lnternatlon-
al renown as inventors and sclentasts'
Mr. Saunders is known to have oeen
following personally an Investigation
of the submarine question.
No hint of the devices suggested oy
the board will be made public When
the report is received.
New York. May 5.-W. l.. Saunders,
chairman of the naval consulting
hoard, announced here today that
the board had forwarded to Washing
ton plans for dealing with the sub
marine problem, which, it was be-
lieved, had solved the problem sue
cessfully
Mr.. Saunders, who has been chair
man Of the naval consulting board
about two months, supplemented MS
announcement by saying that While
the submarine problem cannot be
considered in reality to have been
solved until the U-boats have been
DESTROYED, nevertheless numerous ex-
nerinents had been made along the
Atlantic coast with highly encourag-
ing results which led the board 10
-, .o,aaont that successful So