New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-05
by CARL ". ACKERMtN

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Canada. 1917 ITO Tribune Asscrisuonl
Germany has more submarines than
trained crews. On February I, when
the Kaiser dcGed the United states by
threatening all neutral shipping in Eu-
ropcan waters, Germany had four hun
dred undorsea boats completed or in
course Of construction. This included
big U-boats, like the U-53. with a
cruising radius OF five thousand miles,
and the smaller craft, with hfteen-day
radius for use against England, as well
as supply ships and mine layers. But
not all these were ready for use against
the Allies and the United States two
months ago About one hundred were
waiting for trained crews or were
being completed in German shpyards.
1t was often said in Berlin that the
greatest loss when a submarine failed
to return was the crew. II required
uCrc time to train the men than TO
build the submarine. According to Ger
. hHiF NJ" lutiiuu OF 'oH0lIutlibU, Il
submarine can be built i'm fifteen days.
Parts are stamped out m the factories
and assembled at the wharves. But it
takes from sixty to ninety days TO cdu-
cate the men and get them accustomed
70 the seasick motion Of the U-boats.
Besides, it. requires experienced officers
TO train the new men.
German Submarine Nature
I To meet this demand Germany began
months ago to train men who could
man the newest submarines. so a
school was established d School OF
Submarine Murder and for many
months the man who torpedoed the
Lu5itania was made chief of the STAFF
of educators. Ii was d new task for
German kultur
! For the German people the lessons Of
/ the Lusitania have been exactly oppo-
: site those normal people would learn.
/ ] he horror Of non-combatants going
down on passenger liner. sunk with
cut warning, was nothing TO be COM
pared TO the horoism OF aiming the tor
pcdO and running away. SlXty-elght
million Germans think their submarine
officers and crews are the greatest OF
the great.
When the Berlin Foreign Office an
Gounced after the sinking of the Sus-
sex, that the ruthless torpedolng Of
ships would be stopped the German
statesmen meant this method would be
discontinued until there were sufficient
submarines TO defy the United States.
At once the German navy, which has al
WAYS been anti-American, began build
Ing submarines night and day. Every
one i'm the government knew the time
would come when Germany would have
TO break its Sussex pledge.
The German navy early realized the
need for trained men, 50 1t recalled,
temporarily, for educational work the
man who sank the Lusitanla.
( The Man Who Sank the Lusitania
But, who sank the Lusitania?" you
ask.
"The torpedo which sank the Lusi-
tania and killed over one hundred
Americans and hundreds of other nom
combatants was fred by Oberleutnant
zur See First Naval Lieutenant Otto
S,einbrink, commander OF one OF the
largest German submarines"
"Was he punished" you ask.
eyes; Kaiser Wilhelm decorated him
with the highest military order, the
Pour le Merte."
"Where is Steinbrink now?'
con December S, 1916, the German
Admiralty announced that he had just
returned from a special trip, having
torpedoed and mined twenty-five SHIPS
or one voyage -,
( what had he been DOING
"For several months last summer he
trained officers and crews in TINS
branch of warfare, which gained MN
international nOtorety.' g.,
II is said that Steinbrink has trained
more naval men than any other subhla %
. rinc commander. If this be true. is
there any wonder that Germany should
he preparcd 10 conduct ruthless SUP
marine warfare throughout the Wofid
l. IN surprising that American ships
sboI,Id h. sunk. American citizens muir
oered aud the United States govern
r1fnt defied when the German navy has
/ been emDloving the man who murdered
! the messengers of the Lusitanla as the
/ chief instructor of submarine MUIR
I derers?
Building U-Boats Wholesale
The Krupp interests have played a
| leading role in the war not only Dy
manufacturing billions OF shelIS anu
cannon, and by financing ,propag;aInld1al
+ in the United States, but by building
| submarines. At the Krupp wharves at at
Kiei some of the best undersea crait
are launched. Other shlpyards az
Bremen, Hamburg and Danzig nave
| been modified for this work. 100
lust a few weeks before diplomatic re
/ Iations were broken a group OF Amer
can doctors, who were investigating
prison camp conditions, went to DahZlG.
/ Here they learned that the, Twelve
wbarves there were building, between
7 a and 80 submarines annually. hese
+ we're the smaller type for use IN the
/ ENGLISH Channel. At Hamburg the
! Uamburg-American Line wharyes were
mobilized for submarine construction
also. At the time diplomatic relations
were severed observers in Germany
estimated that $50 submarines were pc
| inc launched annually and that prep
arations were being made greatly TO IN
+ crease this number
/ Submarine warfare is a very exact