The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-07

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should succeed IN reducing sinkings.
II h. easy 60 extract toe much COM
fort from the reports. FOR while losses
are small, the submarine Is stiii pro-
ducinR powerful effect. A. long as Il
rcmain a menace shipping canno; b.
uscd effectively"
Arthur Pollen. the famous British
naval expert and inventor Of most ~
the range-fnding devices nov in use
10y the fleets of the world, made a
statement To- The Associated Press In
which he stated that the submarine h.
beaten. signify Ina the collapse Of Oct
man power. Also. a message received
by the United States radio station a;
Lyons quoted news from Zurich. swift
zeriand. e. the effect hat n " he
principal champions Vt ruthless SUBJ
marine warfare. the German naval
critic, captain rersius admits that
the campaign Of the Ueboat viii end
IN failure. So far ~ II was calculated
60 cut OF England's supplies In a few
months.
TIC official announcement that the
U-boat slnkings had notably decreased
! brought forth editorial m In al
most every newspaper IN America.
Many editors asked the question: Has
then. the submarine disar-
poarcds MANY cautioned against over
! qualification. But. all the same ncWs-
paperdom has Been happy.
THE New York Evening Post" oh-
served that the most cautious Of cb-
servers cannot escape the conviction
that II the U-ouat has not definitely
failed II IL on it, way to failure. And
The New York Herald presented
the two sides of the proposition of re-
j%nicine declaring that when opl'
mism does not overshoot the MARI
Il cheers the heart and accepts hlindlv
the pipings ~ iutruding expert. bu'
Il often constitutes a danger. because
IT fails TO run the scale between pres
I out intention and cunniusly expected
results
saws The New YORK Times. there
may he U-boats enough. but not the
men to- operate them II was six weeks
after the muutiny Ia the fleet that
the significant news Of b. reached the
outer world. The Time believes
that the sailors are stil In state ~
rebellion and the facts have been sup
pressed. and that may bee the cause
for the U-boat failure.
Evidently. this paper went ON 90
say. the ruthless school has been
losing faith. why Well
the stronger patrol Of the allie
fleets. the havoc wrought by the depth
bomb, tie difficulty OF breakini
through conveys cscorting q score u
merchantmen. and last. but not least.
the problem Of manning the subma-
/ riucs-ali may have combined Go cone
vince the German admiralty that The
game was up. But this would Not
explain "a collapse - the campaign.
would not explain last weeks talil
dwindling almost To- nothing. H. ID
deep game being played by the $50,
and ever resnurceful German govern
meut" j. IL conceivable that. SUBJ
marine frightfulness being dcstin'.
To- failure. there will be- a resort O..
audacious propaganda Geo influence
public opinion In tis Omitted state.
against a continuation Of the war
on the other hand. there are pes~''
mists regarding the defeat Of the 4
boat. The first OF these be- this week
submarine toll-syentceu ships boz e.,
Ten ~ them over 1900 tons again.
six the week before only % nciui
/ over 1000 tons. Moreover Sir Eri'
Geddcs First lord nt the British ti
miraIt,. 49, well is ~ .rctiry pnuI".
declare ;hat the decreasing 'alI "
merchant ships docs Dut prove th.
The U-buui h. defeated. Sew tonnage
G,dde- points CAT be- mot Sc, secpin.
pace with destruction SIC aid
week ago.
90 Zee uo reason BOZ VIVA h.- hap
u,reI -.uc or Bon 90. f]HEur1H. rg
suits uf the last week 90 uuuHr .
modir, .u au, WAY vhaf upl, said l