Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-22
SHIP LOSSES ARE MADE PUBLIC BY GREAT BRITAIN | ll,827,572 Tons of World s Shipping Sunk, 6,606275 Tons Built. TOTAL DOES NOT REACH HUN FIGRUES Figures Published to Stimulate Build ing of Ships-Will Not Stimulate Enemy, But Show Need
 Of Action.

Washington, March 21.-Secret fig pres of the British Admiralty on submarine losses and world shil hlilding were made public here to- day by tne British embassy. The. show that from both enemy action and marine risk of January 1, 1918, allied and neutral shipping los' inc war began 11,S27,572 "ross ton", while shpyards outside of the cen tral powers were turning cut 6,606,- 275 tons.
 These figures are now made pub lie, the Admiralty says, because they will not stimulate the enemy and because they will impress upon the people the necessity of united action i in making good losses ty submarines. With them goes an appeal to British shipbuillers to sped u2 their ef- forts by. bringing more men and women to work on the task, and
 warning that the recent falling off
 h British production must not con
 iaue. l III opilV oA CiC U tiSNithtbu' IotNA
 of losses, they do not approach the claims of the Germans, and with 25S9O00 tons of enemy ships added
 10 the output of the war period, the
 net less to world shipping exclusive | of that of Germany and her allies is only 2,632,297.
 The following is the admiralty mem- orandum on ships lost by enemy ac- tion and marine risk, mercantile ship building output and enemy vessels captured and brought into service: Memorandum issued by the British
 admiralty showing in gross tons the losses to the world shipping by enc my action, the mercantile shipbuild- ing. output and the enemy vessels captured and brought into service.
 Hitherto the board of admiralty has been adverse from any publication other than contained in the weekly re- turn of losses, although it has ire guently been pressed upon them that tne whole tonnage facts should bo made public, So long as such publi- cation would encourage the enemy and would stimulate his energies in dan gerous direction, they have not been able to concur in the proposal.
 "The figures today will not stimu-
 ate the enemy and the admiralty re- eognlzes that the policy of silence nec- essary, as they believe it to have been IT rom naval point of view, has had Mls serious defect that it fails sui !lseleantly to impress upon the people VI tnls country the vital necessity of .aalVldual and united effort on their
 part to make good the losses caused
 enemy submarines.
 Tn the spring of 1917 the full men, soe or the submarine campaign was arst disclosed. Since that date we
 nave steadily increased our knowledge au our material resources for this aovel warfare.
 .n Three Statements Attached. lnree statements are attached
 saow11ng au for the United Kingdom and
 TOT the world.
 fine risk. ' e'~'io4' @'''>' ''''' .s s' Mercantile shipbuilding output.
 b.,s D. Enemy vessels captured and
 DUUgght UM into service.
 me situation should be viewed
 toon toll the standpoint of the worlds
 ssn4.a s,ulage' as in these problems the mer-
 cna;le cIas;le navies of the whole world, ex-
 as s1a.ng the enemy, may be regarded
 os cs. vae' It will be noticed that the dia-
 5aa 5siIs record facts and that nothing
 ast; ass oeen included in the nature of an
 sss.mate; sssn; It would not be correct to
 sSIime w1 ne that the losses by submarine
 nraa m continue to decrease or that the
 captilo ceaauttactlon of merchant vessels will
 tbananIu tbunue to increase at the same rate
 as asn rapid and continuous in-
 cresao saown in the last few quarters. al-
 naos uase m the output of merchant ton
 effos+wS e wlli inevitably follow the united
 shinh.,,s;,o3i! or all engaged in merchant
 pOulldlng in this country.