New Britain herald., 1918-06-18
GERMAN THREAT ID 1 ATTACK OUR COAS|
Cities Mill Be !Bombarded ]! D U-B0atS, Leaders Promise PeopI

Washington, June 1S.-Bombard ments of American ports by Germ guns as feature of the U-boat cam paign in American waters is prom fsed to the people of Germany by th Teuton press, according to infornaa tion made public by Secretary Lana ing.
 Extracts from the German ,pres3 comment which has been ca,bled ti the State Department contain muc that serves to illustrate efforts of tn German government to deceive then people into believing that the cam { pa1gn Is proving a great success Bu1 the prediction of a continuance oy the campaign and that U-boats wiSI attempt to shell points on the Atlanti coast, according to officials. may bJ more important, especially if the Ger mans attempt to make good thei boasts to their own people.
 Tn making the announcement the initiation of the campaign i American waters one of tho Gernar | papers refers to 1t as the submarine| obstruction to the transportation ol American reenforcements to Europe'} ! which has occurred at 8 time Whe J Am erican reserves are the Allies las hope.''
 It is added that troop transportai ton is being checked and that nd threats for increasing the intensity o1 warfare on the part of the AmericarI Government will deter the German9 from continuing their plans. The submarines were referred to as sucJ cessfully accomplishing this import1 ant work and the American pava1 Id prevent it.''
 Only German Camouflage.
 Officials here point out that th | German claims in this respect are oh ! viously absurd. Both Secretary of Daniels have said that t&ocp transporj tation was not being retarded in the slightest by the presence of thi U-boats off our coast.
 Secretary Daniels today declined t1 make any statement except to reiter l ate that the 'war was over there and that this government would not permit it's plan to be altered. So far more than 500, ,000 American troops have been transported without a. single distance of a, submarine having sunk an American transport under naval convoy. This in itself is re < garded by officials as a fitting ansWer to the German threats.
 Some submarines in European wa : ters have been accounted for, it is understood, by United States navaH conveys, but whether the statement of Senator Weeks (Mass.) ttat twenty eight submarines had been destroyed is correct MT. Daniels de- clined to say.
 The German people are told by their press that this Is "only the be- ginning and that there will he scenes that will make the marrow of Wilson's bones turn cold It is also stated that Americans are now trembling in fear of air raids and that there is a great panic through out the country.
 Officials here believe that the Ger-' man government is seeking at all costs to make the U-boat campaign in American waters look like a spec tacuar and important success. Be- cause of this it would not surprise officials if the U-boats should at- tempt to Lombard some of the Amer ican seaside resorts or some lmpor- tant point on the cost.
 Secretary Lansing also made pub lie extracts from the National Zei- tung of Basic. Switzerland, on the U-boat raids. This paper takes the view that the German submarine campaign in American waters is bound to be a disappointment to Germany and that it will bring home the personal interest of Americans with the war and accentuate their thirst for revenge, all of which will more than counterbalance any slignt military advantage gained by the U-boats.