Bisbee daily review., 1918-02-02

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the fact that the sinking of merchant
ships now had been reduced TO a level
lower Jhan before Germany cast aside
al restraint.
Il am ar Cptimist regarding the l.
boat warfare sad Sir Eric. The
submarine. restrained and unrestrain-
ed. has been met and has not proved
invinc5bie. l am inclined TO think
that now. since l made my last public
/ statement we are sinking submarines
as fast as Germany can build them
I NV curves are all good, and cannot
foresee any way in which the situa-
ton can be changed except for the
better.
Sooner the Better
Z The sooner the better Is now the
The sooner the better is now the
allied navy's aim. BUt-you see there
IS still but. and il is a very impOr-
I tant One-we must nave more ships
II we are able TO turn this German
failure into a positive allied victory
The submarine destruction of the
worlds tonnage L. not big percent
age of the whole. but the submarine
discretion still exceeds the production
Of ships. and meantime the demands
FOR tonnage are increasing by leaps
and bounds.
Americas participation in the war
mus inevitably made large demands
Cn merchant shipping. Yet We must
continue al The same time 10 keep 10
\ with the demands of the allied armies
and with the vital necessities of the
European civil population.
Ships. ami yet more ships is still
;he most important cOroliary of the
war How far can we rely on Ameri-
can effort for these ships? I have no
doubt The United States viii do its
utmost. but I want TO urge again the
vital Importance OF its merchant ship
ping program
When we frs asked the United
States for ships there was a quick re
/ Spouse. In no way can the United
States help more than in building
ships Is she succeeding? Is she
4 throwing her best brains and great en-
ergies into it9 Il is a worthy contri-
button 10 our great cause. I hope
she is.
Britain Not idle
Meanwhile we shall not be idle.
Great Britain is straining every re
source 10 launch every ton OF which
she Is capable. We are At the present
moment building merchant ships at a
higher rate than ever before in our
record before the war, and before 1918
is over we shall be building shipping
is1f all kinds at a rate more than double
that record year. But a great real de.
ponds on American effort, and should
greatly regret if anything might say
regarding the failure of the German
submarine warfare should be con-
strued as minimizing the need for
ships. and yet more ships
! Turning to the progress Of the cam
9aign against the German submarine.
: Sir Eric again referred 10 the salts
? factory trend of the curves 10 which
ae mas referred in several of his
r speeches
All the curves continue TO bend in
he right direction he said. The de-
struction OF allied shipping decreases
-apidly, the construction of merchant
shipping increases steady and the
5 sinking Of German submarines steadi-
Y Increases
! / keep / never told the public about
Il. but II gives me personally much
satisfaction It is the curve represent
ms what I cel the factor OF exaz-
- SeratiOn' in the German official state.
nents of U-bOat results. Let me ex.
1iain that curve briefly.
Factor Of Exaqgerat.on.
livery month since the unreStrict-
ID war besan. the Germans have is
suad an official statement Of the total
amount OF tonnage alleged to have
been sunk during that month Every
month that statement comes TO nv
desk ano is compared With the actul
-otal as shown in our records. L,
would only be natural TO expect some
differences, fer submarine command
Prs would naturally include in their
reports few ships which they torpe-
doed but which which we afterwards
saved
But we found there was a greater
difference than could be explained in
any such way. We found from the
Tery first month that there was a GER
ain margin OF eXagEeratiOn'-tha is
he German admiralty always added a
lev thousand tons for good measure
I ~ MAJ III % 1-<NLltlOM WAS
fairly small IN the early months OF
The unrestricted warfare. when things
B. were sCias along with certain de-
gree Of success for the U-boats. Il
showed no particular increase throueh
April. Nay and June. when the sink
ings were highest But with the les
senias OF the German successes OF
July. Sugust and September the
margin OF eXaSEeration began 10 in
crease. The German admiralty found
Itself obliged 10 falsiiy its returns
mere and more flagrantly in its ef-
Tort 70 persuade the German people
that the U-bOat was a continuing sue
cess.
SO ! keep a record of continued in
crease IN percentage which marks
he Germans margin or eXsggeratiOn.
and this curve I believe Is a fairly
accurate reelection OF the German Of
fetal mind and an official confession
that the U-bOat campaign is REGARDED
as a failure BY its own leaders"
OF German Claim.
Sir Erie referred TO the German
claim ttat the decreased were uue
70 the decrease in tho number rf