The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-07-10
MORE GERMAN PROPAGANDA
Won Capelle Declares Allied Reports
Exaggerated
STATEMENT TO REICHSTAG
Minister of Marine States U-Boats
Are Increasing in Numbers
and Quality

Amsterdam, July 7.--Gcrman sub
marines arc increasing both in num-
Der and quality, according to dec
laration made by Vice Admiral Won
Capcllc, minister &C the navy, in the
debate on the third reading of The
naval estimates in the ReichStag. He
asserted that reports Of U-boat Losses
have been exaggerated by the En-
! tentc Allies.
Won Capellc's statement was wadc
IN response to 4 reference by & deputy
of the center to the assertion of the
French under secretary of tic navy
. t1at two-thirds Of the German U boats
had been sunk while twice the NUN.
Der which Germany is able to build
also are being destroyer.
| "TheSc figures are incorrect" said
Admiral Won Capclle, "as is also tie
recent statement by the British min.
istcr of marine that since January
last the number sunk exceeded ex~
pcctations. The facts are quite the
reverse. All reports about U-boat
losses spread by the enemy are exag-
gerated. AS far as the number and
quality of our U-boats are concerned,
our weapon is increasing in strength.
Lecture by Commander
Many of you gentlemen recently
attended Il lecture by one of our sub.
marine commanders, VINO had Just re- -
turned from the barred zone. He So
scribcd in detail all tho dcfensiSVSzE
measures which our enemies employ II
against the U-boat. His utteraucesB
showed that our splendid UzboatE
crews have stood their ground hfther. 8
TO against all these measures, and DE-
have every reason to believe they will%
continue to do so.
"Official publications by the aimi.
rally staff are the most reliable bases
or Judging the military reasons Of the
submarine war If now, about eighteen
million tons which were at the dis.
posal of the enemy, already having
been destroyed, the sinking of ar av.
ported daily, this is IL guarantee that
the efficiency Of the submarine war
remains unaltcrcd."
Admiral Sims Report
Won Capcllc then crte dthc state.
mcnt by Vice d \ lmiral Sims, in Lon.
don, May sth, that the ascending
curve of ship construction, within
about fortnight, would cut the de.
scendlng curve of submarine sinkings
Almost simultaneously" he contin.
ucd. edward A. Filene, president of
the shipping, committee of the United
States chamber of commerce, said:
Sounds Quite Different
Spring of 1919 will have arrived
before our curve Of shipping construc.
tion cuts the curve Of U-boat sink.
ngs. AL statements published in
newspapers about a decrease in sink.
mES are based on hopes and Dreams
"IhiS sounds quite different, al
though Filcnc, as an American, Ger.
fanny would not say too little. I hope
mat next spring, if the war continues
then, that his hopes will prove to hc
incorrect.
What then is the present s.tua.
llon! -Four to five big vessels With
valuable cargocs Of material Cor
troops, raw materials, and foods,uffs
are sunk daily for which an approx.
innate similar compensation in new
construction cannot be produced with.
IN measurable time. There is, there.
lore, continually decreasing anr,InI
OF tonnage at the disposal Of our Al =
mics.
The Main Point
rms continual decrease is ron.
frontcd, however, by continuallv n.
crcaSlng requirements. With every
american soldier who steps on Euro
pean soil the demand for TONNAGE in.
crcases by about six gross rrTisim,
tons. This is the main point Thr
demand Increases pcrmanently hv
ABOUT three gross register tons nc.
neaa TO supply the men with all chan
IS necessary.
me enemy press has spread thc
report everywhere that the sunua.
rihc IS no longer effective, and, 20 -.
peat Lloyd George, now is no ,onr.r
q olngcf' but only nuisance. Vp
Sh"uld not allow ourselves to b. >.
iiuchccd by such confident specchry II
'n' enemy. The result of the subn,s,.
rii'c war must one day NATURALLY de-.
f'taS1 "hen the sea traffic decreases
hu' inns can as little alter tho f;nni
result as the circumstances thu, mn.
Ger specially favorable conditions ,
rrcatcr loss Of submarines cam ,n,I'
norafliY, occur than normally rho
iilll VIII TO victory which jrJ ON,
hfmN IN the west from yictorv ,n ,,,n
tory aiSo IS alive in our navv ,rd ,l,.
'-poi't war, too, will reach It's .,..,
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Palms. ." ~ 'he i''- "'
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oanadlan Regiment, will cnnn, ot
Iurbevlllc on Thursday riphi, ,rd At
sardinia at the Presbyterian c,,,rG, n
nino O'Clock on Friday niph1 Iav;n"
been in the war almost sinto -, hn.
SnaIs, Lieut.. nalton has an intimate
hnowlcage OF all its phases, and being
Pleasng and fforceful speaker, he is
aplo TO picture both it's g-im and hu.
morous sides to his audience.
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