The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-13
SIR ERIC GEDDES GIVES
 OUT THE STATEMENT
Warm Praise is Given By the British First Admiralty Lord to the Amer ican Naval Units of All Classes Including the Air Ccntingents, op- eratng in the War Zone.

Washington, Oct 19-Auother
 great effort by Germany's submarines
 is impending
 Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the
 British admiralty, in q statement to- might paying tribute to the part play cd in the war by the American navy, i disclosed that plans of the enemy for what may he the final intensified 1 boat campagne of ruthlessness arc
 know and that the allies proposal to meet it.
 No details was given by Sir Erie. nor was further information to be ob- taincd at the navy department as to N h9t the American and allied naval chiefs have learned. There was sug- eestion that Germany, in the midst of peace offensive and with her sol
 diers being driven back 10 their bor- dors, hoped to strengthen her diplo- matic drive for peace Ky negotiation 1 by sending her submarines on despa- 1 rate campaign of destruction, regard 1 less of meausres of caution hereto fore taken for the safety of U-boats and their crews
 Warm praise was given by the Brit ish first admiralty lord to the Amer
 ican naval units of all Classes, in-
 cluding the air contingcnts, operat- ing in the war zone.
 It was alter a description of war
 done by the destroyers that he said
 What l have said of the destroy
 CTS applies in no less degree to your submarines and chasers. Their un- 1 tiring constant harassne of the en-
 emy has helped to bring the enemy submarine to it's present condition |, in which we can confidently say that | if is now reld, though not yet mas tered | lay great stress on these
 words A great renewed effort on
 the part of Germany is impending We know if and it's extent. We face
 it with that knowledge and with its steadfast courage of our seamen it
 will Ge met
 Sir Erie spoke of peace, but only to ] say, in referring to his pleasure in America at time when the allied
 forces are winning all along the line
 and reaping the fruits of sound naval strategy, that his policy and his ad- vice to others was not to be deluded
 by hopes of an early peace. but all ways to Le prepared for two years
 more of war
 As an example of what sea power | has done. he said. seven American soldiers and their equipment have lander in Euorope every minute of the night and day during the last three months. Through the splendid
 work of American ship builders he said the United States now is able
 to transport more than. fifty percent of her soldiers in American ships
 manned by Americans When the United States army first began Co move overseas, it was carried largely Ly British vessels.
 Your battleships are working with our own grand fleet with the most | perfect co ordination and efficiency. Your cruisers are working with us in the White sea. North sea, Atlantic and Mediterranean and l have seen
 them and witnessed thcir efficiency
 in all these places. 1t is 10 them, as well as to the gallant little de-
 stroyers working with the corre spending focers of all the allies. that the success of the convoy system is l due
 Since the beginning of the war the British navy has escorted over seas
 10 and from all theatres of war more | than 1G,000.000 men belonging to the armies of tho British empire and the
 loss has been one-thousandth part of
 a man per hundred carried from all
 causes risks or enemy ac- ltion-and 1t is our purpose and oul pride to maintain and reduce that per
 centage in the great flow of you t,. aphnrd acrouy fha Atiautfcr