The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-06-06
Sending U-Boats an Admission that
American Army Will Defeat Germany:
Navy Well Prepared to Guard Coast

Washington, d. c., June 4.-German,
by striking with her submarines at the
very doors of America. has admitted
to the world that the American army
will turn the tide against her on the
battle fields of France.
AS first news Of the submarine raid
on the Atlantic coast brought to the
navy department today by Associated
Press dispatches. was followed by Off
cial reports, naval officials declared
thai the American anti submarine
forces In home waters were ample to
meet the attack.
boats, submarine chasers and mum
berless other naval craft Immediately
got into action.
All officials declare that the navy
department vas fully equipped to meet
the thrust at the very fountain head OF
the flow OF American troops to Europe
and that all it's agencies were being
brought into full force to find the
submarines n destroy them.
This challenge to the fighting forces
OF the United States would be met,
officials said. with the same measures
which have driven the submarines to
cover In the var zone and the steady
flow Of American transports to France
would be guarded with the same eff
@fective protection which has carried
them through the infested waters OF the
British isles and France. with a re-
n.arkably low loss Of life.
The torpedoing of ships off Barnegat,
". j., followed by the report of NEE
distinctions off Nantucket Shoals
nearly 200 miles to the east, was taken
rs an indication that the hostile sub
marines were operating, / n numbers and
NAT the plan of the German admiralty
hlV WINS IN Rnnpar> rata the H.
boats in a practical blockade Of the
principal ports of embarkation being
used for American tarns. orts.
= Navy on the Alert.
Recurrent reports of German sub
have been closely examined by the navy
department during the last Week. Re-
ports of n German submarine near
the Virginia capes were current in
Hampton Roads Saturday night. II
was said navy flying boats, submarine
chasers and other anti-submarine craft
in that district Immediately went in
search Of the raiders.
{, The master of a Britigh vessel arriv-
ing at Norfolk, May 81, reported having
fired some shots at q submarine about
$50 miles off Cape Henry. Other in
coming ships at Atlantic ports for the
last few days have brought reports OF
sighting submarines.
Within the last week n South Ameri-
can ship arriving here brought reports
of the presence of two German sub
marines in the vicinity of Bermuda
The reports that Is vessels had been
sunk indicate the presence OF a num-
Der Of submarines and that the enemy
has inaugurated an attack in force.
In October, 1916, the German sub
marine U-53 after visiting Newport
r. l., lay in wait for British shipping
off Nantucket lightship and got six
victims.
Many Ships Available.
Extensive provision against possible
submarine operations on this side have
characterized the navy's war efforts
from the start. The 110-foot subma
rine chasers were really built for the
protection of shipping on the American
coast.
Sent abroad as an experiment when
the German U-boat strategy confined
operations to the North sea and the