Arizona republican., 1918-09-24
The Submarines Yet

The submarine menace has not been much re- garded of late in greater things that have been happening in France. If have stopped to think of the submarines all have thought that there decline of their activity and destructive ness that the increase of shipping outds- ancng losses that the submarines might be dis regarded
 Early this year the British admiralty discontinued the weekly publication of losses and stated that thereafter publication would be made monthly. That was done for time At ngth that was also eiscon- tinued. Since then have heard only now and then of the destruction of vessel though these reports have been at times punched that we have wondered if there has really been any decrease in submarine activity
 Not long ago R. P. Houston member of para- ment addressed this letter to the London Times from which We infer that losses yet so great that the government is concealing them:
 Sir:-1 have read the letter addressed to YOU by Dr. Mcnamara Parliamentary Secretary to the Ad- miralty), published in your issue of Saturday 17th inst and think your will agree with me that his attempt to exculpate Sir Leo Chiozza Money parliamentary secretary to the ministry of shipping ana his own department for giving inaccurate and misleading reply tc my question in the house of commons on August is unsatisfactory; but the letter serves to throw some light on the working of the ministerial mind and the value of official statements
 According to Dr. Mcnamara, the admiralty's an- swer to my question was in the negative. We now know what this may mean. A reference to Hansard's offclal report of August will show that Sir Leo Chozza Money not only misconstrued "The answer IS Tn the negative into meaning that the losses in July were actually less than June but it also shows that he embellished and emphasized this misleading statement by pointing out that spite of the loss of the Justicia, 32120 gross tons the losses were lower in July than in June, and. in answer to sup- pementary question by me, he stated that when the figures published his statement would be found to be quite accurate, and that he also lectured ma Tor giving currency to a statement which was not accurate. Dr. Macnamara's attempted excuses are a mere quibbe on the word much" He admits that the July losses were greater than the losses and It IS simply question of what Dr. Mcnamara con- sders much. Does he consider 30 per cent much? In the face of depleted British merchant tonnage should have thought that the admiralty woud ha ve considered it much
 rms IS not the first occasion on which Dr. Mac namara has had to admit that Sir Leo Chozza Money was inaccurate and it is not the first occasion on winch have felt constrained question the figures or SIT Leo Chozza Money and Dr. Mcnamara I am pleased to observe that Dr. Mcnamara is now in = splred with desire for strict accuracy but I am afraid his reading of the word strict" may he il, keeping with his reading of the word much" Your space unfortunately, does not permit of fuller an aysis of Dr. Macnamaras letter and Sir Leo Cbiozza Moneys many misleading statements
 But whatever the submarines may vet be doing we have ceased to regard their work with apprehen slon If their capabilities for destruction could now meet the expectations of Tirpitz year and half ago. they could not now Germany.