The Washington herald., 1918-07-26
JUNE SHIPPING
FIGURES SHOW
SUBS BEATEN
All Losses Together Fall
Short of British and
u. S. Output.

Increased production of ships by
the United States has definitely de-
feated the German submarine boat
campaig In the month of June, Tor
the first time since the Inauguration
of unrestricted U-boat warfare, the
production of ships by the United
States and the United Kingdom ex-
ceded in tonnage the toI mage lost by
the allied and neutral nations
through marine risk, mines and sub
marine boat sinkings.
As production by the'United States
will increase many fold in the
months to come, and the undersea
pirates will be further checked by
stronger conveys and safety devices,
and hunted down from the air, on
the sea, and under the sea, by the
ever increasing fleets of seaplanes,
destroyers and submarines of the
United States and the allies, the race
between production and destruction
can be said to have been won on that
day when the upward curve of pro-
duction met and passed the down
ward curve of destruction.
Satisfaction in Figures.
Official figures on the loss of
tonnage for June, and for the quar-
ter ending with June. given out by
the British admiralty Wednesday
night, gave great satisfaction and
encouragement in Washington, both
to our own government officials and
to the members of the allied mis-
sions now at the Capital. All agree
that there may be fluctuations, and
that an intensified U-boat cam
paign may bring the tonnage lost
for July, August or September to
a higher figure than June, but that
the object of the ruthless U-boar
campaign. to destroy the shipping
of the world. to starve the allies
into submission and to prevent re-
endorsements from reaching them
from overseas. has been definitely
and finally defeated.
The British admiralty figures put
the allied and neutral tonnage lost
for the month Of June at 275,62s
gross tons. In the same period the
shipyards of the United States pro-
duced 1SS.SS1 gross tons (2S3,322
deadweight tons). and of the Unit
ed Kingdom 1S4,159 gross tons, a
total of 323,040 gross tons, or A.
AL in excess of the tonnage lost
through submarine warfare, mines
and ordinary marine risk. .s...
Loss I'm British Tonnage.
British comment on the decrease in
sinkings and the increase in produc-
ton is not SO cheerful as that heard
in Washington because British produc-
ton is not increasing at the desired
rate and there was more British ton
mage lest than was produced by the
yards Of the United Kingdom. It was
the increased production by the
United States that won the long fight
and = hard earned victory over the
Kaiser's submarines.
The loss in British tonnage for June
totaled 1910 gross tons, while the
production of the United Kingdom for
the same period was 134.159 gross tons,
net loss to British shipping of a6.S1S
gross tons. On the other hand the
allied and neutral losses were i1t.5h7
and production by the United States
1sS. .SS1, net gain of 1874 in tonnage,
and of far in excess of 10000 tons to
the United States alone.
Figures Of destruction and produc-
tion for the quarter ending with
June are also very encouraging In
| showing a check upon U-boat war
fare, with more vessels than ever
| assing through the war zone, AMI
m Increase N production. The total
loss for this period was 946.5zS tons.
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