The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-16
5OO,OOO TONS OF
 SUPPLIES SEIZED
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36 have been released and six are being Investigated.
 (In Paris, Georges Pernot, head of the French blockade, said the |,Allies had seized more than 500,- 900 tons of cargoes, mostly raw ma- terials for war production and con-
 bustibles, up to Nov. 10, of which the French fleet had taken 2S,207
 tons. He said the more difficult the leaks through neutral coun-
 problem now was ahead - closing
 the leaks through neutral countries and that France was determined to do this, as the best means uf
 winning the waro
 The new edition of Jane's naval
 annual, the acknowledged author ity on warships of the world, rec
 ported that Germany had n sub-
 marines built and 28 under way in
 her 1889 program and that of
 these 99, she had lost 15 up to Oct.
 IS. Those lost were mostly the
 large ocean-going types.
 German Sub Losses
 (Winston Churchill, first Lord of
 the British admiralty, estimated two
 weeks ago that Germany's submar-
 inc losses were at least 20)
 By comparison with the 84 Ger
 man submarines now in existence
 or in prospect, Germany had III
 when she started the unrestricted
 U-boat campaign against Great Bri-
 tain in 1917.
 Jane's credited Russia with by
 far the largest submarine fleet
 approximately l50 built, 20 building
 and possibly more unaccounted for.
 The annual repeats its contentious
 of former years that Russia IS se-
 cretly building powerful submarine and torpedo boat fleet in the Far
 East, sending boats there by way of
 the Arctic.
 HReports from Japanese sources
 indicate that the Soviet fleet based
 at Vladivistok includes 70 submar- lines and over 50 motor torpedo boats
 and a number of patrol vessels cf various types" the annual said. Battleship Race
 A building race for huge battle ships of from 10000 to 45,000 tons , also was confirmed by the annual The number of capital ships under construction or on order was given as 34. of which 10 were super battleships. } Japan was said to have laid dowr } four battleships of over 10000 tons , to be armed with eight or nine l6. 3 inch guns and to have a speed of 3l , knots. one each was laid down a
 y,,re sokosr,ka KaWasaki and MI.
 tubisi shipyards.
 s The United States was reported 5 laying down two of 45,0oo tons eacf . the Iowa and New Jersey; Grea . Britain, four, the Lion, Temeratr' . and two others of about 10000 ton . each. The annual said that Ger s many'S last two battleships of tn p Bismark class also may total 4o.o0 d tons each.
 s The publication took cognizance Q o the British air raid on Kiel Sepl t 4. reporting that one of Germany
 three pocket battleships was dam s aged in that raid, and adding tna . American press reports tndicate g that it was the Admiral Graf Spec. n Submarines Listed
 e The 90 submarines German, l, would have had except for losses 1t were listed as: Ocean-going type Il IS built, ii building; seagoing type W 24 built, IT building; coastal type ts 32 built. Against this fleet. ct wa
 said, Britain was marshaling q
 ever-growing fleet of anti-submarin r. ships, including 170 destroyers an te another ie authorized in the 193 le naval building program. In the pal il years, 1t was said, Britain also ha L. added 67 trawlers to her fleet ai, y had 107 more in the 1889 buildin ly program. l. ship losses yesterday included ttl l. 794-ton British coastal steams iy Woodtown, sunk by an explosio ve with the loss of nine of the ere le Of 13, and the 2,2l6-ton Greek Geoi le gios, which struck @ submerge le wreck of the northeast coast. IT Id Georgioe crew of 2i was saved. I'll
 French fishing boat Marie Margt ye Ierjte sank near Dunkiyk with 6 loI l. of three lives. Two other ships wei al reported long unaccounted for---tf d British steamer Newton Beach as 4,65l tons, with Q crew of 70, unrs il ported for three weeks; ard tf es Dutch motorship ''Safe." which. at ye cording to German short wave wirt ig less reports, left Antwerp for RIG
 last month end was believed to ha' q foindered in a nine field betwee l- Falsterbo and Moen. It was of 6' a- tons and had e crew of eight. 70 A German steamer, believed to It the Leander of s8s tons, was repor al ed taken to . West British port as d. prize. It was said to have entert IT. Vigo, Spain, at the start of the VI Of and to have made a dash for Ge ag many because the crew could n ,i- ret food in vigo. A British cruis nt captured 1t. The German crew tic 2O to 30 men was said to have be- m reduced to extremities during | n- stay ct vigo.
 e- The Leander had been masQuera rol ling as a Russia ship. The lette
 .UssR" were painted on her si al- and she flew the Russian flag. ,at At Reykjavik, Iceland, the Gs Int man ship Osterndorf was reported ,es have put in at a South Iceland p' ,n- with its crew exhausted. It had he Spain Oct. 26. loaded with Iron. act coal and food supplies were aim Ihe gone when 1t reached Iceland af till q battle through storms. Two sail
 were sick.