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gram, claimed he had learned
this from thoroughly reliable
authorities" and accused Halifax
of giving the tip to brighten the
state department and the Amer
lean people," Wheeler placed lit
tie credence in the information.
Other sources reported that
the information YVES obtained
from an intercepted message
sent TO at least one German sub
marine, believed to be type
capable of, long range operations
for an extended length Of time.
A submarine operating in the
western Atlantic shipping lanes
would be inside the Pan-Amer-
lean neutrality zone, now pa
trolled daily by air and surface
ships of the u. s. Atlantic fleet.
However. the European belliser-
ents have not recognized the val
idity Of the zone in which the
American republics have banned
hostilities.
If q U-boat is Ell route to
American waters, qualified per.
sons here believe that il prob
ably would be l,500-tonner,
similar to the Squalls class Of
the u. s. Navy. Such q submar-
Inc carries a crew Of IS and has
q range of about 10000 miles
without refueling.
The distance between New
York and Bordeaux In occupied
France is $500 nautical miles,
so q submarine Of this type could
cross the Atlantic, cruise for an
additional 5000 miles in opera
tons and still have ample fuel
for the return trip.
The big question mark to per-
sons informed on naval matters
was whether Germany possesses
any 1,500-ton types. The last Of
fetal pre-war information list
ed nothing larger than 800-ton
classes.
theoretically, these persons
said, an 800-tonner could make
a round trip to American coastal
waters, but they said operations
would be extremely limited, the
crew would take a terrible ply
steal beating" and there would
be no margin of safety in fuel
reserves.
Recalling that the Deutsch-
land displaced 2.400 tons, these
sources did not rule out the pos
sibility that Germany may have
included some big types in her
intensified submarine building
program. The U. s. fleet has
three experimental 2,740 ton
craft now In service.
Before the submarine report
became known last night, Lord
Halifax, talking to reporters at
the state department, expressed
that Germany would
be unable to interrupt "substan-
TALLY" the flow of American aid
to Britain.
The envoy indicated that only
a small percentage of supplies
from the United States were
to get through the Nazi
counter-blockade and that he an
ticipated no great differnce in
deliveries as the Germans step
up their submarine campaign.
Hitler has promised pointedly
that the underseas war would
be intensified and that Il would
thwart efforts to supply Britain.
On Jan. 30 he told q rally Of
Nazi party members and govern
ment officials at Berlin that
American help would be of no
avail to Britain and that "every
ship. with or without convoy,
that comes within range of our
torpedo tubes will be torpe-
doed."
Again on Feb. "a, announcing
that new U-boats were ready for
action, he proclaimed "our strug-
gle at sea only row can begin"
and notified Britain to expect
bigger events in March and
April"
zone thing Is certain" he de-
clared, Wherever British ships
cruise we shall set against them
our submarines until the hour of
Last Sunday he again made
reference to the futility of aid
lng Britain, saying: mo power
md no support CT ming from any
part of the world can change the
outcome of this battle In any re-
spect .. England will fall"
The only index Of the transit
lsntic efficiency Of underseas
naval students said. was
tr- world war record. and ire
me ,dous technical advances in
submarine const uction - and
detection - have since been
made.
American waters got their
first taste Of submarine warfare
Dn Oct. TO, 1919. On . Satur-
day afternoon while . world -