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Show SAYS II GAPELLE'S FIGUME FALSE Archibald S. Hurd Reviews German Admiral's Submarine Sub-marine Statement. LONDON", March 31, 6(55 p. m. In discussing with tho Associated Press today to-day tho German submarine warfare, Archibald S. llurd, woll-known writer on naval subjects, said: Admiral von Cupelle (Gorman na-v:il na-v:il minister), struggling against adversity ad-versity and aw arc of tho contempt in which the now methods of war-faro war-faro have brought tho service to which ho belongs, has endeavored to cheer his follow countrymen and mislead and terrorize neutrals. What would the world have thought had he mentioned the number of submarines sub-marines that have been lost in the last two months, stated the capital they represented and given the casualties? cas-ualties? There is still a tendency to speak of German submarines as boats and sometimes they are referred to as little boatd. In fact, the larger of them are as big as the men-of-war lhat the Germans themselves have hi?en in the habit of describing as cruisers. Their displacement ranges from more than 800 tons to 1200 tons and the outlay for construction construc-tion runs from 200,000 to 300,000 each. The crew of each vessel numbers num-bers thirty men or upward. Submarines, in proportion to their size, are the most expensive shins, ever built. Consequently their losses impose a heavy drain on German Ger-man finances, material resources, skilled labor and manpower. If salvation is to come to Germany Ger-many in time to rescue her from her doom, it must come soon and, as is confessed, her submarine piracy is "only means." So the German naval na-val secretary has been forced to make a further effort to represent the piracy campaignon the 40,000,- 000 tons of shipping of the allies and neutrals as a success which has realized ' '' all expectations. '' ' In contrast with the total tonnage quoted above, he gives inflated figures fig-ures for the February depredations and conceals the number of submarines subma-rines that have gone to the bourne from which no pirate vessel ever returns. |