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Show k EXPRESSES FAITH IN . SOBiiEllRFlRE German Admiral Scheer Pins His Hopes to U-Boat j Campaign. j ' ' i AMSTERDAM, Sept. 1. Confidence ! in the effect of unrestricted submarine warfare is expressed by Admiral Bernhardt Bern-hardt Scheer, commander of the Ger-. Ger-. man battle fleet, in an interview in the Leipzig Taeblatt, the admiral declaring declar-ing that he expected ' ' everything from it." ' j "This confidence," says the admiral, : "is sharod by all our submarine officers, of-ficers, and no difference of opinion , exists about it in our navy. It would ' be a i-istake to name a definite date, ; but I am fully convinced that if the rate of the sinkings continues as at , present the day must come when En- i gland will recognize that the war does not pay." i Questioned about losses of subma- V rines and as to anti-eubmarine meth- N ods, Admiral Scheer said: , "With almost ideal obstinacy the j English miss the mark and so far we I ivq only been met with guns, nets j0m and mines, and not with any new. antisubmarine anti-submarine appliances. I can confirm the statement recently made regarding our losses, which on the average are two to three monthly, and are more than equaled by new construction. , Regarding America's support of Great Britain, Admiral Scheer had this to say: "I do not Underestimate, neither do I attach too much importance to it. The Americans may make themselves unpleasant by means of increased sup-plies sup-plies of airplanes, technical material, etc., but they can hardly harm us seriously se-riously from a military point of view, and they will never become dangerous. They will no more be able to turn the scale in favor of the entente than Italy or Rumania." ( Admiral Scheer expressed his conviction convic-tion that the submarines will have de-cided de-cided the issue of the war before America Amer-ica is ready to send a large army to Europe. |