Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-08-18 | Page 5 | Poincare Sees Yankee Works

poke sees yankee works President Inspects American Ameri-can Naval Bases; Obtains Much Information. PARIS, Aug. 17. President Poincare and Georges Leygues, minister of marine, ma-rine, returned to Paris today after a visit of two days at a French port, where they inspected the Franco-American naval bases and were enabled to obtain a first-hand view of the co-operation of the two navies in combating German submarines. Immediately after their arrival there a report was received re-ceived that an enemy submarine had just been sunk by a French patrol, while it was confirmed at the same time that another submarine had been destroyed by an American patrol a few days before. President Poincare made a minute inspection in-spection of various American installations installa-tions at the port, being especially interested in-terested in the hydroairplane station. While the two officials were at the port a convoy was signaled coming in and the pnvsident embarked on a war vessel and went out to observe the arrangements ar-rangements made for the protection of ships. Dirigible balloons, hydroair-plancs hydroair-plancs and rapid destroyers co-operated perfectly in preventing any submarine subma-rine attack which might have been made. The convoy came into the harbor har-bor with each vessel keeping "in perfect per-fect line until the anchorage was reached. After this President Poincare went on board a destroyer and participated in the chase of an allied submarine somewhere below the surface. The chase lasted for an hour and if the submarine subma-rine had been German the pursuit would have ended disastrously for it. The visit of the officials was extended ex-tended to the American depots which have completely transformed the port. A report was handed the president showing that a convoy which recently arrived from America discharged 30,000 tons of materials in ten hours, thanks to the efficiency of the American arrangements. ar-rangements. Admiral Wilson received President Poincare on board a repair ship where a medallion bearing the inscription "Commemorating the union of France and Ameriea," was presented to the president. Later President Poincare examined the new type of American destroyer de-stroyer and reviewed newly arrived American troops.