Show Fast Merchant Ships Are Relied Up Upon n By I International News Service WASHINGTON Aug 9 Fast Fast merchant ships are to be relied on to defeat the German submarines After mature deliberation the United States shipping board and the I navy department have reached the conclusion conclusion con con- elusion that no special device but speed is necessary to take supply ships across the Atlantic In safety Experts have concluded that the submarine has reached Its maximum speed for the present This is such that a sixteen knot ship can elude the fastest of the U Study of the submarine warfare has i revealed to government officials In charge of shipping that the submarine sights its target and follows It sailing at its maximum speed on the surface under the cover of darkness In this way the merchant ship is overtaken At the first morning light the submarine submarine submarine sub sub- marine takes position and launches its torpedoes Examination of the reports of the show that the great majority of them have haye been at dawn |