Show I Destiny of tl the e Submarine Is taRring to Bring Peace Between the Maritime N Says F Famous Submarine Inventor I I By SIMON LAKE I Special Statement forTHE TELEGRAM by Inventor of the Modern Submarine i ii i Captain tain Koenigs Koenig's feat in bringing th the Deutschland to America part of the journey he says being made under water Jr 4 in the North s sea a is just one more proof that the destiny of the the submarine is to bring about peace between marti e nations r. r Simon Lake The submarine has already proved no fleet of ot of battleships battle battle- ships can Jan land lanU i an invading fleet where submarines exist I England has undoubtedly felt she could starve Germany out but C Captain Cap Cap- p- p tam tain Koenig guided his submarine freighter freighter- under the keels so to speak of of of- 1 his Iii enemies' enemies ships F sir I tried some som time ago to interest interest American American ship builders in the project project- ct ii ij I of building freight carrying su submarines mari but lut the average vr r e American financier ina ier y r wants 2 for 1 t and and- wants want his property his property insured As s getting a submarine blockade runner insured seemed out of the question I have never been able t to accomplish anything in that direction It is difficult to place a limit on the size successful submarines be built huilt Experience shows that the larger they are the they may mav are to navigate If it becomes becomes necessary for Germany to get her foodstuffs by submarine submarine sub sub- marine they may be built to carry as much as tons With our long coast line Ine a submarine may approach the coast while while- submerged at any desired point then come up to the surface within the three mile limit and enter our harbors as any other merchant ship is free to todo do I I believe successful inauguration of a line of undersea boats will also z make the tile allies more amenable to peace terms I think resumption of commerce com corn merce by Germany will increase her ability to stand out against her ODDO- ODDO FF i S f 5 i Lake says it is probable some some- of his inventions have been used by bv the the- Germans' Germans th the Deutschland Deutschland He hurried to Baltimore when the arrived there to find if this is true He says he will sue sue if if- it is |