Show U TO APPEAR OFF U. U S. S S. N IN 6 DAYS ASSERT EXPERTS Germany ermany Planning to Strike Quick Blow Is View at Washington B By Basil M. M Manly M By Special News Service WASHINGTON v ASHI March 1 15 The S.-The Tho U-boats U are arc coming Within six days at least in ht the opinIon opinion opinion ion of naval authorities in Washington Washing Washing- ton German submarines will appear off tho Atlantic coast and In the Gulf Gut of oC Mexico ready to pounce upon the shipping shipping ship ship- ping that attempts to leave American ports This Is the explanation given for tor the sudden cessation of the sinking of merchant vessels luring during the last week It Is pointed out that the last reported activities of or the submarines occurred on February 26 26 the day on which President Wilson made his armed neutrality neutrality neu neu- declaration According to this view as soon Roon as the president an announced announced an- an his lily intention of using force Coree the submarine were notified b by wireless wireless wireless wire wire- less to proceed to their stations In American n waters which had been heen as assIgned assigned assigned as- as signed them before they were sent to sea lea Germany German always in the past male made Ita Ita it a n rule to strike the quickest and most sensational blow possible as soon as RS war with any power became Ine ble This was wa her course In Belgium and In Rumania and there Is every overy reason to believe that she will repeat It in the case of oC the United States The submarine Is the tho most effective weapon which she can employ against us at the beginning of or hostilities Moreover Moreover More fore over her U-boats U operating in American Ameri Amerl- can waters will bo be able to do Infinitely more damage e to the commerce upon which England depends than If they re restrict restrict re- re strict their activities to the blockade zone There Thero the they have havo to contend with thousands of ot British patrol boats hoats while In American waters there are less than fifty United States destroyers supplemented by hy the small number of oC British cruisers which came to light during the U U exploits And in the event ont of a n declaration of war either by the United States or Germany the thc damn damage e that the U-boats U can con do will not he be limited to tho the destruction of ot vet vessels els Germany German throughout hout the war has shown n her ut utter utter ut- ut t ter r contempt for Cor tho the rules of or International International International war which forbids the shelling of unfortified towns towns- Armed with six-Inch six guns the tho submarines submarines sub suh- marines will bo ho able ablo to lie safely at sea and ml pour explosive shells Into the scores of unfortified towns and villages villages vil vil- la lages el alon along tho the Atlantic coast and Inthe in inthe the Gu Gulf of M Mexico xico The only other explanation offered for the sudden cessation of U-boat U activities Js s a l dispatch from Berlin that the they have all an returned to to r for r fuel tuel and new supplies But It Is pointed point point- ed out that Ull this evidently inspired statement is Is' absurd and obviously a blind Germany would Hover never attempt to bring her entire fleet of ot submarines through h the British h mine fields and past the British North sea patrol at atone ono one time They sneak in one by one tr traveling submerged for the greater part of the distance and taking ever every precaution to avoid detection detE According to c calculations tho the first of or orthe the U boats U-boats boat should r reach ach American waters within twelve days after the they leave the blockade zone The Deut Deutschland Deutschland Deutsch- Deutsch ch- ch land took firt fifteen en flays days for the trip but she aho started from Hamburg and had to torun torun run runa a large part of ot the distance around the tho British Isles submerged p. p 1 and at low speed If It the they got Jot their orders on the this should bring them off oft the Atlantic coast about the of March It Is fa generally believed that bases at which they can replenish their supplies have been established In the tho West Vest Indies Mexico and at desolate points along t the H Atlantic coast The signal for tor them to begin action will be the declaration b by Germany of or ofa orn a n blockade zone In American waters similar to that established around the tho British Isles ThIs Tills declaration It Is la labell bell believed ved will come as soon floon as aM the presIdent president pres pres- ident Issues orders to provide guns and gunners for American vessels s 's elf |