| Show HOW JAPANESE submarines BROUGHT ABOUT VICTORY to the ingenuity a yankee anven tor the japanese can largely ascribe the credit tor their great naval vie tory in the korean straits according to the statements of persons con necked with the building of submarine boats in this country six holland submarine torpedo boats of the type invented by john P holland were at cached to admiral togo fleet and these are supposed to have caused much of the havoc among the russian battleships when the boats were shipped to to klo the holland company sent with them a number of high salaried en ginders and mechanics to put them to gether and to instruct the japanese naval forces in their operation at a secret shipyard in japan the four boats were completed and the nary maneuvers begun they were launched may 10 said mr white and proved eminently sat in their traits they were equipped not only with the latest am prove ments in torpedo tubes but with powerful searchlights capable of being operated under the water giving them an immense advantage in actual war fare it was these submarines that did the work they were sent there for that purpose it there are any rus sian warships left all the japanese need do Is to round them up keep at a sate distance and let the submarines finish them if this course is pur sued there will not be a russian flag afloat on the seas of the orient inventor holland while not disposed was done in the korean straits it properly handled they were equipped to use either the three and a halt or five meter torpedo and with the the japanese admitted he had heard high speed they have they could have played havoc with a fleet even larger than s the holland submarine passed its first official tests in this country in june 1 and secretary of the navy bong at once ordered five boats to be added to the holland and the plunger the first two offered the navy and which were accepted with many jap battless Batt lesh p lower ng the submarine for the attack doubts and misgivings on the part 0 high officials admiral hichborn admiral dewey and other sea dogs declared that while the submarine boat had proved its powers to below surface for long periods and to be operated at high rate ot speed its greatest effi chency would be found not in attack ing a fleet on the high seas but in bar bor and coast defense work in 1901 queen of hoi land sent a special commission to this country to inquire into the subject 0 submarines and a special demon stra alon of the holland boat fulton was given for the commission at greenport Green port L I 1 the commission remaining on board while the boat dived sank rose and fired cummy torpedoes japan at that time had not taken up the con or purchase of submarines although france had seven in commis slon and twenty six ordered england and germany were back ward about looking into the sinnova locating the russian ship with a submarine searchlight to declare that he had any personal knowledge of the use of thi boat by that several were in use in bogio fleet As soon as the details of the battle were received and it was appael that the submarines had played large part in the work of destruction mr holland was asked what part they had played in be battle I 1 have heard that i october ohp company with which I 1 am con necked sent five across the continent to san francisco he said and then last april two more of a much superior model were reported bw the japanese embassy at washington to have stood all the tests and to be in commission in japanese waters you will doubt less find later it was thes two boats that did the best work it would appear as it the russians either did not have enough submarines alon the consensus of opinion among the older naval officials of most coun tries being that the new boats would not stand heavy seas or prove effective in a naval battle their cost mating was also urged against them and it required hard work to induce the united states navy department to approve of the submarines the explosion the abman ne boat making its escape or did not know how to handle what they had the two new bouts which the japanese are supposed to have had fully twice the speed of the older type and could have done all that we hear |
