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Show 3, UKRMANY'B SUBMARINE s CAMPAIGN E 'The most recent returns of sink- IS , -Ings by submarines have seemed a My . -little more favorable to Germany Be ' than was expected two months ago. Kf ,'or Quito a number of weeks tho wj Germans have been sinking regular- B Uy 17 to 21 British merchant vev H .els. With thoso of other allied H cations being sunk the total 1b still Uy -a ver yheavy loss, much exceeding KJ the total construction of ships so far H .secured by our allies and ourselves. H Also much has been said of lata H -about new German submarines of H exceptionally large sice. There is no H doubt that Germany will attempt a D -now drive with these big U-boat?. H TbcBe craft could carry enough oil H .to take thorn 9,000 miles. They M will have room for an abundant bup- H .ply of torpedoes. They will havo H -comfortable quarters for the crews, H .considered superior to those provld- H -ed on our destroyers. Hr - The Germans boast over the fact Hr -that these boats will carry six inch H .guns. It is claimed that this will H -make them capable of engaging on H equal terms with any armed merch- H' .ant ship, in which the submarine H twill have the advantage of being H -able to drop out of sight at any H -moment. The reply of our naval H ttnen to this proposition Is first, that H 'thoy doubt it any submarino has yet H ?teen built that would carry a six H -Inch gun. But the big and little sub- B .marines still constitute a terrible H menace that must not be underestl- BBnB ' .mated. H A practical safety can be assured M - - Uo shipping across the Atlantic where H -4k group of vessels is convoyed by de- w sstroyers. About 1)0 per cent of the H vessels now going across the Atlan- H 4lo are thus protected. The propor- H ' -tion of loss among eonvoyed ships Is H .olng this year to strain every H nerve to cut tho life line of supplies H 4o our army in France. |