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Show A MOST DIFFICULT UNDERTAKING. What will the United States do to I keep don the submarine attacks? A dispatch from Washington tells of the nav) being prepared to help sweep the ocean lanes free from U-boats. The navy has a very formidable task, if American genius does not discover a more effective method than is now known. When a flock of submarines get out on the open ocean, they are the most elusive and danperous foe a warship ever attempted to hunt. A battleship can be crumpled by a torpedo, and a submarine, with nothing more than a periscope showing, can launch the fatal blow, Our opinion is that the submarine problem is far from solved. When a ship can be successfully shielded from torpedo attack, and at the same time can make speed, the day shall be at hand for the submarine to be come obsolete, but that defense is not now provided. on |