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Show SUBMARINE TO EVADE SUBMARINE. When other means of warding off tho U-boats fail, this country can resort re-sort to Simon Lake's merchant submarine. subma-rine. The inventor has organized a company and is proceeding to build submarines of 7.500 to 8,000 tons, non-sinkable non-sinkable and of a speed capable of eluding pursuit. Tho vessel can submerge sub-merge within half a minute and has been so standardized and simplified that tho first one may bo turned out in four months and others after that at tho rate of throe or four a week. It will burn heavy oil and the construction construc-tion is said to bo such that its parts can be mado simultaneously In many widely scattered steel plants and assembled as-sembled in a central plant within a few days. Tho vessels aro to be built and operated by the Merchant Submarine Sub-marine company, under government supervision. Tho company is capitalized capital-ized at 10,000,000 and was chartered ' under the laws of Maine, May 10. This seems to be a sensible plan. The one big question is: What Is tho carrying capacity as compared with the horsepower required re-quired to propel the craft? At present, pres-ent, cost is not considered. Billions of dollars are available for any means of combatting the submarine menace. The new vessels would not be submerged sub-merged until they entered tho danger zone and then they could expose the periscope. To avoid being attacked, they might resort to signals and havo bright stripes on their backs discernible discern-ible to the men in the hydroplanes who, hawk-like, are now chasing the U-boats, which from on high, they can seo at a considerable depth beneath tho surface of the water. |