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Show nJUUMiflynL vf ii la Rear Admiral Sims Makes a Report Which Offers Hope of Success. LONDON, April 18. 3 "10 p. m. Tho report of Rear Admiral William S. Sims, U. S. N hed of the American naval mission now in England, dealing with the submarine problem, has been forwarded to Washington where It is being considered by President Wilson and the naval board determining how the American fleet can co-operate with the British navy in combating the underwater craft. The report is the result of conferences hero with Rear Admiral Sims and the heads of the British admiralty, who have placed every facility at the disposal of tho American mission in order that they might learn the true status of the submarine warfare. Rear Admiral Sims' report makes no recommendations but simply outlines out-lines tho information obtained. When President Wilson and the naval board decido on tho method of co-operation between the United States and the British fleets word will be sent to Rear Admiral Sims here who, in conjunction con-junction with tho British admiralty, will proceed to put it into effect. It can bo stated that tho admiralty heads of both governments aro perfectly per-fectly satisfied with the preliminary plans for reducing tho effectiveness of tho enemy's submarine warfare. "We don't expect to get all of tho submarines," said an admiralty official, offi-cial, "bu enough to break the back of tho submarine campaign. In other words, we hope to defeat the submarines subma-rines by destroying enough of them to weaken their moralo In much tho same manner that an enemy's morale us broken through a defoated portion oC it" ' |