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Show GERMAN U-BOATS NEARLY WON WAR. SAYS ADMIRAL ! BPBXNGFIBLD, Mass.. Jan. 31. I Importance of smaller naval craft as 1 compared with capital ships was emphasized em-phasized in an address by Admiral William Sims, iiere Sunduy. He de-I de-I alared If German) had had as many ; j submarines at the beginning as she bul'.t during the war. we "would now j be cpeaklnif Qennien " "We have livod without the pressure pres-sure of the probability of war," ho said "I do not know what Is going I to take place, but we might ne well have our hands on our guno." in a statement, the admiral said that his remarks on the Irish question are based on historic facts and that he would reneat them when ocraslon offered of-fered Complaint recently was made to Secretary ranlels regarding an address ad-dress 00 |