Show SUBMARINE MENAGE STILL VITAL KM FACTOR VESSELS BEING SUNK MORE RAPIDLY THAN THEY CAN BY ALLIES IF urgent Need for the united states to press ship building on a broad scale emphasized in british official statement state ment london ae according cording to a n statement issued on oil Septen september iber 28 by ler of shipping british shipping lo 10 losses ses since the beginning of the unrestricted subr submarine camp campaign last february now approximate note the to total till losses before that period the controller of shipping authorized the publication of the following statement jentof of the shipping situation and the urgent need fur for the united state s to undertake a building program on oil a brond broad scale it Is of the utmost importance that the united states should realize that the shortage of shipping is the most vital fact in the present situation and the building of merchant ships is of tiia utmost lal importance question on U S must M face the question the united states must face is whether on the basis of the shipbuilding preparations she Is now taking it will be possible for her to send any substantial force to france next spring without such a drain on tho the worlds shipping as will subtract just as much from froin ali alie e fighting strength bf theother the other allies as bel own forces will ad add however large and powerful the army which the united states trains during the winter it may be rendered absolutely useless as an addition to the fighting forces against germany if there are no ships to tian transport sport it except capt at the cost of stopping tild the flow of vital necessities to the present ar armies niles the loss of shipping since the beginning of the lie ruthless U boat war Is now roughly equal to the total losses prior to that time by next spring germany may be expected to destroy vessels in excess of what are built in ili the meantime t next spring this years harvest will be largely exhausted and tile the need of supplying italy france and will be largely Inci increased casid atthe same moi moment tile united states will need a large larget incase wt amse in ves transport its army iid maintain if it 11 |