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Show TO EXD THE SUBMARIN E MENACE On Saturday the chairman of the naval consulting board announced that the submarine problem had been solved and he went on to state that his conclusion was based on actual tests. On Sunday the news was somewhat modified by a further declaration that experiments of great promise were beUig made. Let us hope the assurance is to be realized. But why should a naval secret se-cret of such importance be disclosed in any measure until applied? One of the big elements favorable to success suc-cess In war Is surprise. In the naval board publicity there was a forecasting forecast-ing of the blockading of the coast of ' Germany and the bottling up of the Kiel canal, in which late electrical in. ventlons were to be employed. This , is sending word ahead and in a meas- ure, a forearming of the enemy. ' After carefully reading the dispatches dis-patches bearing on this &ubject, we! are of the opinion the chairman of , the naval consulting board has been ' carried away by enthusiasm, after witnessing the trying out of a new de. i vice of great promise, and that the I certainty of success is yet to be determined. |