THE SUBMARINE'S PART.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14988, 8 June 1914, Page 7

THE SUBMARINE'S PART.

DREADNOUGHTS DOOMED.

'By Cable.—Pre«s A*»ociatioiu—Copyright.) LONDON. June 5. Admiral Sir Percy Scott declared that as motor-cars had driven horses from the streets, so had sttbmarines doomed Dreadnoughts. With sea-pianos for scouting, a battleship fleet would no longer be able to nut to sea or even remain safely in harbour, as submarines would Iks able to break the booms. The Admiralty should spend money on enbmarines and sea-planes, and a few firstclass cruisers. The future Navy would be a navy of youth, tho only requirements being boldness and daring. Admiral Scott's declaration in favour of submarines has aroused public attention. He contends that if submorgibles close the outlets of the North Sea and tho Mediterranean, it is difficult to sco how British commerce can be much interfered with. TJiirtv or forty submarines "n the Straits of Gibraltar woulJ make the passage of any fleet hazardous and any Power sending ships to hint and destroy submarines would be courting disaster. Groat Britain, with its many harboura-and much shipping, would be at a great disadvantage if !an enomy had plenty of submarines.