THE U-BOAT WAR

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 244, 3 July 1918, Page 6

THE U-BOAT WAR

AMERICAN ADMIRAL ON THE OUTLOOK

MORE PIRATE HUNTERS WANTED . Nbw York J.uly I.' Sir. Charles Crusty. London correspondent of the New York "Times," intervicwtd'Admiroi Sims, who said:—"The presence of submarines 011 our coast will not •ill'ect the.outcome of Hie wiv. A year ,ngo the Allied tonnage was decreasing, and the Central Powers were winning the war. Now the situation is reversed. Allied tonnage is increasing, and the number and efficiency of the U-boats is decreasing. ■ Between four and five thousand anti-U-boat vessels of all' types are now operating with effect. The best jneans of combating the U-boats are the convoy system, the uso of depth charges, and a device by means of whicii a surfaco vessel is able to follow a submerged UIwat by the sound of the engines. Exj jierieuce shows that Germany lias been üble to keep about 10 per cent, of its TJboat fleet actively engaged, which is equivalent to between fifteen and twenty U-boats. This number is now greatly reduced, but the Allies still havo not enough anti-U-boat 'vessels, and must imild raoro all the time."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.