THE DEADLY SUBMARINE

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 45, 17 November 1925, Page 9

THE DEADLY SUBMARINE

ABOLITION URGED. CAUSE OF HEART-BREAKING LOSSES OUTCRY AGAINST IT IN BRITAIN ' The loss of the Ml has aroused public feeling in Britain against submarines and demands for their abolition. The chairman of Lloyd’s declares that these “deadly machines’* should be scrapped, since all the great maritime nations, have suffered heart-breaking losses by them.

By Telegraph.—PeEsi London, November 15. Air. F, D. MacKinnon, chairman of Lloyd’s, commenting on the loss of the submarine All in a letter to “The Tinies,” declares that those deadly machines, which are destroying those in charge of them, ought to be scrapped. since all the great maritime nations have suffered heart-breaking losses by them. The newspapers support Air. AlacKinnon. . .

The “Star” expresses the opinion that, even if the nations are willing to risk brave men’s lives in peace time, submarines ought to be warned off in war time, as they are pirates preying on merchantmen. The “Evening News” declares that the Navy would be delighted to see the submarine abolished. Britain docs not want them, but the smaller naval Powers consider them a cheap, but powerful, weapon and the chief means of attack.

Lady Astor says that women all ever the world should unite in demanding the elimination of the submarine and poison gas. She is willing to tour the world to rouse public opinion. Air. AlacKinnon, in au interview, said that Lloyd’s Committee would support an appeal wfiich is to be sent to the Prime Alinister, Air. Stanley Baldwin.—Sydney “Sun” Cable. < PROBABLY TOOK AN ACUTE DIVE CREW WOULD BE KILLED IN COUPLE OF MINUTES 1

NAVAL OFFICIAL’S VIEWS (Rec. November 16, 7,15 p.m.) London, November 15. A naval official, interviewed by the “Daly Express,” declares; “We know more or less what happened to tlie lost

Association. Copyright. submarine, and are making every effort at salvage in order to make sure to obtain important data for future construction. Every submarine has a limit depth. If it goes below that the crew are powerless to bring her up. She crashes like an aeroplane. The All probably took an acute dive and stood on her head on the ocean floor. Everything would be carried away in the hull. Acid would spill from the batteries, fund sea water would flow in, meaning sudden death for the whole crew from the fumes. The crash would, be a matter of seconds, like that of an aeroplane. Tlie crew would be killed in a couple of minutes. There would be no prolonged waiting for death, asthe public seems to imagine.”—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.

GERMAN DIVING APPARATUS INVENTOR TO CONDUCT OPERATIONS London, November 15. A destroyer has reached _ Portland with a special deep-water diving apparatus from Kiel, which German volunteers will operate in the attempt, to reach the sunken British submarine All.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. (Rec. November 16, 7.15 p.m.) London, November 15. The “Daily News” states that Herr Gutmache, the inventor, and eight experts will conduct the operations. The German diving apparatus consists of a non-collapsible steel diving suit, weighing half a ton. .Every limb is equipped with ball-bearing joints. Alcchanical hands operate pincers, pliers, cutters, and files. A cable attached to the helmet provides electric light.. Air is manufactured within the suit. rhe; wearer is lowered and raised by a crane, assisted by flooding or emptying water tanks attached to the suit, which is so buoyant that walking and other movements are very easy. The apparatus has already been satisfactorily tested at a depth of 480 feet.—Sydney “Sun” Cable.