U-BOAT MENACE

Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 21, 26 January 1943, Page 5

U-BOAT MENACE

More Escort Vessels Needed

LONDON, Jan. 25. The Canadian Chief of the Naval / Staff, Vice-Admiral Percy Nelles, gave a warning that the German Üboat strength was increasing, with a possible net gain over losses of somewhere about ten a month. He was speaking at the commissioning of a destroyer which has joined the Royal Canadian Navy. The vice-admiral said that the secret of clearing the U-boats was more escort vessels, in close co-operation with more aircraft.

effective Allied base, with a secure harbour and indefinite possibilities for air expansion. Colonel Pullar's report changes considerably the earlier picture of the Guadalcanal situation.

A major offensive is now believed to be under way to destroy the remaining Japanese resistance on the island. The Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" says it is not known" whether the latest operations foreshadow early plans for an attack on the Japanese positions to the north in the Solomons, but adds that this is an obvibus probability in view of the recent heavy bombings of the advance enemy bases at Munda, Shortland Island, and Bum. The recent reinforcement of the American troops on Guadalcanal gives them great numerical superiority over the Japanese. Nevertheless, experienced officers believe that the difficulties of terrain and the tenacious enemy resistance may make further fighting costly.