SUBMARINE WARFARE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16349, 2 October 1916, Page 6

SUBMARINE WARFARE.

I' l ' I suggested * that Mr. Gerard, thc Merican .Ambassador to Germany's crossing the Atlantic in order L, convey to his government the vi^. s 0 f the German authorities on theV( Ues fci on of submarine warfare. This implies that Germany propose» to resume tho sinking of mercharL en without warning unless the Unity States induccs the Allies to relax their naval blockade. It will be limed that such a relaxation was (Dade by Germany a condition of ( er alleged suspension of these sub%j e attacks and that the Washington Qovernment refused to have the l sue confused in this fashion. '* c torpedoing of merchantmen, lath Allied and neutral, has continuq throughout the summer, in a dtfuJtory manner, but a large sections the German population is convfeced that it might be increased to'such an extent as to seriously injur&he United Kingdom. It is not unlikjjy that the German Government, 4xious on the one hand to it 8 disappointed public and on fi e other to secure the good offices 4 Mr. Wilson in the initiation of overtures, may be making the mostjpf the submarine question in its diplomatic relations with Washington.! The Americans appear, however, t|have been quite convinced by Mr. i Lloyd George's warning that median will not be received by the Allps in a friendly spirit; and Britain la s no reason to fear the results of anjncrease in the torpedoing which ha, never really ceased. Germany his probably in her ports an accumulation of submarines which would take the British Navy some little time to deal with if they were seifc out in a swarm on piratical missions, but no threats of this description— and no interference by America |r any other neutral—can be permitty to interfere in the slightest degrie with the blockade of the enemy and the winning of the war. 1