GERMANY'S SUBMARINE CREWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XL, Issue 12695, 15 November 1915, Page 3

GERMANY'S SUBMARINE CREWS.

"One of the many neutrals who, from time to'time, enlighten us as to the state j of feeling in enemy countries, writing j to the "Times" last week, declared that ; the 'D' campaign against commerce had j been a bitter disappointment to the Germans. and that they were experiencing ! considerable difficulty in getting crews for j their boats. * j "This bears out the contention," writes ! Mr Gerald Fiennes in the "Observer,''! "that the supply of trained personnel i must, sooner or later, be exhausted. Pre- : sumablv the officers and men of the; German navy have to go where they are told, so "the alleged unwillingness must be unwillingness to train for the sub- ! marine service, and it is not very sui- ' prising, for, in the naval barracks of Kiel and Wilhelmshaven, it must be per- ! fectlv well known how many boats have ■ gone forth and never been heard of aga!n. "Despite the renewd activity and sue- , j cesses of the past week—such as they are— ! it is evident that there is a growing | I opinion in Germany that the game is not worth the candle."