ANTI-SUBMARINE MEASURES

Thames Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 18357, 2 June 1917, Page 6

ANTI-SUBMARINE MEASURES

j ■ A A tober from London says:. Tie j economy campaign temporarily pver- ! shadows the battleis hii Krance. The j (greatest efforts aa fe ]!>eingf made> j tiha-o.'ugh.out the counti'y to awaken the puiblic to the> urgency of reducing <xmisumiption. Meanwhile there is a. : ■strong! clamour for the. publication of ' the fullest detail's of t vessels sunk. " Puiblicasifes denounce the Adiniraity pretuimisi as insufficient and mlslteiading ! .andi ung©. that, statements shouldl be I given of (the tonnage sudk and tthe I submarines diestroyed or captured. Disappointment is expressed with- the anfci-submarine measures. It is genI ©rally admitted that successes are j i not increasing. ' It is everywhere | urged' that a vital changje should be | made in naval tactics', replacing! deI fensiveness by the traditional British ; policy of seeSkiog! out the enemy. ; The isteiadiXy-tfarow'iniZ! feeling; is likely to reach, -an acute form, this week if i tihe next, list of sinkings; a® increased, j There "will probably bet important ; changes in Admiia-.alty personnel, especially effecting, grey-beards.. Several critic®, includinig; Mi* A. H. Pollen, of Land and Water, declare thait the Admiralty is too much. , obsessed' with the North Sea, •whereas , the siiibmanijiesi hiave changed the ' venue f.rom east, to west, and; are •mustering!, most thickly in thel channel approachieis), where all traffic from the Atlantic and the Mlediteinpanean converges. They urge that the stronigiesit a;nti-&ubniarine j weapon's and 1 dlelvnces should guard • these fairways.- Mr Pollen says that j the siubroarines will win the war if they are allowed to. He contends that tihe appointment of younger admirals is necessary, and that the naval war wiill be won by youre? men, j who have a far wider experience of j the naval strategy of this viur< titan the old officem They would speedily i modify the defensive tactics 3indi the slavish .adherence to pre-war naval theories. .

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