GERMAN SUBMARINES
GRAVE MENACE IN THE WAR WHAT OFFICIAL HISTORY TELLS. I By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) Received June 25, 11.17 p.m. LONDON, June 25. New light has been thrown on the gravity of the submarine menace in wartime in the final volume of the official history of naval operations. Lord Jellicoe, in April 1917, sent a memorandum to Cabinet: “It, is quite true we are masters of the sea as r as surface ships arc. concerned, but in regard to submarine policy we are heading straight for disaster. We have neither the undisputed command of the sea nor a reasonable measure of command. ’ ’ Earl Beatty, in January 1918, told the naval conference at Whitehall that such large contingents of naval forces wen- now absorbed in the anti-submar-ine campaign, that could no longer be certain of meeting the German fleet even on terms of equality. The book reveals that it was the civilians who devised the convoy plan which defeated the submarines, experts having opposed it.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 149, 26 June 1931, Page 7
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