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UBOATS IN AMERICAN WATERS WATERSIn In his speech at Atlantic City Thursday Sect Daniels stilted that on the day the IIuu sub ¬ marines were sighted off our coast one of the largest convoys so far assembled was under sailing orders and ready to start For the moment a question was raised upon the expediency of dispatching the ves ¬ sels until more complete information had been re ¬ ceived of the operations of the enemy but this question was speedily and happily resolved The convoy was dispatched and by keeping open in calm defiance the high road to France the accepted policy of the administration was emphasized and maintained maintainedThus Thus from the beginning the descent of the pirates failed of its purposes for these were many and complex The important factor of surprise as a discouragement of troop and supply transfer counted for nothing and the value of the essay as a disturbance of morale and the hopedfor resultant panic and pressure on the government was dis ¬ counted It is especially gratifying to know that the convoy made a quick and prosperous voyage over sea seaFurthermore Furthermore various technical details were re ¬ vealed where some ignorance and more doubt had existed Despite rumor and wild claim it is cer ¬ tain that the underwater boats for it is assumed more than one called upon us did not belong to any submarine cruiser class for it is all Lombard street to a Seville orange that no such class can be found save in the imagination of the German admir ality Instead of developing 28 knots on the sur ¬ face and 15 knots submerged it is probable that the relizable speed was lli knots and 10 knots in these respective conditions For the shrilly asserted 5000 tons displacement substitute liOOO tons and in short marines of a larger size than ordinarily employed by the enemy enemyNor Nor could these craft have carried seaplanes to bomb coast towns and summer resorts It is quite true for it has been done that they could have shelled certain localities provided they escaped our vigilant coast patrol but even this would have been on such a small scale as to be futile After all the shouting then in German cities over the alleged destruction of American ports the essay at the most took on the nature of a sporadic foray absolutely wanting in military significance New York Herald
