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LONDON, Sept. 26 (UP)--The Royal Navy appears to have conquered the U-Boat menace.

Possibly one-third of the German submarines at sea have been destroyed, according to a statement in the House of Commons to-day by Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty.

Since the outbreak of war, Britain has lost 141,000 tons of shipping.

But. Britain has seized 208,000 tons of German shipping-67,000 tons more than Britain has lost.

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The Allied forces hunting submarines will be increased threefold before the end of October.

Mr. Churchill did not reveal the exact number of U-Boats destroyed, but said that six or seven, the figures mentioned by the Premier last week, would be an under- statement.

have played an important part, both In directing hunting destroyers upon their quarry, and in actually attack- lug it themselves."

SPEECH IN FULL LONDON, Sept. 26 (Reuter). A vivid and reassuring picture, Mr. Churchill explained that it was of Britain's Increasing naval bridge the gap between what efforts to combat the German of the war and what she had ready Britain had ready at the beginning submarine menace was given by now that the Admiralty had decided Mr. Winston Churchill, First to use alreraft-carriers with Lord of the Admiralty, in the freedom in order to bring in unarmed, House of Commons to-day,

unorganised and unconvoyed traffé then approaching British shores in After stating that !!art convoy large numbers. system was now in full operation both ways, Mr. Church! sald that Britain's

some

Sinking Of Courageous second reply to the U-boat attack was "The Courageous was attended by to arm all merchant vessels and Inst four destroyers. but two had to go, liners with defensive armament, both and hunt & I-bont attacking, a mer- against the U-boat and the aeroplane, chant ship, coming towards England. In the past fortnight armed ships When the Courageous turned into the had been continually leaving Britian wind at dusk in order to enable her harbours in large numbers. Some own aircraft to land upon the land- went with convoys, others independ-ing deck, she happened, by what ently. Thus, in Jt short time, Thai bren 100 to one chance or Immense mercantile marine of the more, to meet a U-bout in her un- Brittal Empire would be armed.

predictable course.

"As wa usually have 2.000 ships an "But its hard stroke of war in the sea every day, thin is a consider-no way diminishes our confidence in able operation,' Mr. Churchill de-the methads now at our disposal. clared. "But all guns and equip On the contrary, our confidence in ment are now ready at the various then has grown with every day they arming stations, with trained gunners have been employed. I believe theif 10 man the guns and to instruct the potency will become more apparent Crews,

in proportion as great numbers of "The third reply is the British now vessels come into action, and attack on the U-boats, which is being our hunting officers get the kennek delivered with the uunost

of using depth charges by frequent vigour and Intensity."

practice.

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1914 And Now Making comparison with the pro- blam 25 years and the advantages Britain possessed i

Mr. Churchill to-day were much greater in coping{ with the U-boats,

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"Very often, in hunting down U-boat in 1914, it was necessary to use a flotilla of 15 or 20 destroyers, working together for a whole day on the vaguest of indications.

Now two destroyers., or even one, can maintain a prolonged and relent- less pursult.

"Therefore, I cannot feel at the end of the first three weeks of naval warfare that the Judgment formed by the Admiralty before the war about these new methods stands in any need of revision, ex- cept perhaps in a favourable sense.

Great Troop Convoys ness of our world trade continues "Meanwhile the whole vist bust- without interruption and without. prospect of diminution.

"Great convoys of troops are being escorted to their various destinations. "A very large number of attacks Enemy ships and commerce.huvo- had been made-by-flotillas and been swept from the seas. hunting craft, and attacks on Ger- "Two million tons of man U-boats had been five or six shipping is sheltering in German or German times as numerous as in any equal neutral harbours."! perlod in the last war, in which, after nil they did not beat us."

Mr. Churchill revealed that Britain had actually arrested, saized and con- U-Boat Fleet Crippled verted to her own use 67,000 tons or Taking the Premier's figure of six mure of German merchandise than or seven U-boats destroyed In the had been sunk in British first fortnight of

ships war. Mr. (cheers), Churchill said that represented one-

the

upen

"Even in oil, where we were un- tenth of the total enemy submarine lucky to lose some tankers, we lost fleet as it existed at the declaration 00,000 tons in the first fortnight, and of war, and probably a quarter. or gained 50,000 tons from the enemy. perhaps even a third, of all the apart from enormous additional stores U-boats which had been actively which we brought to England in the employed.

ordinary way! "But the British attack

"Again, I reiterate caution against U-boats is only just beginning.

over-sanguine deductions, but we now "Our hunting forces are getting have got more supplies in this country stranger every day. By the end of than we should have had it no war October we expect to have three had been declared, and if no U-boats times the hunting force which was hail come into action. operating at the outbreak of the war, will take a long time to starve us

At the same time, the number of foul.".

At that rate I

fargets open to U-boats on the vast Speaking about the character of the expanses of seas and oceans will have war, Mr. Churchill gald: "For some been greatly reduced by the use of time German U-boat commanders convoys, and the U-boats' means of tried

their best to behave

with

attacking them will be heavily umanity. We have seen them give clogged and feltered,

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"Our German captain signalled to me personally the position of the ship which he had just sunk. He signed his messaged 'German Submarine', and I was in some doubt as to what address I should direct my reply.

"However, he is now in hands, Laughter) "and is treated with pli consideration"

(Hear! Heart) "But many cruel and ruthless acts have been done."

Mr. Churchill

mentioned the Athenia, Royal Sceptre and Hazelside. Britain, he said, could not recognise this type of warfare as other than contrary to all the nequired and ac- cepted traditions of the sea, and violation of the laws of war to which the Germans themselves in recent years, had so lustily subscribed.

Mr. Churchill mentioned that steps had been taken to replace the tonnage lost. Old ships which were laid up. were being reatted and prepared for

1. In addition, an enormous building programme of new ships of a simple character was already in its full career, and they therefore hoped to (have a larger margin in the future to meet new farms of attacks..

Statement Welcomed

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Mr. Clement Atilec sald that the whole House welcomed the robust

WINSTON CHURCHILL

September 27, 1939.

DRAMATIC NAVY U-BOAT MENACE

NOW WE

KNOW WHY

Bureaucracy At

New Ministry

LONDON, Sept. 26 (Reuter).—

Ironical laughter greeted a statement by Sir Edward Grigg, Parliamentary Secre tary to the Ministry of In formation in the House of Commony to-day, that the total staff employed at the headquarters of the Ministry

Rival Sub. Fleets At Outbreak of the War

AN idea of the strength of the German and British submarine fleets at the outbreak of hostilities is provid- ed by the following table:

15 Triton class

6 Porpoise class

BRITAIN

Displacement 1.090

Total Tonnage

16.350

1.520

3 Thames class

1.805

9.120 5,415

4 Rainbow class

1,475)

5 Parthian class

1,475 )

22,125

6 Odin class

1,475 )

3 Oberon class

1.311 to 1349

4,014

3 L class

760

2,280

8 Shark class

670

5,360

4 Swordfish class

460

2.560

3 Unity class

540

1,620

9. H class

410

3,690

"Total: 69 submarines. Total tonnage, 72,534 tons.

8 U.37-U.44

5 U.64-U.68

2 U:25-0.26 11 U.45-0.55 10 U.27-U.36

3 U.69-U.71

25 0.1-0.24

8 U.56-U.63

GERMANY

Total

Displacement

Tonnage

740

5,920

740

3,700

.712

1.424.

517

5.687

TRACK

500

5,000

517

1,551

250

6,250

250

2,000

Total: 72 submarines. Total tonnage, 31,532 tons.

PREMIER SURVEYS

FIRST MONTH OF WAR

LONDON, Sept. 26 (Reuter).-Making his fourth

of Information, numbered 872, war statement in the House of Commons to-day, the and in the regional offices 127. Premier, Mr. Neville Chamberlain recalled that on The number of Journalisis actually September 20 he referred to the problems confronting

engaged in their profession at

the time of their appoinment was the Rumanian Government by the passage of Polish

26 at headquarters and 17 In the regional offices.

troops, etc., in Rumania.

required to import, and quick results, therefore, could not be expected from the Ministry of Economic Wartare. "Our command of the seas means Continuing the Premier declared: that from the day the war broke out, Germany was cut off from many of her sources of supply.

optimism. Germany, he stated, al More laughter occurred when

ready possessed stocks of varying Sir "His Majesty's Government size of raw materials which she had Edward Grigg added that in ad-were watching with sympathy dition there were in the news the efforts of the Rumanian division 48 officers appointed be: cause of their familiarity with the Government to meet these pro press relations work at Government blems, when they learned of the departments or the B.B.C., com- cowardly assassination bined in many cases with previous Calinescu on September 21.

of M. Journalistic

or broadcasting ex- **Us Majesty's perience. Mr. Morgan (Labour) asked if, Sred

Bacharest was immediately instruct- Edward Grigg had taken notice of Government an expression of horror to convey to the Rumanian the concern of the House for the by the British Government at this had been active alleging that the

Just made outrage, and their sincerely (cheers), and if he would "offer us fett

condolence in the great

statement he had

Minister

at some early date a more satis-Rumania thereby auffered," factory exploration regarding the preponderance of officials as against

·professional-men-engaged in news-" paper work.”

Nazi Propaganda. "German propaganda, meanwhile, heart- British

contraband control would loss have no effect on Germany as she was self-sufficient, and would, on the other hand, completely strangle neu-

Western Front Gains.Held-trai-trade.

and

and

Mr. Chumberlain proceeded to say statements is further from the truth. "I don't know which of these Sir Edward Grigg sak that Lord that on the Western Front

MacMillan recognised that the French continued to make

the The fact is, we made it plain from situation. required investigation in certain localitles,

progress the beginning of the war that we (Inughter and cheers),

hud sue-are anxious to take account of the Mr. Davidson (Labour) ejaculated: creasingly energetie German reaction, countries, and His Majesty's Govern- eceded, notwithstanding the in-bona de trading needs of neutral Sir Edward Grigg added that Lord

"It requires evacuation!"

in maintaining intact all their gains ment

In the air, the normal work of re-suggestion neutral governments might would gladly consider any MacMillan had already taken steps connaissance to enable in investigation to be patrol in co-operation with the Royal

anti-submarine put forward for this purpose." made.

Navy had been continued.

Mr. Chamberlain said that he was sure neutral opinion would make lis Rush To Dofonce

After referring to the R.A.F. ying-own comparison between Britain's] boat's rescue of the crow of the clearly declared policy on the one LONDON, Sept. 20 (Reuter)-The Kensington Court, Mr. Chamberlain hand, and on the other the thinly fael that the Ministry of Information aid that many attacks had again velled menaces of Germany towards emphusised by Lord MacMillan Indurance, speed and

been made on enemy submarines, does not originate news was

the neutrals-a menace which in the The great developments In the ca-past few days had been translated the House of Lords to-day in re-aircraft since the last war

reliability into aetion by the sinking of three viewing the Ministry's functions.

enabled neutral ships under eircumstances them to play a most important part in constituting a clear breach of inter- 'He declared that it was a mis-the work of defeating the submarines, national law.

The work of the coastal command Mr. mine of information on every sub-patrols had proved of utmost assist Cerman Government should be the Chamberlain sald that the ject. Actually it had no means of ice to the navy in combating the Inst to obtaining information and news, as

make the accusation that submarine menace.

Britain The newspapers do, and was de-1

was In The Dominions

conducting an illegal pendent upon other Government dc-

and Inhumane blockade, Mr. Chamberlain partments for its information.

proceeded fo

"German submarines are attack- nay: "th the Dominions, the pre-ing all shipping coming to these is

conception that the Ministry was a

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Speaking of the work of the Minis-under proper safeguards to relax morale of the people of Britain was try of Economic Warfare, Mr. Cham-eir normal conditions, had "saved very high, und he emphasized that itberlain said it would carry out the them from the difficulties of the last should be kept to.

functions, broadly speaking, which war and had made a contribution for the Liberal Opposition, criticised the Blockade in the

Sir Archibald Sinclair, leader of were carried out by the Ministry, of which the whole country was grateful.

Jast war. The

tart leaflet dropped on Germany and general object of the Ministry was to said he did not believe it would have disorganisc

Germany's economic

Britain's Attitude

Mr. Chamberlain concluded with a statement on Britain's general attitude towards the war, declaring: If Bellain could prevent Gerinany "No one can doubt that in modern from importing the raw materials warfore, it is on the determination, essential for the functioning of her courage and endurance of the ordin- war lndustries, the resuls would be try men and women that victory effectively to cripple her power for ultimately depends.

the effect upon the German people it structure to such an extent as to make was supposed to have.

IL impossible for her to carry on the Sir Archibald Sinclair said that the war. delay in making the best use of our man-power might have fatol results. He added that Herr Hitler meant to end the war in six months, and so they needed vigorous preparation and organisation to withstand the perlls to which they would be op posed,

long hostilifes.

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