Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1919 — SUBMARINE END IS In SIGHT [ARTICLE]

SUBMARINE END IS In SIGHT

London Junk Dealer Buys 25 Surrendered U-Boats. London, March 4. —The beginning of the end of the submarine, Invented by the Fenian, Holland, came with the announcement that the admiralty has sold to George Cohen, a Junk dealer, 25 surrendered first-class U-boats, for The average tonnage of the sold craft is 700 tons. The work of scrapping the total of the surrendered U-boats—more than 200 —will take nearly a year. The pl ate y and metal will go to steel* works, where they will be melted for reconstruction purposes. This action is expected to be duplicated by every navy whose government is a member of the league of nations.