Paris, Feb. 6.
"Of 88 German submarines which' put to sea at the beginning of the war, at least forty have been sunk," said M. Cesar Campinchi, French Minister of the Navy, yesterday, when speaking on the war at ova.
"Faced by Allied squadrons;" he declared, "the German Fleet is remaining' in the shelter of its bases It makes war by dropping mines and sinking merchant ships without warning. All this is in vain, Mines are being dredged and submarines M. Campinchi spoke of the progress of French shipbuilding, stating that the destroyer Lo Terrible had Seaton all records with a speed of 45 knots,
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