The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-15
Vulnerable Britannia.


Mr. HAROLD FRAsPR WYATT. the
/ founder 81 the imperial Maritime
League in England and a civilian stu
dent 81 naval Affairs. has the German
scare in such an aggravated form that
he makc- the following proposals in
the Nineierrth Cent? ~ for August
-Tsl' ire 'ne"lsrauon % ondon' ~ Instantly
fepUdiN,e1
/ ~Tbs'snAuIluArv Royal naval Reserve -r,d,ers
he pvt on war basis. fading on hoard rlI cup.
| PITY OF ann uni'Ion snd That other liners he
sln.rArl~ equipped snd have the services OF re-
tired naval osrrers to train their crow, atseN
That eighteen protected cruisers instead q,
/ the nVc ordered. be aid do~n for 1910 II ard
eighteen -ash spr eedIng year
! T'a' Parliament in.u-iisiev snA,; q Av
pro,lIr: that the mort nt so.uuueS hscln with
any nation alt food then In nc Tinted Kingdom
ShaH become Automsucail,. Tho properly OF the
Government a. prevailing market raNs
Mr. THOMAS CAMPBELL. once assured
his CouutrvInen that Britannia needed
no bulwarks. no towers along the steep
and ltat her march was Ger the noun
tam waves her home upon the deep
Mr.. WYATT and his fcllow imperialistS
regard this obsolete az poetry and more
than dubious a. fact They argue that
4 the Government fails ~ keep Eng
land trade routes open IA time Of war
her people, dependent upon "A food sup
ply imported from the United State,
Canada, Argentina aud Australia. will
be starved into snbm ission and "A humh-
iating peace Mr WYATT has convinced
himself that II England We're 10 l." m
volV'-d Suddenly N "a war with German,
she would not be sb!e Ia protect her
trade routes beCanse there are many I'M
guarded -pace- or spanes inad-quatelv
guarded in the Seven Seas. aud swift
German cruisers ~"uld fall upon ing
iish grain and meat ships and seize their
precious frelRhts
MIR WYATT puts reputation Of the
Declaration Of London" n the top ~
his list ~ vital things To be done forth
with because u would not be po~Sib
10 import food under neutral fag IA
the event 81 tho Gripping 81 che British
carving trade Nv the "D"rlararron
IL London. which Represents the con
clu-Ions 81 ths principal naval Powers
of the world. adopted a. conference.
early IN iRG. u WAS agreed. England
herself taking he INITIATIVE. thai an
fDOdSfuffS with the exception ~ NUS
should h" regarded ~ o,pnrraband ~
war Il ~ true that th'.v are not 20 be-
regarded as cont rabard unless they oan
he shown - be deS' med Tor h. IIs,. ~
the armed forces 81 Government de-
partment of the enemy STAT" l. u
really conceivable asks NJ WN,rT
that any for",gn naval officer IN 'hc
servr,. nf a countr, ~ war with Br.rdu
Who found fOud>'uf- nuts ALWAYS ~
copied ~ a nctirai vessel proceed ng
70 England could idI TO- send ho- .uIn
hts own ports for adIudi' n'unu.' ""
should saw thai y NIGH ,l"p"ud uupu
~" cDuba'aui- e~iIIna;" ui 30" naval
-'rength of the country wuu-n lax H..
neutral shp wn- flying Iu. rl-L NJ
,.,, Ii.'i inUcr alI-' with point 'ri mas.
wauli entertain for 4 moner' s. ~.
sam" time II must H." admitted hat a
naval rnNer lik" Gerinanv. which Nr
NY,IT alwaVs has "a mind " hen talkInl.
abOUi ~" enemy. would j." DISPOSED 70,
caprur" "A food ship and apnlugI/o OF
paw a''arvirI lIut what IL 'h.. Is.. -,
demanding the tearing M of 10" D,..-
claration of Ondpu"r England could
not afford 10 be guilty Of such "A dtpip-
matte outrage II food under certain
conditions - 10 70" eliminated from tl,.
cDniraband list II must be don" A. at
other conference 81 the Powers
Nlr NYNTI alarms about the IN
guarded Spares oi th" seas England
seas oi course arenOt gr0undless h..
concentration Of most "f The hr-t aud
s.r'"nd class hattl"-hip- and cruisers
N hom. waters 10 form a bulwarL
around the mother country has l,r
III. colonies aud 10" trade routes ~ a
condition akin To d"lencelessnrn- or
thirty aTmoT"d cruisers all but
tour now on the China station have
been assigned 10 European waters Of
sHS anty-foIr protected CrIsers there
are Onry twenty-three IN waters outside
81 Europe IN Austria asian waters
there are nine cruisers one Of the first
: s1s three ~ tho Second and two ~
IN" third IN" last having a speed ~
only sixteen knots - the cane Of
Good Hop. there are onlv three inferior
'r,users one oi 'h~m. tho Pand,ra .
- totally ncapabl" nj attempting - pun ,
sue a modern liner In a heavy sea- or