The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-11
The Submarine
War Against War
NY CHARLES FER.t soN

Brooks Adams. IN his Law ~
Civilization and beray developed ttl,s
interesting thesis that civilization ad .
vsncex only In those historical pertotts
ia which the enginrifs OF military
defense o,ertalanre for "a fimc the
agencies ~ belligerent attack. That
is to say, the human race has a.
ways found a respite from destructive
warfare breathing space ia which
To develop the constructive arts and,
sciences whenever peaee-loying ua
tions have found means fer making
assaults upon their peace So dif'}grtt
and dangerous to the assailants that
the game has not been worth the
candle.
IN The Tignf df Ihis nTfneinfc iIie
modern development OF suhnari7s
fichting-crart deserves the respect ii
attention OF peace societies.
An immense amount of expert tsa~
timony is accumulating to the ef
that submarines OF the fsof;and { -,
are likely to prove 20 dreadful i,'
dreaduoughts that the ponderet
naval ornaments that are sapping tii
strength of the great powers viii haN y
to he "junked" in impotent despal
This testimony seems TO promise a.,
our own peace-loving country a cen,
plete security against sea going On
mics. IT half IL true thar nag bss
written by high naval authorities, Mr
now have at hand means oil ms
pregnabie defense for cur oE7trin-
possessions and the exposed and
tempting points of our long coast
line
Il firmly believe that the sih-
marine is today the nost V;iaI fore"
40 nd I fsr
the possibilities in the d"velopae mt
Of this force will prove ia be ths
most important question to be reckon
ed with during the next fifty years
also believe that the develo pment uf
the submarine will prove a vital for
toward the peace OF the maritime
nations.
Mr.. A. A. c. Atkinson. secretary OK
Hawaii, says;
The whole idea IS TO protect the
Hawaiian Islands so thoroughly that
1t would be simply Impossible for any
one TO attack us, and half dozen
submarine torpedo beats as basis
for such protection would do IL"
SAYS Rear Admiral W. W. kiubat.
L. $. N:
With properly manned sub
marines in the defensive. hlockades
cannot he held. nor commandments at
tempted"
Admiral Fourier. OF the French
navy says
What fleet can resist such y
power p submarine ftas nothing ~
fear for itself. since II escapes ali
danger by diving. The principal df-
ference between the battieship and
the submarine lies in the fact thai
the latter has nothing TO fear from
los n in. ~ hi R 20
has everything to fear from the
submarine.
Vice Admiral Gaester, of the Ger
man navy, says:
Submarine boat 'irtiiias are n
safeguard of peace, aeea tEe they force
the attacking enemy, whoever ne may
be, 10 run an unusEally serious task
They cannot be fought off in any
manner, with esen an approximately
sufficient measure OF success neither
can tner De overpowerea t3 su-
perlor strength. TINS greater me mum
Der Of the en1my's ships. the more
chance have submarine boat notillss
to do effective work.
Submarines have lately increased
in speed to something like sixteen
knots on the surface and twelve
knota submerged. Their radius OF
action has been heightened from a
. few s1ilss to four thousat Far tiae
latest boats The living conveniences
have gradually improved from next
to nothing to a condition where a
crew Of twenty-five men can. II neces-
sary. be sustained on board. with
tolerablc comfort for two or three
weeks. Safety OF control has been
perfected
The submarine is no longer In the
experimental stage.
1t Is q weapon of war--excepton-
ally terrible; and. therefore. IL would
seem. full of benignant possibilities
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Confession Is Confirmed.
NEW YORK, Oct 10.---New con-
iirmatlon OF the confession Of Rose
Guerra. the woman who says she
was the accomplice of Lawyer Burton