The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-24

Following close upon the heels of figures publish ed In Germany as to loodstu supplies collected in the Empire despite the British blockade. come now some interesting figures from England revealing her condi- ton In that regard in relation to tho submarine cam paign To the outsider tho whole thing appears ht- te ridiculous Neither of tho beligerents is accom- pishing what she set out to accomplish or anything like t It Is absurd to suppose that England really thought to reduce Germany to anything Ike actual starvation" That term used to describe any eoon- omc pressure But the blockade has failed to put any such pressure on the Empire predicted for it even outside Of England. German resourceiulness and organization has appeared s best In tho intell- gent eonfrontng-and solution-of the situation pre- sented by the blockade. Aside from importations of foodstufs which have continued from some we'll known sources despite the blockade. Germanys intensive ei- forts have been Of a sort to bring about actual in crease in the countrya agents of suseuance over the figures of year ago. The British public and press have already begun to recognize this and to discuss it openly.
 The failure of the German submarine blockade" of Great Britain is SO complete and striking to rob von Tipzs efforts of any claim to serious consldera uon So far from wipng British commerce from the seas-as the purpose was announced-the submarines today have destroyed something less than per cent os that commerce. Germanys boast about the price of bread in London-uttered the breath with praise for her submarine campaign-is answered by the Brit lsh official figures which show that during the first five months Of submarine activity, England imported 100000 tons more foodstuffs than during the cores bonding five months last year. These win prove very awkward facts for von Tirpitz explain. in view of ihe gradually widening belief among the German peo- ple that the submarine is not fulfilling the prophecies made for it
 Thus there is failure on both sides in their respec tive Illegal maritime procedures Moreover. there is the gradually spreading recognition Of failure by the people in each of the countries The newspapers in the two capitals have begun to publish embarrassing figures and to ask their respectivce governments em barrasing questions. It only the other day that Berlin newspaper confronted the Government boldly with what was described in some such phrase as "von Tirpitz's failure" London paper few days later. reflected that Great Britain might find profitable to set back Go contraband regulations and abandon it's blockade for ,he plain reason that the latter not achieving its purpose
 All this furnishes a curious commentary on the assertions Of necessity" and "selfdetense" and sim lar arguments with which our protests to the respect i've goyernments have been met The case of the Unit ed States against the two begerents is thus being ad vanced-by SO much-by the people in the bellgerent countries themselves Conviction of the inefectveness of the two programmes will prove stronger argument
 with the two governments than any considerations of international law The whole situation in this regard is interesting chiefly as bearing upon the hope for set clement should either of the governments initiate through the United States negotiations looking to an agreement as to sea warfare such as suggested in the last German note to Washington