The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-18

ing that It IL not doing now u has
swept the German merchant marine
from the sens. sent the German com-
merce raiders to FOLLOW Il, and lso-
lated the German colonies from all
commercial or military intercourse
with the faihcriand.
II has prevented the German navy
from giving any assistance to its col-
onies. either with supplies or men.
70 has enabled our " commerce
and h commerce OF our allies to
keep the sea IN war AZ safely. for
practical purposes. as in time OF
peace. our mercantile marine and
our navy are larger thar they were
when the war began. 20 the frs lord
% the admiralty has Informed us.
II has covered the transport OF our
troops from every part Of the world
TO the British isles and from The Brit
ish isles to Flanders ana the Dardan-
elleg. A year OF war passed before
the first British transport was sunk
on sras otherwise traversed without
let or hindrance from German war.
craft, whether on the surface or be-
low Il. not to speak OF their boosted
fleet in the air.
II has made possible tho Incredible
decentralization OF the G%alllpoli pen
insuia.
Naturally. the Germans talk big
about the Zeppelins and u boats II
distracts attention from their battle
feet. That feet was Kaiser William's
masterpiece. u has cost untold mill
lions OF dollars and absorbed the ser
vice Of hundreds of thousands OF high.
~ skilled men. And u Is now a neg.
ligible quantity. ~ u having no IN.
nuence whatever upon the courFe OF
the war. and u il likely To go on eat.
ing it, head on in the Kiel canal al
the German general stan runs shorl
OF metal and meits down It's armor.
plate for shells
That Is what our navy has done
deeds worthy OF It's own tradition ant
OF All the greatest accomplishments o
~sea-power In recorded history. But
can do not better han refer YOU
readers to Mr.. Baifour's recent letteI
10 the New York world for tn,
hrst lord OF the admiralty states VIVA
his service has accomplished. with q
brilliance and lucldity which ] caano.
rival.
The neutral world IL In danger o.
Misunderstanding Great Britain's tenn
per hecause we have been thrashinl
out in public the gigantic problems sci
ny o. this war. In political debate an,
in the controversies OF the press. will
n frankness OF sclf-criticism peculiar
10 people OF Anglo-SaNon blood. Thos
who know us will not take this char
acteristic as an indication OF dis
enlargement and miscarriage. W
arc not bestirring and beratlng OUR
selves because We have done SO littl
hitherto, but because we are incitin.
each other to do more than we hav
done. The broad facts ! have pa, for
ward ought to be sufficient proof o
this; but IL America rs looking for
sign and "A dramatic sign. Of tn
British peoples spirit al this crisis O
IT, history, l need only dwell Tor
moment In conclusion upon the reccn
and second great var loan.
In what way was this second wa
loan a sensational success
The success 81 the British govern
ment's second war loan IS direct crI
dence OF the determination and cont
dence Of the nation OF shopkccpcrs.
The subscriptions 10 the loan were th
largest ever made 20 any single issu'
namely. three thousand million do.
lars $4,000. 600 0OOl. and the numbe