Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest., 1915-12-30
Associated Pressl


 Otto Gaup writes in the Muenchener Neueste Mach richten:
 Our silent fleet say the English. Our silent fleet, can we also say with equal right, which still and earnest, un- seen and unmarked, day and night, summer and winter, in storm and in sunshine, stands on guard in the North Sea and in the Baltic, thereby playing role, of whose high CT, l might also say more de- cisive importance, only a few among us can have any con- ception.
 We hear of our subma- rines, which have so embltter- ed England's sea supremacy, but who has heard for months of our great battleships, our large and small cruisers, our ever increasing torpedo boats, which stand behind these sub marines and make their suc- cesSful activities possible?
 There can be no German who now doubts that behind the thick veil GOV ering our battlefleet, everything is iii the best order, the liveliest activity, never slumbering watchfulness and ev- eryone burning to serve the Fatherland not by passive, but active engage ment in a conflict, whose fearfulness would exceed even that of the fighting with the fleet to be convinced that the Strictest secrecy in war, is for it even more necessary than for the army. On the warship one gets the impression of enormous concentrated force, and pow CT of movement, of which mobilized feet is capable. A curt command, and dozens and still dozens of gigantic guns fire enormous shot, it may be at a distance of twenty kilometers.
 Another command and few hours ater the fleet are many miles from heir first position.
 thing they need, for battle and exist ence, there are no reserves for them, 10 impossible ways, they cross the vaters with the speed of railway trains and a few hours journey can bring a decisive battle on the result of which the fate of world empires nay depend. One only need think a title to understand the absolute neces- sity that nothing at all should be made public regarding the movements the location, the composition of the fleet.
 After pointing out that the British Admiralty need hardly trouble to ex- plain to their country the value of their fleet in this war, that it consti tutes the only protection against the immediate destruction of the empire, and that it's loss would be followed by a blockade, famine and instant capitu- lation. Dr. Gaupp goes on to say that it is not so easy for German to under stand clearly the part the German fleet now plays.
 Tt is not Germany's only protection and only weapon," he writes, "but the fleet is a piece of armor covering vulnerable spot, and thereby making the free handling of arms and shield possible. Without it the enemy would lie thick before our harbors in the | Baltic and the North Sea; without it l our armies would have to reckon with l hostile forces landing on our coasts | at any moment, and thus tieing up the l large armies for their protection With |
  .nto the open, leading over the Baltic, would have been shut from the first | days of the war. Without it England | could have brought entirely different | pressure to bear on Denmark, and in | the Dardanelles. and might have ter rorized the whole Balkans Into Ju>afng the entente, without it every attempt | of the neutrals to restrict the English | e1potism over the sea would be hope less.
 Only the existence of a strong Ger an feet has forced England to pay a certain regard to the United States; without it England's chances of wear ing us down into peace, would be ten times greater than they are today.
 q do not believe that any English man with technical expert knowledge doubts that our fleet has pursued the one correct and for England fatal |