Mountain advocate., 1915-01-08

thick along the sides If the vessels t.
watch us. | can see now their sulleu,
angry faces. Many shook their nsts
and cursed Us as We went Toy. II was
not that We had damaged them. | viii
do them the justice 10 say thit the
English, as the old Buer war has
proved, bear Lu resentment against a
brave enemy, but that they thought
us cOwardly to attack merchant ships
and avoid the wuIsAlps Il is like the
Arabs who think that flank attack
Is IA mean, uumauly device. War is
not merely a big game, my English
friends. Ii Is Il desperate business to
gain the upper hand. ami one must
use ones brain Ia order To- mud the
weak spot of ones enemy. II is not
fair to blame me If have found yours.
Ii was my duty Perhaps those oil
GERS and sailors who >yuWled at the
little IUta that May morning have by
this time done me justice when the
first bitterness IT uude>eryed defeat
was past
Let others describe my entrance into
the crowds and the magnificent public
reception Of each successive boat as il
arrived Surely the men deserved the
grant made them hy the state which
has enabled each of them 10 he indie.
pendent for life As feat or culur-
ance that long residence In such a
state .of mental tension ia Crumprd
quarters, breathing an unnatural at.
mosphere will long remain as record
The country may Well bc proud of such
sailors
The terms of peace We're not made
Oneruus. for We We're iu no condition 10
make Great Britain our permanent en-
envy. We knew well that We had won
the war by circumstance which would
never De allowed to occur again and
that in few years the island power
would he rs strong rs ever, stronger
perhaps FOR the lesson that she had
learned. II would be- madness To pro
yoke such au antagonist 4 mutual
salute OF flags was arranged. the colo
uial boundary was adjusted 10y arbitra
ton, and We claimed no indemnity he
youd an undertaking on the part Of
Britain that she would pay any dam
ages which an International court
might award ~ France or 10 the Unit
ed States for injury received through
the operations Of our submarines. So
ended the war
of course England will not be caught
mapping In such fashion again. Her
foolish blindness is partly explained 10y
her delusion that her enemy would not
torpedo merchant vessels. Common
sense should have told her that her
enemy would play the game that suit
I'd them best-that they would not ia.
quire what they could do, but they
would do II FIRST and talk about II
afterward The opinion If the whole
world now is that if "A blockade were
proclaimed one gight do what one
could with those who tried 10 break
il and that il was as reasonable 10 pre-
vent food from reaching England In
wartime as IL would be for a besieger
10 prevent the yictualing Of a be-
leaguered fortress
| cannot end this account better than
By quoting the FIRST few paragraphs OF
a leader In the Times, which appeared
shortly after the declaration of peace
Il may be taken 10 epitomize the saner
public opinion Of England upon the
meaning and lessons of the episode.
In all this miserable business" said
the writer which has cost VI the loss
Of a considerable portion Of our mer
chant feet and more than 10000 civil
ian lives, there Is just one consolation
10 be found II lies in the fact that
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