Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-08-07
TIE ONE Re- LESSON

Had Admira, Mahan lived to see the beginning Of the second year
Of the world W a he would have found in the vents OF 'e nst s@
,he most striking vindication yet recorded Of the influence OF sea power
upon history, states the New York World. a,s+er 4
Except for the British navy Germany today w ,"n p "sh he ~.
to vorld Germanys marvellous preparedness, combined with hr I'M
parallaed military resources, gave the feuton' anan n;ths q n 1 land
~ warnrs alone alone been able to determine the result But for British dom-
ination of the seas the ar would be owe ana eN""A"
So r;,r,ba German mnitarism.
What has been accomplished by British sea power has been carried
through without a single conspicuous achievement her ns oer 80
decisive naval battle. There has been n ase"e ICY 80 ~ .ction
ships OF the first class. Not a single dreadnougnt IA aa ~ t sea None
except against land defenses or has sighted a hosne hs -" 800
the less. the work ofthe British navy az a non - nv
OF the war. ,oao,red fron the ocean and hundreds
.hans,nds Of on Of German ships are rustng at her PIERS. ENsp'
h 'hous'nu, . - III ernan is cut off from all trade with the vi
IN . andesum I'm , ns"an 70 manufacture for herself whatever she needs
sr :" ,n;Itarv or civil purposes. Only her Baltic ports are open oe ~
LOT %, mm" soyouies have dropped away, and month by month her ISOLATION sofa 10
is more complete. The military consequences o tha' 'sN"''"
m more and more important as thu wal pfooeeus -, no
Since the battle cruiser engagement in the North Sea IN M n,,aaa ud
s,ucber a destroyed, British sa power is no longer openly challenged
bv Germany, which is satisfied to wage a "ruv Ts.s su""S. naNv snna1v
against unarmed merchant ships and keep vn inpnn La :" the n;dst
hidden in the Kel Canal beyond the range of British guns. In tn n"ust
Q. this sniping the British navy continues les TO 40 ITS h; mm through SUBJ
interruption, while the losses sustained by British snpp"I automs +
marine warfare are without real importance a affecting tn OUTCOME )"
the war. .. ~ carr,,s can
not command the sea. The Allies have the manufacturing resources Oh
the world to draw upon More than a million soldiers nave peen ANU
in France under naVal cohsos Nu 49, - arerv orarter Of the globe
British colonial troops re transported from every aua pe.1 -. Im have
the less, the work OF the British navy a a Who'll is m oeosNe la. ad
navy Russia would not be able to obtain the supplies Oh mum mum cnls anu
orr, without which no further resistance could De mad to I'M oein'n
advance Most OF the splendid courage and devotion OF me rien en-
aaoaI - hi conflict would have been futile had OF the British IL"
enabled the French government to supply equipment IN winch 'e az
was so fatally deficient at the beginning OF tn val 81, p.:.h
Much has been made by captious critics OF ue i"uie - l.,
nect Ia Capture or destroy the German fleet as 1T "a orae,eu ~ ~
when the war began. But the German flee nisn a. va dc 20 the
.,ntrrsd or DESTROYED for all the service it has been able to renoer 10 III.
omnre and to German arms A fleet which is SC competey Ve'm' "ns
tat 10 invite battle is to invite destruction is practeaiy OILY
Co. ali III RIO TO which sea power can be ~ III ue :" wa"
Whether the British naval officers have done all they houo OF iss
.h, ,h.,. sbou1d the act remains that British SCI power mas saved nc
Allies ron defeat, and that if Germany is finally crushed II Is Dii"SN
g, mower that will have determined the Tissue.
Thoro nav 10 a thousand lessons that the United States al learn
from a wear of word-war, but only n OF mem Is vital An' . ~
lesson Of sea power IS democracys defensive weapon 10 "e pSl"
ton of its life and liberty.