The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-04
SAYS BRITAIN MUST
MULTIPLY EFFORTS
Nav Have to Do Five Times as
Much. Declares London
'.Daily Mail"
LESSON IN YEAR OF WAR
SPEC a. caIie D,spn.ch 10 Tar SRI

LoNpoN. Aug. I CWednesday)-Ths
Doiiy NaI in signaiizinG editoriaily the
FIRST anniversary. Of the war refers no;
only TO the work of England, but de-
cl"res thnc the empire must uuintuple.
II necessary. the efforts it Is making In
the cause OF freedom and democracy.
II saws:
"A year ago to-day we entered the
greatest war of all times reluctantly.
having done our utmost to avert II and
acting only under m, c~lclrrst compul-
sion of honor. loyalty ma the elcmen-
tary principles Of sclf-preservatlon.
II, is not FOR Us at this moment to
assess the value of British interview
ton. Some estimate Of is worth 10 the
allied cause may he gathered from the
paroxysms of anger into which it threw
the enemy who, at any rate, considered
1t a formidable and dsconJcrting fact.
We believe 1t has proved 80 already and
that but for the British navy and it's
uncNimpled control OF the seas the for
! tunes of the Allies would bc in "A far
more p~arlous state than they are to-day.
We may Nlilll 10 nave contributed
something OF no little moment to this
suprem" fght for freedom and democ-
raCy. hut we have not YET contributed all
We might have lone or all We still
have the power TO do.
This anniversary VIII lose all its
significance il IT does not renew our
faith in the goal We seek and strengthen
our resolution to reach it. We owe IL TO
ourselves to double. and, If need he,
40 - uNf 49,, al.
Allies with an urgency scarcely less
compelling, No nation ever had nobler
allies than we are blessed with to-day
The Times SAYS:
Great Britain and her sister nations
nave borne the ordeal Of the first wear
OF war In a manner to which our de-
scendants may look back with pride.
We have made unprecedented sacrifices,
have endured nj v!cissitudes and suf-
iered many Il appointments. The end il
stu remote. Yet with one accord this
great union of free dcmocracies faces
the situation. and with rising courage.
Nowhere Is a whisper Of doubt to be
heard, not "A sh"dow Of irresolution
with quiet determination We have mad.
up our minds To fight To the last.
This struggle has taught the Allies
many lessons, but the most vital Of them
is that England must win or lose for.
ever her high place among the nations
of the earth.
THE revelations made in the papers
issued by the various Governments
and sun more the unhcard OF method
with which Germany Is conducting this
war. have burned into their minds the
knowledge that German victory woult
mean the irrctrievable ruin of Englant
and with it the downfall of European
civilization.
Between the civilization OF England
and the civilization of the German Stat,
there exists "A gulf that is impossible
one represents democratic ideals o
righteousness n human fellowship tn,
other tie humiliation Of the individual
before the supreme right of the State"
Nothing can reconcile the two. on,
must succumh to the other. We are de
termined that il shall not be the on.
upon which the greatness of our rae,
has always rested and upon which gu
noblest hopes depend"