The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-12
SAYS BRIYAIN'S NAVY.
D0oMS TEUYON HOPE
Kaiser Would Be Emperor Of
Europe But for Fleet, De.
clarcs F. T. Jane.
SLOWLY CHOKING ENEMY
sSscss, co,,es,onS..c. to rnr SCR.

6bscsi Correspondence to TIE SCR.
LONDON, Nov. 27.-Fred T. Jane. the
naval writer. contributes to the Sunday
Pictorial an article praising the work
done by the British navy since the
beginning Of the war. While MIR. Jane
does not believe that the Allies will
O march into Berlin. he IN convinced
that On invisible INVASION 10 being
carried out day by day by the Britain,
navy n that the effects are being
felt more and more by Germany.
Extracts from Mr.. James article fol-
low:
MANY years ~ the Kaiser acclaimed
that 0ermany's future lay on the water,
II does. and II very black future 1t is!
Ian the Kaise has pa rricd every
blow. He has conquered Belgium. por-
lions OF Russia, M Is now busy exter-
minating Serbia. No hostile army has
done moro than here and there CHECKS
his victorious advance. Yet on the
throat Of the German Empire Is an in1
visible hand, slowly throttling II to death
the han OF the British navy! But
for tho British navy the Kaiser would
by now be Emperor Of Europe apd pos
sihly Of most Of the rHt Of the world.
Year, ago he saw the shadow across
Its path, the one possible obstacle to HIS
dreams. That is why any public man
In the past who decla red that the Brit
ish nayy was too big could draw prac-
tically unlimited German gold for the
asking. Not dire city. Of course. for the
Kaiser Is no fool.
G~ernany's Chief Obstacle.
AS often as not. perhaps. the .Littla,
Navyite' apostle knew not why he pros
pered In business and regarded II
merely US a coincidence that he earned
enough 10 enable him to expound his
peculiar views. The fact remains that
no Little Navyi.e' was ever hard up.
II was the kaiser's answer to the n
danger that he foresaw.
''His answer failed because bodies
like the Navy League logged up public
opinlon and kept the British navy up TO
strength and SO insured the defeat Of
Germany before ever a shot was fired.
With the first shot came the invisible IN
vasion of Gerrnany-an Intangible pres-
sure against which millions OF German
soldiers are OF no avail. So invisible
was the invasion that the g mans felt
II long before they understood /: . silent
and invisible also was Il hat We. too.
AS a nation found II dinicult to see and
understand. There have bsen no Ira
falgars there ave been no sea lights
save q few small skirmishex. But these
have been merely milestones on the road
Of the great invasion.
zone by one and without much de-
lay all German oversee possessions
were captured. Germany attempted TO
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For IA while the promised success
the British la was busy destroying
the ca rths.' before II bothered Dol
chasing tho vermin which issued m re-
from. Thai accomplished. the rest wal
easy. And 20 Germany was Isolated
and tic Invisible invasion made COM
plete. Exactly how complete We can
az yet only dimly guess. But since all
private copper ornaments and utensils
have been requ.sitioned to max up tor
a deficit in that article. We may reckon
that the pressure i~ extremely severe.
Especially is this 30 when We remember
tina Germany IL. In most ways, a self
supporting country.
'Thcra are, however, certain things
which Germany cannot produce az homo
as for example cotton. copper. rub
Der and. to a considerable extent. Iron
ore. For all these things sh has an
urgent need. She requires them for her
war material, and. deprived of them, she
| must eventually find herself In exactly
the same position as she would II allied
troops occupied all her munition works.
Or a worse position. shall We cay:
Distant hut Effective.
Hostile invading soldiery in possess
sion Of krulp's great works at Essen
might he driven out again-at any rate.
there would be always h hope. But
what solder. shout .Hoch der Kaiser! or
Deutschland ueber allies = as he may, can
reach the enemy who strikes him deadly
blows from 500 miles away?
"He can below Ciott strafc England "
as he will but OF what avail? Far
away out at sea-'somewhere'--lies the
British fleet. II his own sii .ps go out
to meet It their destruction IS certain.
II is more certain now than 1t was
twelve months or so ago.
Twelve months or so ago the German
feet was In n state of high effh,iency,
due TO long practice at sea. Only ut sea
can n sailor be kept In training. II al
lowed ashore. love and liquor appeal to
him more than battle and bloodshed. II
kept on board in harbor he grows fatter
still, and as like AS n more or less
mutinous. In any case he realizes. and
has plenty OF time to realise. that his
superior officers keep him inside because
they fear death outside. And he. too.
learns TO fear II. And tho longer he
hides in safety the more he comes 20 fear
the ordeal Of battle.
This In no more theory Ever and
always the sailor who acted on the de-
fens!vc and kept In harbor has been de-
feated when driven to come out and try
conclusions WITH his offensive adversary.
There IL small chance that the Allies
will aver march into Berlin. But the
invisible invasion e there already. The
British nav is making its hand felt
from the far away.
Germany fiourished on her export
trade. That We ave killed. She has
TO fight on what she can import. These
imports the British navy Is strangllnG.
and will 90 on stranglinS. The storm
tossed sailors Of Jeilicoe are doing thea
Job
There are three candidates for the
post OF Viceroy Of India, which will be
vacant at the end Of this year-Mr
Harcourt, Mr.. Winston Churchill and
Lord Kitchener. II the latter really
wants II. II Is pretty certain ne will
got Il; II not Mr.. Harcourt IL the moral
STAMPS NOW CASH IN RUSSIA.
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