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The Washington times., 1916-07-29

service. It is declared by Mr.. Wood
to have handled the movement of
1000, 900 troops between France and
Africa-going and coming-and Of
half a million between France ana
the Near East, with the loss Of only
a single transport.
More than this, its record Of naval
losses has been much less than that
Of any other power. When the war
began Frances was in third place
among the navies of the world.
Whether it has advanced beyond that
rank Mr.. Wood is not able to say,
because, as he observes and every
body else has long since noted, there
Is no subject on which the warning
powers are 30 reticent as naval de-
velopment.
But 1t Is certain that France has
suffered proportionately very little
since the war began, and has been
building new naval units at the limit
Of her capacity. 1t is striking, then,
to have it declared that IL the British
navy should all be destroyed at one
stroke. the French navy could take
up the business Of continuing the
blockade, or could 20 out and fight
the German feet on even terms.
The greatest service Of the French
feet, of course, has been in the Medi-
terranean military operations and in
It's contribution to keeping the high
ways Of the seas open to French
trade and commerce. Industry in
France has not been SO we'll main
tained as in Britain, because SO much
of French soil has been under the in
vader's heel, so much more OF
Frances very soul and being has
been drawn into the actual mael-
strom Of battle. Yet French ex-
ports-the real test Of the state OF
industry-have shown a surprisingly
small loss. France is a partner in
the domination of the seas, and
draws big dividends from that part.
nership. She is building q fleet as
fast as she can, doing her share Of
the task on the salt highways, and
standing less loss than any othe,
combatant. Indeed, it is rather curl.
GUS that critics who constantly
blame England for not doing more
with her army, have not bethought
themselves, by the like token, to
wonder that the French flee. almos,
never sustains a catastrophe. The
one criticism would be as fair as the
other; both would be unfair.
The Washington times., 1916-07-29

which has reached its high-water
mark thus far in the taking Of Po-
zieres, after a month, with the Ger
man movement against Verdun,
which, after almost a half-year, has
failed, despite fearful sacrifices, to
gain its objective, it must be con-
cluded that in machinery, munitions,
and men the allies have come to
something like superiority as against
their foes. Blasting has been sub
stituted for nibbling. The confidence
which Mr.. Lloyd George, Mr.. As
quith. and other British leaders have
proclaimed is reflected in the STRAIT
egy of the allied commanders. They
are quarrying, as well as fighting
hand-to-hand; using an artillery
superiority Of which they, and espe-
cially the British, seem absolutely
certain, to wreck everything ahead
Of them before throwing in their
troops.
Measured in miles of advance and
area recaptured, the offensive has
not gained SO much as in terms Of
strategic import. The third line Of
German defenses has been pierced
at q most significant point.
The Washington times., 1916-07-29
WHAT FRENCH NAVY HAS DONE

cupies still such a strong numerical
position is that since the beginning of
the war her losses have been perhaps
less than those of any other navy in
volved.
This might seem to be because France
has not participated in any great naval
battle. But she has participated in
great and hazardous naval undertake
ings. involving such risks that she feels
that her light losses can be justly at
tributed TO naval efficiency alone.
Since the beginning of hostilities
France. In bringing troops from her
African colonies. and then taking them
back, has effected the transportation Of
over 100000 men. This has been done
with tho Mediterranean infested with
enemy. submarines: and yet without the
loss OF a single French transport.
For the operations in the near East,
comprising the transport Of the expcdi-
t,onary corps to the Dardanelles. their
subsequent removal and finally the send
ing OF French troops to Saioniki. the
French navy has effected the transpor-
tation of another half million men. and
this with the loss OF only one transport
La Provence.
Still equally significant is the fact that
II was largely the French navy that took
of over lU.vS serbian. Montenegrian,
and Albanian troops. transporting them
to Patras, for the railway voyage across
Greece to Pireaus and finally again by
sea nom Pireaus to Saloniki.
The great bulk of this task was per.
formed within a few miles of Austria &
submarine and torpedo boat base IN the
Gulf OF Cattaro without the loss OF q
single person.
The Washington times., 1916-07-29
By HENRY WOOD,
United Press Staff Correspondent.

PARIS. July (by maiD D.-Two years
after the beginning OF the present war,
Frances navy Is in a position to render
possible the following hypothetical
pro mise to Frances allies:
II finally the British navy should be
wiped out. France will come to the
front with her navy. and either through
rnal defeat Of the German navy or an
effective continuation Of the present
blockade. continue indefinitely the allies
mastery OF the seas.
lnis Is all France will have said at
pIesent Of her naval development dur
ing the last two years. Naval Construc-
ton Is the one tning European powers
90 not care to make pubnc, even in
times OF peace.
That Fieueu naval development has
taken place In the last two years is no
secret. Since the war began France
has built a military machine equal. man
for man and material for material. to
the organization Germany has been
forty years perfecting. II can safely
be said that something of the same
growth and reorganization also has
taken place in her navy.
navy ranked fourth numerically. While
/: would not be possible at present to
say she has passed into third place. II is
possible TO state that she Is tying close
to that position.
One OF the important reasons the
French navy after two years OF war oc-
The Washington times., 1916-07-29
THE WORKS AMENDMENT

Vice President Marshall's ruling,
permitting a direct vote on the
Works amendment to the District
bill, is not especially important; but
the amendment itself Is very i'm
portant. It is hardly to be assumed
that the Senate would make the mis-
take Of adopting so radical a change
AZ part Of an appropriation
measure.
There are many reasons why
such proposal as that Of Senator
Works should have careful exam
nation. In the first place, If the
District Of Columbia were abolished
a. a municipal government, the city
Of Washington substituted, not as a
municipal corporation. but, as sort
Of bureau Of the National Govern
ment, there would be grave doubts
whether suits against the local
jurisdiction could be sustained. The
Federal Government may not be
sued; and II Washington were to be-
come a Federal bureau 1t would
seem to come within this prohibition.
A great volume Of litigation, in
volving many rights and interests
that in fairness ought properly to be
adjudged, is now pending in courts.
Controversies must arise in future,
which will darn md lilo deteryoiu :
tion. There is no proper provision
in the Works plan for taking care
Of such interests.
The legal department Of the Dis
trict government has examined the
Works proposal, and reported, on
such highly practical grounds as
these, that it ought not to be
adopted. Probably it will not.
The Washington times., 1916-07-29
WHAT GERMAN NAVY HAS DONE

brought In by a new regime he was
not overly friendly to the grand ad-
miral. Last March, when Won Tirpitzs
resignation was accepted by the Kais-
er. was In the navy department talk
ing to this official. Won Tirpitz tele-
,phoned and asked him to go for a
walk in the Tiergarten, A few weeks
contact had made the two intimate
friends.
Held Head High.
The next day l saw Won Tirpitz.
There was nothing to indicate he had
been defeated. He held his head as
high as ever. He had fought hard
and long, fifteen years for a principle
"a strong. aggressive navy. and he
had been successful.
1t would be a mistake to say that
because Won Tirpitz fell the navy fell
with him. The navy is as strong and
aggressive weapon as ever AS a
political power II Is not so prominent,
Tirpitz. since last March, has been
In the back ground. His friends have
been lghtlng the chancellor so far
without success. Tirpitz's fall cleared
the political atmosphere of Germany's s
internal affairs. II placed Won Beth
mann Hollweg frm In the saddle as
the chancellor and right hand politi-
cal adviser OF the Kaiser.
AS a military weapon the navy was
prepared. Being the second largest,
II could not be expected to control the
The Washington times., 1916-07-29
BY ED L. KEEN.
United Press Staff CORRESPONDENT.

LONDON. July . tby mall. D.-British-
crs don't appreciate their navy. This
statement goes as much for Arthur Bal
four as II does for Bill Bowbells. Both
OF them are near-sighted. Also they
lack Imagination.
Just because Admiral Jeiiicoe. IN MS
initial dispatch regarding the Jutland
night. didn't pin bouquets on himself
and the grand feet. the first lord Of the
admiralty failed to read between the
lines that the British had really won
the greatest naval battle since Trafai-
gar.
But II was all there-and he had the
German wireless report as confrma-
ton. After detailing his losses. Jellicoe
modestly observed that the enemy re-
turned to port"
The Germans had already told the
world that on May 81 during an enter
prise directed To the northward" the
high seas feet had encountered the
enemy. etc. and that on the following
day II returned into our ports"
Instead Of featuring this one essential
fact. Balfour dolefully emphasized the
great losses sustained by the British.
England weht to bed that night in a
blue funk.
The Psychological gloom was thick.
BIZ Bowpells and all his friends were
convinced that Jellicoe and Beatty had
Gotten the worst OF II.
More important still. the neutral
world had been similarly impressed.
Even IL the British losses had been
The Washington times., 1916-07-29
WHAT BRITISH NAVY HAS DONE

taking the two navies as they stood
at the beginning Of the war. and
allowing for the admitted losses on
both sides the British navy. Accord
ing to the calculations OF experts. 10
relatively more powerful today =
In battleships and battle cruisers
of the dreadnaught era tbuiit since
19o1-the ships that really count in
modern warfare-Germany has lost
1875 per cent of her strength. while
Britain has lost sc of hers In light
cruisers of the same period. Britain's
loss has been only 5.2 per cent. while
Germany has been weakened nearly
As per cent
In vessels OF the older type. Brit
chiefly on account OF the disastrous
l'ardanellcs venture. and partly be-
cause these types being more easily
spared have been assigned to other
dangerous enterprises. ,. ,,, s,,-
cessfully defended her title as mis-
dress of the seas. The Jutland fight
merely clinched what had already
been accomplished through incessant
watchfulness. day in and day out.
and efficiency of material hitherto
never approached in naval history.
IL the allies are victorious in ths
end. this will be due 10 the diligence
prowess of British soldiers. for.
without the security afforded by. her
navy. England would neither have
been able to transport her soldiers
to the firing lines nor TO keep up
the ever-increasing supplies OF arms
and ammunition from both England
and America to her troops and those
of her allies.
The Washington times., 1916-07-29

The French navy has insured the SAFE
ty of Frances two principal ports, Bor-
deaux and Marseilles, where steady COM
mercc with the entire world has been
rendered possible and with few losses.
The crowning achievement OF this ef-
fective protection came. when no less
than six great envoys of Russian troops
disembarked at Marseilles without the
loss of single soldier.
France. therefore. feels that IL her
navy shows a relatively large numeri-
due in part 10 intensive construction
and small losses, she is entitled to all
the credit for the latter through q
naval efficiency that has made II I'M
possible for the ever-present enemy to
strike her.
or the vital changes that have been
made in the French navy since the
opening of hostil-ties, reference can
only be made to one. Previous TO the
war. France was popularly supposed
to have the greatest number of SUBJ
marines of any Of the belligerent
powers.
Submarines of No Avail.
Like billions or dollars worth or
other naval and military material
prepared on n theoretical basis of the
exigencies of modern warfare
Frances big fleet o. submarines was
found TO be of no avail. AS a conse-
quence, France today has on land
probably as big a scrap heap of SUBJ
marines as Germany has at the bot
| tom OF the t-l.
The Washington times., 1916-07-29

greater than those Of the Germans
which they weren't, according to the
belated admissions OF the German ad-
miralty. news OF the loss of certain
ships having been withheld for mill
tary reasons'-it still would have been
British victory. in the opinion of most
naval strategists In these parts. Arthur
Baifour himself some days after the
fight. in a public speech brought out
quite strongly this fact.
A possible explanation is that Bal
four was so obsessed by previous pub
lie criticisms OF the official proneness
to withhold unfavorable news. that he
determined In this case to let the worst
be known at once.
Balfour and ldom.
press. and public-in their contempla-
tion OF the really heavy losses sus-
pletely lost sight Of the result OF this
night. what II meant for the future
security Of the island kingdom as well
as OF the empire and the allies gcner-
ally; but they forgot entirely what the
navy has been doing ever since the war
started. Their perspective on both
After all the Jutland battle was
but an incident. 1t was dav's
work-a hard day-that sent thou
sands OF brave men to death and NIL
ed homes throughout England with
merely part OF the. great scheme.
While the British navy has been
working II has been growing. The
details of it's growth are not known
to the writer. and II they were he
has been growing faster than the
But. regardless of its added units.
The Washington times., 1916-07-29
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS,
United Press Staff Correspondent

fElhOGhAD. July tby maiD.-
where is the Russian navy
For several days ! have been asking
this question Of statesmen. Journalists,
diplomats. writer's. Duma members. ana
others. For reply, a flock or question
marks seems to rise In the air after
the fashion cartoonists and comic sup
plement artists have inaugurated.
Nobody seems able TO tell us.
What has the Russian navy done In
the last two years. have demanded
time and time again. The response Is
more question marks.
lhe British fleet is an open book COM
pared to the Russian Navy. Every
body knows the English warsnips are
somewhere in the North sea-" One
can look at map and tell pretty much
Just whereabouts In this sea they must
be. But no such precision Is possible re-
garding to Russian men-o-war.
"Why so much secrecy about the
navy?" I asked member OF the puma.
"It'a the navys way" he answered,
Struggling his shoulders. The navy
is different from the army. We get a
daily communiqne based on the army's
activities. but the navy is In rage
The Washington times., 1916-07-29

legions operating along the Baltic coast
and the shores CT the Gulf of Riga.
II has operated in conjunction with
the British In the Baltic. had kept the
Gulf OF Finland and Gulf of Riga se-
cure. two exceedingly important tasks.
In the BLACK Sea the Black Sea feet
aided Grand Duke Nicholas advance
from the Caucasus into Asia Minor
against the Turks. In the taking Of
Trebizond. 1t was officially admitted
that the fleet did important work.
Not Prepared to Fight.
At the outset of the European war.
Russia, of all the great powers, was
least prepared for effective sea fight
ing. In the first place. she had met
with naval disaster during the Russo
Japanese war and was just beginning
to recover her poise when the present
upheaval caught her. Still considering
her start. she has done wonders accr-
mulating naval units.
The present fleet Is far smaller than
Russia now would have II her wishes
could have been translated into war;
ships. She Is not a shiphuilding coun-
try herself and accommodating a feet
by purchase from foreign countries Is
rnther slow job. All things consid-
cred, Russia has done we'll to collect
as many units as she has. and with
these units to accomplish what she has
The Washington times., 1916-07-29
THE GREATEST TRADE YEAR

Ofiicial figures on the foreign
trade for the fiscal year 1915 show
that the years exports were $4,334,-
000, 1000, and imports $2,198, ,000,000;
that is, there was a favorable trade
balance of $780, 100000. Imports,
exports, and balance all exceed for
mer records.
There is, in the official figures, one
detail that may be misunderstood
without explanation. 1t is shown
that the June, 1915, exports were
$466, 900, 900. while the June exports
were $476,0oo,000 This suggests the
possibility that the slump Of war
trade has begun already. May broke
all records fo- exports; June fell
under May by $10,000,000.
As a matter of fact, June really
saw continuance of the rate of in
crease. The May exports were at
the rate Of 1853 million dollars per
day, while the June exports were at
the rate of 1876 millions per day.
Mays thirty-one days gave it an ad-
vantage over June; but in fact the
increase went right ahead in June.
1t is widely suspected that the
slump will begin soon. Perhaps it
will. But Europe is putting up the
prices of foodstuffs far above any
thing that was anticipated a few
weeks ago. The worlds grain crop
has fallen off seriously, and Ameri-
can supplies are likely to be in
strong demand. Our cotton likewise
must be more and more pressingly
required, because world stocks have
been allowed to shrink very much.
The orders for future deliveries of
steel and steel products suggest ex-
pansion, rather than contraction, in
this line, for long future. Certain
kinds of munitions may not be
needed in such great quantities; but
there is strong indication that other
things will take their places and keep
N.e export showing from shrinkage
~ some months, at least, to come
The Washington times., 1916-07-29
The Man Who Couldn't Save.

AHe WAN VINO SOuiuHt Gave.
He spent what he made. or he gave
II away,
Tried to save money. and would for q
Started q bank-account time an again.
Got hundred or so for nest egg. an
Some fellow that needed 1t more than
Tha. wss down on his luck, with a sick
Came along an he wasted no time Ill
he went
An drew out the coin that for saving
was meant.
They say he died poor. an ! guess that
Is SO.
To pile up a fortune he hadn't a show:
He worked all the time an good money
he made.
Was known as an excellent man at his
trade.
But he saw too much. heard too mucir
felt too much here
To save anything by the end OF the
year:
An the shabbiest wreck the Lord ever
let live
Could get money from him II he had
Seen him slip dimes to the buns on
That told him they hungered for some
thing to eat,
An though remarked they were COINS
He'd say: "Mebbe so. But I'd just hate
TO think
That fellow was hungry an I'd passed
him by
I'd rather be fooled twenty times by
lie
Than wonder II one of 'em wouldn't
Had told me the truth an was reall,
In need"
Never stinted his family out Of thins
They had everything that his none!
Said he'd rather be broke an just know
they were glad
Than rich with them pining an wishing
they had
Some Of the pleasures his money would
buy.
Said he never could look bank book ir
II he knew 1t had. grown on the pleas
That he'd robbed from his wife an hi
girls an his boys.
Queer sort O. notion he had. I confess.
Yet many n rich man on earth Is mourn
Than he was. Folks came far an wide
To pay their respects on the day ina
Didn't leave much in the bank IT ii
But did leave fortune in people whit
knew
The big heart Of him. an I'm willing e
swear
That today he is one OF the richest VI
Detroit Free Press.
The Washington times., 1916-07-29
BY CARL W. ACKERMAN.
United Press Staff Correspondent

BERLIN, July 2 (By MaiD-The fall
Of Grand Admiral Won Tirpitz was the
chief event in the German navy during
the last twelve months OF the war
The changes this event brought In the
personnel Of the navy, In the navy's
influence In politics and In the giving up
OF the submarine war against merchant
ships amount to a revolution.
But the chief thing Won Tirpitz pound
ed into the thought and action OF every
one connected with the navy remained.
That was his aggressivehess. Strike
first and strike hard" was his motto and
although the chief has fallen. this motto
remains. paragraph deleted by CENSOR
Won Tirpitz was the originator OF the
submarine warfare against merchant
men. His chief opponent was the
Chancellor Won Bethmann-H Hollweg
When the original change In the sub
marine policy was made last fall. Won
Tirpitz, who wanted to resign, remained
although all his friends as section chiefs
I'm the navy were removed. The sue
cessors were supposed to be anti
One OF these new officers I knew
very well through personal contact
every day in the press department
He came In. inspired with many o.
Won Tirpitx's ideas, but because he wa