The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-02-05

WHAT ENGIsAsns GREAT NAVY
: HAS DoNU 10 GERnANY.
esr~aa Tra4e DrlveA From the Sea,
H. roets nottDed up ara Her Navy
Aaoo 1neaeCtive--Iii the Meanwhile
kneSnad snd Her AI0ies Have Prac.
epa1y uHipeeryvptsd Use of the

o 80 kAeT Ausc3 nave kf0C'
spa1y UHiHeer<vpesd Use of thu
TphAnf the sxisting situation, {,
wilI. - rsc6spised that up to the
prsqent nritiah ssa power has accom-.
plisheA ~ that Nslsoa accompanies
fer ~ coantry and : aittls more. that
= g ~ Il hss sstablHhsd the British
supee4ecy on water beyond question
it he Abolishsd the German commerce
non ~ ~, Y mas destroyed the Ger.
Snan vArsAlps and undersss boats tha,
tAvs vsqtpfed Within reach. Il has Civ
q = Ryjo1sh commerce and to Brit.
~ tPanaGSeTt The psaa uss OF the sea,
Dssu>tA <hs sshsatsonal details q the
slnting 81 few great lineri. II Il
we'll 20 remember that the actual por-
csntasS 81 loss Of British shipping
fomS oessaan activities n far smalles
thpp tfAt inflicted BY French priva-
tssss q he -Napo,sonic time and
nevsr did the British b, the earlier
vara vt(h the French succeed IN
pssaly.ips - completely an enemy
eonapuerea - Their have now. n
Hallewisg the sefiier precedent.
BsssisA - power has rasde It possible
Ter beitisA sxpsditians to operate In
EsroPe and outslde of Il. IN Europe
Byttish srmiss havs rendered gysat
hs)p In France ana e,ntxibutsd to
ebslish ail BFaspspt thGt ~ gAepana
can win a'dscisioa In NE wet. They
Aeye pSEmitssd the PFtslsh 70 under
ta9e = eannpaisn IN Y fQ1lfpoli. which
~ fAilsd - ala the several CAM
49, uaAsetahsn asAiasl Nsaessen.
oeeese the sssasa eanSNiGn ek Well
hno1Do ~ oDein. n ~ same ~as
seasts~sP No. pesmstAsd ehss eiaosa-
tses>ea - tsesps "a s~baaasasa sanA -
noybss thus hleoiiRs = srsssiAA ItArusa
ppea sus& - ,esi.us 4. J, sx
Cstssas shs Hsropsan and 1GsAi.
tfesnnsaa 60 - spswss ~. snAAl61
~ DgssisA 90 setker up saia but .os6
e ~ 0ssanan sssenasss with Essnsn
a>oog1Aponaos ,hslpy i1ts,s xennAinino
ec6nuDs 49, s0tsnan Hase Afstoa, he
vt(Ain ~ 'earsp Of the British whsn-
~ the9 rehoess 20 sstss Il. The
CO. trl>1n 80 AsquItA 49, d1Hls
WIN Germany a. ths s,Britasn OF the
Pits dealt with France. both OF the
NdzAvehy ana the Empare. II has
abblishsa German comsasscs. appro-
pr5atsa- tssrfnAA soloniss scaled !, .un
Goemaa aegoess = ssaaa ana It has
tsveeposo - 0osmans irem sanistsne
any u6asss>a1 ~ upon the Hvitish IN
thGsS~nsnohoaem end lrssn sRoctivo-
Y t>neerfssiAv with shssr trade or thslr
teohspeeC 49, .tzsN tfs esi 81
4Sdsy britain h sivns financial aid
% Husnaa and to ltxiy. shs - giving
pt1itary aid TO France aaA she ID en-
saeine osrmAnyss 1urkhsh' any. Her
tre6ps her money. htr flsst are All
available fof uss wAsrevsr German
so(,vtty cans Tor Alice effort. BY
no means ~ of her ventures have
bssn sucos1sful. hst IN the Napoleon
b waf there we're several Galiipoiis,
notsbiy on'-ths Island OF walchsren
and II the case Of Sweden. Even the
spanish alRair was for long such q
failure ~ almost to lead to its aban.
donmont.' "a. 90, . - t,a'sts,T
TNstrsai obstacle to peace. at the
prsesnt moment. iies IN the fact thai
oreax britain has 70 far been tho cole
naslsa 70 psoft BY the war. and her
pr6nts have been absolute Germany
has made conquests on hand. she has
mos Of Belgium. . corner Of France
munh Of Russia. and with her ally)
sefbia and Montenegro. But Ger.
msssy has lest the see. Not Q Ger.
mae snip cen pat to sea. and Ger.
nshy cannot return to the ordinar,
buseusss of iifs untM she can again he.
giSFtO- ship her manufactures by wa
ter and draw her raw materials nbs
the same route. 80 a.. h'.-s'
9hssr In eject Germany has oceu
pied Warsaw. Lane. and Belgrade. oni,
to loss Hamburg and Bremen. which
are to'ah intsnts and purposes n
Britsss hands since they cannot bt
ussa by Germany After eigiiteer
months Germany has captured moth
ine that can sivs her a basis = 10,
bargain with Britain. And what Brit
Ain holds makes all Of osrmanys con
ovsses of littis vsIu& Che 10 a.
have aid before M the position of I
haxewlaR, swA1 kos Aax.->A A-.. :.