Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-26

other American life will be lost, A.
once clamor will go NJ here and
among the war party in the United
states that Wilson must act al once be-
cause Of hin recent warning. What
will he do? His whole career shows
that he viii do nothing until he can
ASCERTAIN the facts. Was the ship
armed? II 50. did she fire on the
submarine. or threaten 70 do. or did
she give the submarine captain suf-
Gcient reason to think she was trying
to ram him or 10 escape? II she did
fire, was IL in self-defense; II viii
be necessary for the president 70 se-
cure accurate answers to AL these
questions before he calls Germany 10
10 account
Knowing what We all do Of Ger
man diplomacy. We may be certain
that a plausible story will be con-
cocted for Washington. no matter
what the circumstances may have
been. even If ;he ship We're not
armed. and II she carried guns the
situation will be still more cOmIll-
Gated. grant that another Lusi-
but there Will be nothing OF that sort
gaain No submarine commander
viii fire unless he has some excuse,
flimsy enough perhaps. And that eN
Cuse viii keep America from forcing
the rupture she desires with all her
soul 70 avoid The whole matter was
summed up BY the foreign minister
" nay country when some Of our
Icople were drowned. There are
only two ways Of dealing with this
natter he said. Either forbid in
the name of humanity a submarine TO
sink . merchant ship at sea under
any circumstances. or admit that The
conditions of sea warfare have been
changed D" the submarine as they
have been on land by the big gun.
and that hereafter civilian life at sea
can no more be held sacred than the
lives OF the women and children,
or belligerents. in a town II miles be-
hind the battle fronts which are
bonn bsrded by howitzers' ! believe
---- vas right, and that your
high-minded leader by trying 10 com
promise between the two views in his
anxiety TO be scrupulously neutral has
put himself in position where he
can be handled till the end Of the
story by Won -Jagow and Bernstorff
II those gentlemen are reasonably
clever. no matter how manv Ameri-
cans die in belligerent ships"
\ Daring Challenge.
Gernany's supersubmarines. in the
opinion Of many naval men in Lon
don. are intended for use against
Jellicoe's dreadnaughts as well as
helpless tramp steamers. In this con-
nection the most interesting naval
theory produced by the war Is being
discussed in London. Some authori-
ties Of great weight believe that.
while the high seas fleet will never
force general battle by trying to
break out into the open ocean, it will
challenge Jellicoe by proceeding two
thirds OF the way across the North
sea to the Dogger bank. If it does il
is unlikely that the challenge will be
accepted and the Germans will he
able 10 convince their own people.
and perhaps the neutrals, that the
British fleet is afraid to meet theirs
In Britain's own waters
The mine sweeper Arabic was sunk
by German destroyers on the Dogger
bank. and there are certain reasons
why this body Of water is not always
occupied by warships which the Brit
ish do not desire 10 lose. The bank
Is a rough triangle whose sides are
- miles long, and the depth of this