Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-11-19
Decisive Sea Victory Would Close War the British Belier

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sens successful onslaught upon Ru-
mania has been made possible 10y tho
German warships Goeben and Breslau
and n few antiquatcd Turkish ships
which could not stand for ten minutes
before the new Russian sea fleet.
Russia Might Lose.
So il the defeat Of the main German
armies could he accomplished after
the destruction Of the high seas fleet
In the North sea, II is also true to
say that assuming neither Britain or
Germany victorious on the water, a
German victory over Russia would be
more likely is the Russian Baltic fleet
were destroyed. Italy could deliver a
staggering blow against her chief
enemy If she could sink the Austrian
ships while the disappearance of
Turkish and German flotillas In the
Black sea would involve the collapse
of the whole German coalition in the
near east. and the probable capture OF
Constantlnople. And yet, with the oX-
ception of the indecsiVe brush off
Jutladn, there iaS been no sea fight
ing of serious iruor'nnco during -
months of war in any one of the four
/ enclosed oceans whose command is OF
such vital strategical importance.
why? In this story the factors
which bring about such strange
deadlock. "A deadlock so complete that
the world public has haIf forgotten
that warships other than submarines
exist. will be dealt with 50 far os they
are known or can he nubliclV dis
cussed II ought NOT 10 be necessary
To- say, first, that the reason the rival
| ileets 40 hot Ilsht each other Is not
occausc uHeS are dlIalu ~ lne'i enc
| mles; Ihere Is propnplN not a Dig
"uisnIp III Eul oPV "HuSe oIllreIS
and men are SPolInP i"I uoupIC
! oplnioh mus been huch com uSeu'
ho"SNer pN the iauh,S hurleu pIth-
"aiu anu loI ""Iu u III tiIe newspapers
OF the peHlsefentS
peIilanE ahl hhsiahu are III th's
/ respect the worst ollehuerS. 40.
DAY passes without sheers aSalhSt me
coW"rulce OF the othef sac ana 'he
. leINeut nope tnat the enemy meet
VIII come OUT ana give our heroic
Sealnoh the opportunity lhey nave
'ohgeu lor uurIhg weary n"oh,hs Oh
Waltihg ~ expressed py newspapers
ana pupHC men on poIn Sues Oh 'hv
+ Noith sen WIN equa' frequency anu
CONVICTION. An ou'slGe observer Is IT.
ieslS,ipIN I'ihluueu oI lWo sll4lI "oEE
Stahuins IN tnelr own NaIua an"
/ Dreaming thIeats OF pattlc ana p'u"u
shed across tle renee ou come nv"
/ my E"Ih ana YOU u see. says "Ht'
/ showing ms liISt' lou JUS 80 IA ~,
as put your reg over the Ichcc anu ~
snow you hoWls ms enemy an"
Doth iaus are qul'v slnveiC' lor el'ilcI
would s'tussle 'alIallu! II MS che''N
tnueitooh an l'''as'o"'
Both Play safe.
! putting britain and Germany in the
places of the two small BOYS, the
| fence between them becomes tn
! North sea. The reason "A decisive ac-
tion is not fought in the North sea is
not because the Germans skulk in the
| L;iel canal hehind mine fields and
coast defcncos. nor is IL because Jelli-
/ coo hides somewhere around the other
/ side of scotland or Ireland so suhma-
! rlncs can't get him: the first taunt is
! one Of the favorites of the British
small hoy. the second the countcr-at-
tack of the German urchin. In the
striking phrase of Arthur Pollen, the
| North sea is "a kind of No Mans sea
! between two entrenched fleets"
, This authoritative opinion makes
british and German sneers at one an
other over their naval policy as ridcu-
lions as If troops in the trenches were
| to taunt their opponents for not climb
| ing ont to be shot in No Mans land.
The German strategy in the North
sea is obvious. Their much weaker
! fleet cannot challenge n combat in the
omen with the entire forces of Admiral
/ Jellicoo without counting almost GER
| tain destruction. if they ever come ont
! to fight such an action it will be
throw of despair. a grasp at the one
TO n hundred chance. to destroy Eng
land. Their policy is continuously to
offer battle in their own waters under
/ such conditions that mine fields, sub
marines stationed in advance and pos
sibly coast defense guns, may help TO
| overcome the superiority in fire power
| of the British grand fleet. An action
under these conditions has not been
fought. because the British have de-
! Clined To cnte~ German waters eN-
/ cepting during flying raid near He'll
/ roland at the very beginning of the
! war when the German battleships did
not get up in time to engage Beatty's
/ lattle cruisers before the latter beat
/ kit.r,ntaINs i,armuuS