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

ports of America 20 that country.
French Imports from other countries
are no doubt as stFikin1ly increased.
The imports Of all belllgerent coun-
tries. and especially those that Rus
ia ls getting from Japan. must be
fabulous. While. then, Germany feels
every day the growing strain Of her
Isolation. the allies are showing every
day growing strength from their
sea supplies. II r. 20 sap this form
Of strength that the new sea cam
paign Will be directed"
From Nr. Pollens analysis ~ will
be seen that Germany II now recon-
mendlng the campaign that she was
forced 10 abandon in the North and
lnsh seas last autumn because she
iDst most cf her submarines or be-
cause Of President wilson's dlplom-
acy. or both II will be evident also
That the submarine campaign j. a
sital one for Germany. and that IL
the ksiser mas reason 10 believe that
instead Of SIX hundred ships in nine
teen months MS new terrOrs can ar
count for three day or I,i0O q year,
kc ran afford 10 risk even d break
with the ini'ed States IN pursuing q.
c"urEe that might cOnceivably give
Germany the draw for which sine ~
now struggling. Figure supplied BY
ish board of trade show that about
800 QUE Of 1900 British SHIPS are
now used solely for military or naval
purposes. owing to III. press oI naval
work. very few new merchant ships
are being bullt. ana the lDss Of "a con
Giderablc percentage of the ships re-
ma!ning would be very serious. The
constant rise in freiShts. which has
resulted lu q ton Of coal costing $50
ffI al fr r.f [
Wind - blOw.n=.
Insolubic Problem
The tremendous uproar in Berlin
Washington and LOnaon about the
arming Of merchant ships seems, in
the quietcr naval atmosphere Of S'aris
very simple matter, but the prob
lem, Though simple, is probably in
soluble. II IL perfectly easy To- pro-
duce "a formula which ought to sat
Wy both sides. ana President Wilson
dld 80 In his proposal 10 the allies
tnht merchant ships give up the night
II arfning for defense on the Germans
promised not TO SINK without warning
and 10 ~ safeSuard life The difficulty
IS that neither side wiil trust the
other The past record Of German
submarines, which have attacked. ac-
cDrding 20 "a British authority. 27J
ships without warning. dOes not in
splre conf l.ncc. since most or the
ships So attacked were not armed.
he Germans work themselves into
"a state Of wrath over this matter
equal 10 that Of the british. citinG ir-
stances Whecr merchant ships at
tackled submarines that were giving
them warning, or time to get their
crews OFF, and the unfortunate Bar
along incident Will not dowr. In that
hF .. a
point out, the submarine was sunk
and her survivors 'murdcrcd' while
rhc was waiting tor the muletccrs TO
leave their ship, ana the U-bodt, had
she torpcdocd without warning. would
have escaped her fate.
while In London interest il CEN
tered on the submarine campaign
Itself and thc runorcd methods being
adopted TO deal with IT, IN Paris the
American phase Of the situation ex-
cites even more interest than the pos
siDle exploits Of Tie upcr-submarines.,
II IS taken for granted that, sooner
or later, more American lives viii be
lost through attacks upon helpless
merchantmen and debate centcrs
here as doubtless ut home on What
VIII Wilson do'"
n would he useless to conceal the
tact that the great mass Of French
as n cOWardly nation which has lost
its honor because 1t threatened to
hold Germany to strict accountable
itY' and thereafter permitted It's cif
iZcns to be slain unavenged. Sucn
people frankly snecr at the president
and the United States, and express
their belief that America, under no
circumstances, Will do anything, in
fashion that has made more than one
10. l.a
trality for the moment. ! know one
American. a Republican at that. who
loosenod two teeth in the mouth of a
taXi-drivcr who had insultcd Wilson
in the Strand because he didn't think
his tip was big enough. The Amer
lean was arrested, fined next morning
and tho case kept out OF the news
Iapcrs
Against Wilson Views.
There Is "A sharp line of demarkation
In this matter between the opinion or
the man In the street and that OF per
sons who know something about the
American or at least the administra-
ton point Of view. The latter appreci-
ate the difficulties In the presidents
way, although most of them do not
approve of his course. Three or four
pacifist members OF parliament.
French Socialist and the editor OF
great Liberal journal IN London. are
the only allied citizens who have told
me they considered the president
ought to keep out Of war found
in a diplomatist of IA neutral European
country here an impartial point or
view about the German American
situation which may be Of interest.
at is obvious" said the man, that
England will not disarm her merchant
ships She Will not do 30 because the
real or suspected presence Of guns on
board leads the submarine to fire
while submerged. to fire from
greater distance than would otherwise
be the case. and so to afford the
threatened ship a greater chance of
escape. The nature of the Instructions
issued by the admiralty to gunners
shows, 1t Is true. that the use of the
guns I'm one sense is to be defensive,
but the order to fire on "a submarine
II II approaches to short range Is
rather ambiguous, and we all know
that. orders or no orders, captain
will sink submarine II he gets