Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-11-24
TIME SERVING BOTH SIDES

Time is a great thing. It is said
that time and tide waits for no
man. We can all imagine What we
would be able to do If we only had
time enough. AS we grow older, time
lseems to pass more quickly. Time is
the great regulator of all things.
Given time enough we can accom-
plish wonders.
1t is not surprising, therefore, that
we hear both sides in the great war
now going on in Europe, declaring
that' II given time enough, they can
win. With the Allies time seems 10
be the most valuable 1t is now pretty
lgenerally accepted that Germany
went into this war fully prepared.
BY quick, bold stroke she expected
to capture Paris and defeat the
French, and then be able to throw
her full weight against the Russians
before Russia had time enough to get
her troops together Time was every
! thing. The delay caused by the stub
born resistance of the Belgians at
Liege was fatal to the German pro-
gram. The time lost there gave the
French time to come up with still
more resistance farther on. And the
delay in overthrowing the French
gave Russia time to mobilize.
Now we are told that the Allies
nave been merely trying to hold their
own until they had time enough 10 |
secure sufficient equipment to meet
their well-prepared foe. The two and
half years of the war has furnish |
ed this time and the Allies insist that
they will not think Of peace. For the
past two and half years they have
been taking their punishment from
Germany. Having now had time m
organize citizen army capable or
reslSting the foe, time is all that the |
Allies ask in order to win the war.
But there is another way In which
time is playing an important mart
While the Allies are taking time TO
equip themselves on land in order tn |
meet the Germans, Germany is i'm
proving the time to equip herself on
water in order to overcome the greot
superiority of the Allies in that re-
gard. Slowly but surely the merchant
ships of Great Britain are being sent
to the bottom of the sea. True. If is
tedious proposition, but if given
time enough it Will succeed.
AT first Great Britain was inclined
to ignore the submarine attacks and
the so-called war zone edict of Ger
many There were so many vessels
flying the British flag that 1t seemed
almost an impossibility to cause snv
appreciable loss among them. It is
noticeable, however, that of late
England is showing a great deal Of
concern. Slowly. but surely the great
British merchant marine is being
sent to the bottom. The scarcity If
vessels is becoming quite noticeable
even in England, In the meantime.
Germany Is building more and more
submarines and they are proving
upon the much vaunted British COM
merce in a telling manner. Given
time enough, Germany says, and she
may yet accomplish her purpose of
breaking the British domination of
the seas.
While the Allies are cIamoring for
more time to accomplish their victory
on the land, Germany is only asking
for more time to attain victory on
the water. Time is absolutely neil
tral. 1t will serve one side as well as
the other The question is. which
side will make the best use of time
as 1t goes along?
Given time enough the Allies NAV
whip Germany and win the war.
Also, given time enough, Germany
may sink enough British ships "a
starve out England and force her To
seek peace. After all, time is the
one great arbiter in the present
struggle.