The Cordova daily times., 1916-06-14
ADVISES ALLIES TO BLOCKADE BALTIC
 

PARIS, June 12. - The allies could extend their blockade to the German coast in the Baltic and neutralize the strategic advantages of the Kiel canal according to vice-Admiral Degouy. Of the French navy. ,ss5 ..ss.g.s f5... .5=2 ,s
 The first of the necessary opera tiDas to accomplish this. he points out. would be an attack upon the canal by m aerial force of 120 to 160 units di. vaasd into flotilias of 20 to 30 ma. chimes each One of the fotiIlas would attack the bridge at Grunthai one the viaduct at Rendsburs. and another the bridge of Levansau. while three other flotillas held in reserve would repeat the attack after an interval of 24 hours. The first flotillas would re- sume their attack after the time re- quired for taking on fresh supplies and the reserve flotillas would follow again as before.
 This continuity of attack from the air upon works known to be vluner- able by reason of the instability of the soil in certain places and the i'm sufficient reinforcement of certain bridge heads after the enlargement of the canal would, Admiral Degouy de- clares, assure obstruction of sufficient duration; whatever defensive meas ures the Germans might take against these concerted attacks would not pre- vent fruitful results.
 While the base from which such air assaults might be made is only hinted at by Admiral Degouy, an operation speedily executed would, according to his theory. make possible a landing at isolated points on the German coast ant it's safrferest fortftiration SD as to fully protect the establishment of an immense aviation camp within 50 Ito so miles Of the canal terminus. l The forcing of the straits and mine telds woald involve considerable bsses from submarines and mines be (re the entente fleets would ge into
 fective contact either with the Ger
 en battle fleet or the defenses of 'hsk E1ba, the admiral declares, but im- tdid not think this should be con. red bred as prohibitiye of the effort. hat thiral Degouy discards the hypo-
 ts that it would be possible to sur
 \ the German fleet under present 'eA dtions; it's mobility would be such FL tt could meet an attack at either ted ef the canal. since it requires only mp tY-four-hours to pass through the the EAnd the canal to the Grand Belt. old )entente allies could put into ac- it tiop vessels of the line, of which at 16 ldreadnoughts and 23 are pro-
 tectruisers. against Al German on dretghts and three or four battle ,nty serui( according to the admirafs dig estiA The Russian fleet is not in lted cludt these figuress but Admiral the Degoboints out that even if the oth- Russl lcould join the British and the Freehts they would detach a cer-
 tain Tor of the big German units
 so as hable the allies to present
 at boths of the canal simultane~
 eusiy 5 outnumbering the eiiti1s Nsi. GermaAt.
 Inns hate takes no account of aafa probabllses in approaching the it's positieni hence the admiral holds hen that efth operations of the air han fleet Is aential condition of a sue
 , cessfM The forcing of the Grand By the Langeland Belt in eWs sufficienthgth to blockade the ' ftord of Ind the forcing from west to eathe Fehrman Belt. Ad-
 miral De9eclares is, notwith-
 standing Tine field and subnia- rines, Tar than the forcing Of the Dardan1 land entirely feasible with the ration of an aerial hhe- fleet.
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