The sun., 1917-07-16

TO the neighborhoUd OF Long Island
and catch the outgoing ships. Bar
they cannot do that effectively for
want of supplies II both power ana
ammunition. There is no real danger
OF that sort. Even II as a matter or
bravado and in order to administer
scare to the people OF the l'niied
States the performance of sending
submarines into those waters ANA
sinking an occasional merchant shin
should be repeated Il would not afrec,
this aspect of TIE case. 1t would stu
remain true that the real place for
the submarines to do their deadnest
work would be in the narrow part Of
the funnel on this side, where shin.
ping for Great Britain must converge
its routes toward the few available
ports.
The Germans, then, know from ex-
perience that they must do the dam
age, IL it is TO be done at ALL within
this narrow area. The allied naval
authorities know that in this same
narrow area they must provide the
most intensive protective measures
possible. 1t is just possible, l gather,
that the naval authorities Of the
United States do not fully appreciate
this condition as yet. If they did they
would do less parrolling with their
vessels on the American and a good
deal more on the European side Of
the Atlantic. The long and short OF il
is that it is a hopeless waste of naval
material to be patrolling the Amerl-
can coast with destroyers They are
For what possible use can II he to
convoy vessels safely out of New
York, only to have them sunk before
they get TO port on this side? To get
to port on this side they must travel
through distinctly marked and well
understood danger zone. 1t is in that
zone that the full power of the de-
fensive force should be concentrated
If you want to see just where tie
fleet Of American destroyers can he
located in order most effectively 10
protect New York shipping, get down
map OF western Europe and study
the areas Immediately to the north
west and TO the southwest of Ireland.
Nothing can get into English ports
without passing through one or the
other OF these areas.
While you are looking at the MAJ
notice the French coast from Bres.
south, the littoral of the Bay of Bis
cay. The Germans have at times a'.
tempted to blockade this coast wi'N
their submarines, but have failed Ie.
cause there is too much room To- hn
covered. Submarines that were sent
for service here got so little booty tuHt
they were withdrawn and put into the
areas already described. IT, as the
wars experience proves, the Bay ,'
Biscay is too big TO he CoVerd etfe.-
lively by the submarines. what earthly
chance is there that the Berlin Adm
rally will ever take it's undersea craft
away from the small end of the traffic
funnel around England and move them
over to the American side? Absu-
lutely none. declare all the naval eN-
nerts. And the commOnest sort of com
mon sense gives the same answer.
Now, understanding where the SUI
marines must do their work and wi"
they cannot do it in the presence e..
sufficient force OF destroyers. 1t J.,
easy enough to understand what tire
Allies need to do. They need to pa.
every possible destroyer into the rr-
gions where the submarines are ami
are bound to be.
The only way to suppress the sub
marine is to go out on the waters
where the submarine is able to d,
its work and cover them with dc
strOyer craft in such numbers that
the submarines will he compelled 10
keep down. The t,iuE can he done
Once the Allies get an adequate parro
in the right areas the Germans can
so on building submarines till king
dom come. and scouting the high seas
OF the whole world with them if they
are foolish enough to undertake II.
The most important business in hani
right now is to make every Admiralty
on the Entente side of the war under
stand exactly this.