Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-18


admiralty extended courtesy and facility to
English fleet and forces British and French
tiers to fam lila himself with the conditions
but with ta @
Paul Jones take command of Americas naval department in
this great conflict and do something to reach the heart Of the
inspection but to possible, the cooperation of the
allies in great naval offensive movement The initiative TAX
late Mexican unpeasantness pointed him as the one
who could be trusted to help the for great often
AS of aigs secrets of has been to the
guessing where he would strike and Cadorna
head Of the Adriat It should be the policy Of Uncle Sam
to the S 1g se sE s against
the islands of Oese and Dago at the entrance the Gulf of
can be only surmse On general principles this development
should hasten any offensive movement if such
offensive the by using his fleet threaten the
trance to Petrograd before would be needed elsewhere to
the discussion between Admiral Mayo and the
authorities in washington nee ming this Whole "1s situation
From now on vigorous plan Of campaign in European
emphasizing the Importance of the Mayo mission that
by the advice and suggestions given in the conferences
don Americas desire to put her entire into action if
the fleet the open placed before the British
admiralty in But the British
would necessarily be guided these matters by the judgment
of Sir Eric Geddes and his naval staff.
the value of Admiral Mayos mission the opportunity it
gay to r M osG or relations wit" the British a
ut quite possible that British naval mission may visit
in a Sd e e s
The encouraging thing that the entire American from
President Wilson and Secretary Daniels are deter
IN that the stc part the shall be
fore eventually may prove turning point in the prosecution
Anv hv of
allies with the American ships in the vanguard would be
historic event would appeal especially to nation that
Jones and Perry and Decatur and Farragut and Dewey
first great pbem challenging sea the
ruthless Of the submarine When the time for
aid of thousands of aeroanes hurting the most powerful
posves will account for the German That fact be
attention. is the submarine both factor in this and
the submarine be used for the ruthless drowning Of
trial and children and the destruction Of neutral
In short to decide for all whether the
made during the past centuries in the nterna
ou BY to oe al by oS
and but also by the way in which support our
patriotic whether German nhumanit to control alb
soluey the traffic Of the world whether Americans
Our first duty is to help make the German submarine
But the German submarine we would not be in this
If the Kaiser had listened to wiser counsels the
ing of the ships of practically all South America would not
have made this vast American continent practically solid
it's defiance of Kaiserstc absotsm and nhumanty. For
unaey for the human the Kaiser did not conne his
operations to land where he might have victory and
paved the way for world domination future against
the Americas He challenged the power of the world
Even Capt A. T. Mahan, Americas great authority on
ea power comprehended the possibilities of the
marine because Uncomfortable that any nation claiming
utur would violate all laws Of Civilized warfare as has the
Kaiser in his ruthless undersea upon neutrals.
No matter whether make the German share the
fate of the Spanish Armada hundred times if leave the
possible superiority of the submarine unsettled in this
leave ajar the portal to another great world conflict
The first great naval duty of the allies in this is to
demonstrate absolutely that power superior
to the most ruthless the nhuman Kaiser make of in
seeking to starve begerent brighten all the rest Of the
world into subservence to his dictates in time of
AS the submarine drove into this shall have
fought in van if leave possible for the submarine to
force into future
empion