The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-10-05

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
erwnrd a returning convoy which has
been formed energies, and, under the |
protection furnished to 1t. tnkes Its
way westward. Occasionally straE-
gler IL torpedoed, and mine victims are |
Mt intervals found.
Holland, though neutral, has her
place In the blockade Of the worlds
waters. Eliminating Dutch waters OF
floating mines and anchored mines
which have lost their anchorage forces
the Netherlands to maintain an extern
sive force Of trawlers. Her neutrality
would be frequently violated by either
side OF the warning nations should she
| enforce in any lax manner the marine
| law Of the three-mile limit.
In the western Atlantic the repub.
lies Of the United States and Brazil
patrol with light vessels practically
the entire American continent. Cana
dian cruisers have their part In this
work, Due to the naval policy OF the
| United States every merchant vessel
in United States registry forms por-
tiou of the naval forces In 80 far A.
blockade and defense against the I'M
dersea boats are concerned. These
vessels are armed by the United States
navy and naval gunners sail on every
ship. !
| The principal forces In the Pacific
are japanese cruisers and destroyers.
} They have taken over the former Ger
man islands Of the Marshall ind MARI
anne groups and the east and west
Caroline archipelagoes. The capture
~ Tsingtau was assured through the
, Japanese naval strategy. They lost
, nv n mine the cruiser Takachido before
. this fortress. Valuable service was
. rendered to the British and Australian
cruisers operating In this part Of the
! world in the shape Of coal and munl.
; tions. II IL q signal fact that Of Japan's
i | a O89 miles Of coast no foreign enemy
, !, has succeeded In forcing an entry since
I the Peary incident In 1853 and before
. that since the attempted Mongol In
yasiop in 1881 under Kublai Khan.
The most recent entrant In this strug-
: gle is the kingdom Of Siam. The king's
:. yacht and several antlquated motor
. boats form their navy" which block
AIDES in its small way portion Of
coast where no danger is ever likely to
come, typhoons excepted.
British and Portuguese gunboata
have the duty OF policing the coasts
Z of German East and southwest Africa
From Port Said to Alden the He'd sea
is quiet under the control Of British
gunboats.
l r.. 81, oh t,n hanh Ii
still matter OF contest. Both con
tenders seem to be intent on preserving
their fleets in being" to quote pei
phrase Of naval strategists. Only un
important brushes have occurred. but
the addition Of the fugitive German
units, the Breslau and the GOeben
hnye undoubtedly materially strength
ened the Turkish forces. The German'
seem to be more than able to defent
their ports recently captured from thu
RoumanIans, and the Russians ex.
hibit distasteful temerity about at
lacking In force. Mines In great guam
titles have been strewn In these wa
tiers.
In the Baltic the Russian feet hni
thus far pursued policy Of stunning
tempts Of German strategists to lur'
the Russians from their blanket o
mine fields have failed. True, they los
earlier. In the war a number of small
units and Mt least one capital shil
through ill-considered actions, but sine
| the first few months of the war. the.
| seem to have withdrawn and conceded
| the Germans tacit control Of the Baltic
Some small raids are reported. but tn
German admiralty has failed to com
ment on them. They do not neglect
however. to plant great numbers
floating mines and thus make the Bal
? tic a dangerous sea to navigate. OF
servers have reported sighting larg
!, German fleets protected by innumei
= able trawlers as mine sweepers steam
= ing through the Baltic. The Russia
evacuation Of Riga merely emphasize
the German control Of this sea. se
attack on Petrograd Ii possibility q
the near future.