The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1917-05-10
MUST SUBpUt SUBS
SOON TO OVERCOME
CRISIS FOR ALLIES
{ hree Months Set For
Date For America To
Prepare Relief
u BOATS INCREASE
Faster Than Destroyed
North Sea blockade Re
sarded AS Success la.
u BOATS INCREASE

Paris. France. Correspondence
OF the Chicago Tribune The vital
question now is: Can America or
eanize in three monthso France fac
ed the probiem OF a country with So
per cent of hei worl. modified and
SO per cent OF her production of
raw material in the hands OF The
invaders. She completed the task
in five months. America has both
men and raw material free With
free hands can she do in three
manths what France did in five
months with both hands tied be-
hnd her?
France and England both have in
hand ample supplies OF munitions
lol the moment to carry on any
kind OF warfare they choose They
VIII have Ample supplies for the
next three months. They have foo,
enough TO get on with for the next
three months. They will both be
pinched. but they can get on
Both Munitions and Food.
But in three months. unless SUP
plies OF both finished munitions ann
raw material for manufacture begin
TO reach England and France in large
quantities quantities greatly super
lor to what comes now neither Eng
land nor France will have enough
munitions
In three months, unless foodstuffs
begin 10 come into both England
and France in iarge quantities. both
England and France and England
especially will be in a bad way for
food
SO it is America must be ready
in three months 10 take up the bur
don. 1t is the question of victory.
Ii is The vital point of the whole
thing Can America organize in
three months?
Germany Has New U-Boats.
Germany has today about 200
new, long radius cruising submn-
rines in addition TO sala ler types
and those she had before Feb.
She is building faster than she is
losing. The rate is approximately
three to one
She has established seven zone of
blockade, -four of which are sub
sidialy, one OF which has been al
most completely successful.
The principal zones are the Allan
Tie coasts OF England the south
western coast OF Europe (France.
Spain. and PortugaD and the Medit-
eilanean. The subsidiary zones are
: the North sea, the channel, the east
: ern Mediterranean off the Dardan-
Giles and the American coast.
The North sea blockade is almost
entirely successful There are few
) submarine losses in the North Sea
al present. That is because mei-
: chant traffic in the North sea has
almost entirely ceased.
Both the English and French
] coasts of the channel are strewn with
] wreckage. The English and French
: admraltes can prove that there ha.
: been no loss of life in The channel
but there is no getting away from
these long lines of wrecks which rep
: resent millions in merchandise vital
ly necessary TO the conduct of the
War
All Over in Il Year.
The losses to shippins from sub
!, marine warfare average from s tt
a 10 per cent month Twew.
months moro and there Will be n,
O shipping left worth mentioning.
c OF three armed merchant ship
e that meet submarines Two get by
o This means that the German sub
marines are the masters of the sea
it today. Whatever may be admittc,
j. ny the Allied admiralties, whatevc
Q TO week, the fact nevertheless re
mains concealed behind the adns
/ sions and figures that under tn
d German submarine warfare the mel
chant shipping oil the world is dis
7 appearing al the r0te OF from s t
Q o per cent a month and in anothe
e twelve months al tho same ratio tn
war Will be over, with Germany tn
victor. For France and Enelar
will have been cui off from suppl.
1t both food and munitions. While Gc
t. many have it on the word OF
VI French cabinet minister can ccr
IN tinue her present rate OF productio
p indefinitely
~ saw !, Submarine.
A. New York City An officer on
rs British passenger steamship, arrivir
IS here today from Europe. said su
e marine was sighted far west of Il
submarine zones He refused
state in which direction the U-bo
7. was. moving. and declined TO discu
OF the subject except TO assert that II
al passenger vessel was not molested.
ed Norwegian Shin Lost.
IA London. England. The Norwegi
int steamer Yaparika Gl2@2 tons gros
an has been sunk by German subn
rt rine. the Norwegian foreign office q
air nounces says a special dispatch frt
he Christian today. Two men OF
CROW Worp killed