American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-05-18
rHr GREAT EMERGENCY.

III ever there VAS Is time when a
Nreaf rouafrg was confronted with q
ufarendoes crisis in rs history. that
.ountry S. To United staiea o that
time j. today
The var upon which we have EN-
barked Is 50 complicated So nlicd vita
elements OF uncertainty. that no man
can predict 90 which side the tide OF
mai victory viii turn
And We say this Rith FUN reallza-
zion o. the fact that the United States
mas brought 10 the side OF the Allies
unlimited wealth. vast industrial re-
sources. a great avy and millions Of
men FOR the creation Of o mighty army
We have spoken Of The present as
the greatest crisis la our history. and
su such q crisis a is imperative that
pe should keep our judgment we'll
balanced and preserve Dur vision abb
~ulutely clear 90 determining what
things should be- done and in what
order they should Dee done. we must
maiHtaiu a just SENSE OF proportion
81 q true perspective and 10 we do
this. we shall see at once that abs0iu-
friy tho most important peril in this
crisis Is The Submarine war Upon
the isaue. ol lhat Nnr depend the al
toruatives oi an early aud complete
crushing OF German mliitarism Ia
Europe, or nf our having ultimately 10
night that mliItarIsm 900 bur own waters
md within our own territory.
Therefore we DO not hesitate 90 say
chat The imminent aud imperative du-
AZ of our authorities ls % bend AN the
strength of our navy. actual and po-
Genital % the defeat ot the German
submarines Tor We repeat that upon
che success or failure OF the German
4 boats depends the winning or los
ine of the great world war
To many of ns il has seemed an
amazing thiug that Germany. hard
pressed as she now ia. Outmatchcd in
money. men and munitions. should de-
liberty have added this great country
40 her burdens Why did she do ~
Feather Drained her philosophers and
professors may be, bat feather brain
80 her military and naval men are not
and hen. hy sinking our ships. they
deliberately drove thia country 10 take
arms against them. they did $40 because.
after n careful estimate of their shin
and engine building facilities. they
rHme 90 the conclusion that they
could set submarines alloat upon the
hlen seaa Zoo such numbers mat they
could shut off One United States from
Europe. Hud thua at once -tarve out
rho AIles aud nentralite me effect oi
olr entrance into the nur
Can The Germans DO thlar Their
earc0.s depends upon 1870 thingat
nrst upon their auhmarlnt building
capacity and second upon tho capaci-
Is uf me Aliiea ~ hulid anti submarine
craft and Seq afioat nrv .hipping az
such g rate as % defeat fho submarine
Iald
Nov d is just bore. iu me coustruc-
zion nf antl. submarine war craft. that
the United States navy should nt once
exert It's undivided efforts N our
naval authorities get me true per
specute upon The great crisis I'M which
We mud ourselves. they VIII at once
shut down work upon battlcships.
battle-cruisera. aye and oven upon our
last scouts. which cannot be ready un-
al the war Is over. and they will lay
down 60 the fun limit OF our |shipbuild-
ing capacity. d%estroyers and sea going
submarine chascrs.
The immediate duty OF the navy. IA
We see i. Is the construction OF a vast
Fleet Of large. sea Keeping powerfully
armed surface ships. and their dis
patch into the submarine infested area
81 The rate OF AZ least half a dozen
surface ships FOR every one ~ the sub