The Detroit times., 1917-02-20
STARVATION
Of BRITAIN
IMPROBABLE.
HENRY cLEws
Neutrals Would Go To
Her Aid, Says
Financier
TONNAGE GROWS
TO OFFSET LOSSES
U-BOat Campaign Is
Doomed To Failure,
Is the Outlook

view says:
The var in Europe shows no
signs OF abatlng In intensity. albeit
the desire for aud belief IN early
reace IL grow ing among all the Rel
ligeTsnts. Bitterness grows each
day and all indications poiur 10 a
resumption - hosulitiss with the
coming Of spring lpon a more de-
struc,ive sale than ever. Evident
~ the worst is eIo~e Al hand. snd
10 the innumerable horrors already
endured that OF starvation Is noS
20 be added starvation. not ~ the
tslligeren,s only. ba, OF the millions
OF unfortunate non-combatsnis in
Belgium. Poland. Armenia. Siberia.
etc. Human endurance mus, be
approaching the end
As fer the attempt 10 stsrve Eng
land with submarines that gill prove
futile. A. most the results vill no,
be worse than a Temporary inoon-
venience or deprivation OF some
articles OF sustensnce. Great Britain
had a torai ocean ;onnsEe % nearly
q. 0eo. 900 before the war. or almost
one half 81 the gorld's total. The
losses from the beginning OF the war
10 the new submarine campaign
we're about 1000 900 tons. Of which
:. 500. 90 tons we're British and the
remainder neutral These Losses.
however. have been very largely
compensated for oy new construc-
ton. so that. acoDrding 20 an est
mate OF the United States shipping
commissioner. the net toss OF worlds
tonnage in January wss about =e0.-
600 tons.
''Of late the output OF new ton
mage has oesn Immensely increased
ia all parts OF tire world By high
freights and prospects 81 their con
tinuancs for a long period ahead
Prom this latter fact 1t follows that
az marine viii have 10 increase
her present des,ructiveness veiv
COB-ldel ably before they can possi-
uiy even approach me starvation %
hr'-nf. Slch distress and ineon-
ten.ence HAY De accomplished. bd:
starvation y practically impossible
hrcaute fcr a variety Of reasons the
threat lEnnot be carried out. First.
Go xogll reqlire sect Of s-haia
rines gany times larger than the
Lies eni Gae 10 accomplish such a
purposs second. the British rsyy
seems tolorabiy able TO cope VIE
jhe difficulty. and has evidently
ff1nd various successful mean Of
drfense. such az des'royers. nstr
s'Toplan frame lanes, eonyovy
etc.
Tho submarine now appears ~ b.
practically powerless against wa
tt Ia AMI 81 effectiveness again
Ee-, asErmen when armed Is nuc
1 lcduced 40 facts are given out D.
The British admiralty as 20 the no;
tality anHng submarines. but thef
J. r,arnn 20 believe II 10 very hlgi
since 10 beginning Of the pr.
mt month 20 British ships. incll,
tng trawlerE and hshing smack
have been destroyed. This Is a
average % over four per day 7, vi
require a coed many more than III
IN starve England and n tia; rur
tinEencs e-Ge In sight this counir
and other n,utrals would undeuak
Ga sh'p f.s4 anil o. Der necessaric
to BT.tsi1 lor rTofi. 10 no, for b.
utne nr c'ic- considerations I
SO thcre are now 81
tf dig8 unler eon5;rg
Nun 4.l go n 100. 0Oo tea
IaI-a arC 3raey are also turnin
60, Is n e, ncw tonnage, WI
I Greet rulI doing in this DIR
tiiuu q Eo- oaciany Known. ALL
g. he largest ship buii.'
n t'ir rr',. and mas lately turn
| Ter N 20 buiiiing mercfat
f1n- th increased viEor II
| hog eating England b. e.
ma doonled 10 serious disa
poir 10
Tho security markets have -
tied Gown 10 a state Of inAc'iy
% ndinE Developments growing
| q the var Liquidation has n
been going on for Two month M
prices are considerably lover N
when speculation was a. it's he.Eh
Our relations with Germany are
course the pivotal issue. and n
conviction gro~s daily that II 10 onl
question NJ time when some ova