Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22

Will disappear and disappear for cter-
ntv for there will be no outside bar
barians to overthrow in the future
the new Germany hcgemony, as Rome
was oVerthrown. You can insure
yourselves, and civilization with you
against the possibility of this calam-
i,y by spending Il few hundred mill
lion dollars, perhaps billion, on
standardized wooden ships and by
doing so YOU can end the war more
quickly than in any other way, be-
cause Germany will surrender just as
soon as her statisticians demonstrate
beyond a doubt that she cannot sue
coed. That Is the German way
"Ncs. YOU may print what ! have
said, On one condition-that you make
it clear that my words are not call
fer help from distressed mother
country. but simply summons to
Americans to put all sentiment aside
and consider their own interests. II
they see things as they are, they Will
act, ana act quickly. Time Is the
essence of the problem. Rumania
might. by eXpending her energy in
the right direction, have won inn
portant victories, instead of which she
aid the wrong thing and went under.
The nited States might put a million
Coldiers under arms tomorrow and
fail to win the war, but by paying a
premium of $l,000.000.O0 or so she
can insure herself and the world
against the possibility of burning
down. If she will build ships and build
them quickly"
"How many tons could we build for
81 900, 900. 900. and how long would 1t
take?' | asked. IAN American eX-
pert has figured" the admiral rc-
rlied. "lt ot for this sum ten million
tons of small wooden ships, about
one thousand tons apiece, could be
built That tonnage at the present
rate Of sinking would take the Ger
mans twenty months to put down. ltI
is hard 10 estimate offhand how fast
you would build these ships, but II
must be remembered that they would
be put together largely by lumber
wards for your shlpbuilding yards
like ours. are working at full time
on ordinary work, and your steel
plants are on fun capacity. We cam
not build small wooden ships, for we
havo not the wood noi the labor. fhese
ships would be motor driven, and
would present n small mark to the
torpedo, while if it were possible to
arm them as fast as they were turned
out the Germans would give up their
sand of them were on the ocean,"
Depend on Sea Wasps.
The admiral / have quoted and
other authorities have discussed with
me the question of American help
towards hunting Gown submarines.
and of the employment of the Ameri
can fleet, but all felt that these mat
tcrs should not be discussed in public
| can only say that the greatest con
fidence is expressed here that Ameri
car inventive genius will play a large
part IN the offensive campaign against
the submarine, and that the work
done IN the British waters by the
small, fast submarine chaser. either
made or designed in America, is uni
Ncrsally stated to have been most sat,
isfactory. so that great results are
anticipated from more of these sen
wasps manned by American sailors.
The disposition of the American
fleet 1t is felt. is question for Wash
irgtop alone. and it would be imperti-
nent to offer any suggestions or ad,
vice unic ss asked for So far as the
surface of the seas 60 there is a wide
margin Of superiority I'm European
waters over the fleets of the central
powers, and no disappointment or re-
sentiment will be felt If ii is decided
not to send the Atlantic fleet away
from home. on the other hand. great
enthusiasm would be expressed if a
different decision were taken, and il
would be "A mistake to suppose that,
because naval warfare remains most
Of the time in a static condition, the
addition of n large number of dread
naughts might not materially alter
the strategic conditions.
a N ~
pate that American soldiers will take
an important part in the land fighting
to come, because it does not think the
war will last long enough TO make il
possible to train and transport "A new
army to the western front; here some
soldiers are of n different opinion.
But there IL little belief at present
that the United States will attempt to
equip Immediately an eXpeditionary
force This question, like that of the
employment of American ships. is one
which it is felt should be handled
delicately by outsiders.
Few events that have taken place
In the war would arouse such en-
thusiasm. however. as the appearance
of American troops on the western
front II IL is found possible to send
them. They are desired for the moral
effect and no Illusions are entertained
AT least among military men, as to
the possibility of Americans arriving
in sufficient numbers this year to take
an important part in the fighting, for
Britons know we'll by bitter and re-
cent experience how long II takes to
raise, train and equip raw levies and
turn them into finished soldiers.
Moral Effect Important.
find the hope widely expressed
that few regulars will come over;