The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-04-24
BIG TASK OF NAVY
MEANS OF THWARTING THE
GERMAN SUBMARINES MUST
BE DEVISED.
PLANS CANNOT BE DISCLOSED
As President Wilson Said, the Navy
Must Be Fully Equipped to Deal
With U-Boats and Protect Ship
ments Of Supplies to Allies.
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.

BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.
Washington.-This policy will In
volve the immediate full equipment OF
the navy In all respects, but particu-
larry In supplying 1t with the best
means Of dealing with the .enemy's
submarines"
This statement in the presidents adj
dress to congress, Washington thinks,
was significant of great things that
must be done, of real master strategy,
of great operations Of which perhaps
the nonmilitary mind probably has no
complete sense.
In another place in his address to
congress the president said that the
practical duty of the United States
would be:
"To supply the nations already at
war with Germany with the materials
which they can obtain only from us or
by our assistance. They are In the
field and we should help them in every
way to be effective there"
The navy department has concern
these two plans to which Woodrow
Wilson gave public consideration in
! his address and appeal to the law
makers of the United States.
Naval officers realize the intimate
connection between the two extracts
from the presidents address here
given. Our navy today Is charged In
part with the duty of clearing the en-
emy's submarines from the depths and
the surface Of the waters. 1t Is Q
huge job.
Navy Tackles a Big Task.
II follows as wake follows tor
pedo that If the navy of the United
States, added to the navies of Great
Britain and France, cannot clear the
waters of enemy submarines, the la
Dor OF carrying out the second sugges-
ton made In quotation from the presi-
d.ut's address will be so difficult Of
accomplishment that the navy mind,
If 1t were not a militant mind, might
stagger Mt IT.
Every department of the govern
ment today is working to fulfill the
terms of the presidents word to con-
gress to the effect that they would
submit measures for the accomplish
ment Of the various war objects which
he had mentioned. One of the main
things to be done, OF course, Is to
prepare this country, and today there
are material evidences that the work
Of Industrial and of army and navy
preparedness, so far as Ii affects sup
plies and means to obtain them, is well
in hand. This matter concerns itself.
according to the president, not only
with our own preparation, but with
that for continuing to supply the al
lied nations of Europe with "the ma
terial which they can obtain only
from us or by our assistance"
These materials for use abroad must
be sent abroad. The naval experts are
confronted with problem which
never, before the breaking out Of the
present war, faced any nation on
earth. In fact, the problem as 1t con-
fronts the navy men is one Of per-
picking peTllS. Inc suDiluTlue 10 q
factor In the problem which must be
eliminated.
1t is not permissible to disclose any
plans which the navy department may
have made. 1t Is hardly permissible
to discuss probabilities in the case
but 1t is permissible to present the ma.
ture Of the difficulties which must b
overcome.
Some Of the Difficulties
In order to continue to send sup
plies to Europe and to insure theiI
reaching their ports Of destination
either the right Of way must be pro
tected from active assailants, or means
must be taken to see to It that the as
sailants have no opportunity to picket
the sea line Of march.
1t is n long way from the American
ports to the British and French ports
Ships must be kept moving constantly
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