The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-10-27

France, Albania and Montenegro, as
well as from the neutral countries
Sweden, Denmark and Holland.
Farms and factories have sent out
their workmen to the fighting fronts
and have taken in the workmen from
the foreign countries.
The factories of Great Britain are
worked by British; the factories OF
France by the French, and the fac
tories of the United States by Ameri-
cans. However, u own country
need not figure in the reckoning, for
we have been in the war six months,
and while we have lost less than
200 fighting men, we have raised an
army of more than a million and
have several hupdred thousand men
in our navy. m France prisoners.
Chinese coolies and workmen from
Africa have assisted, but. compare
lively speaking. the French have not
had foreign aid in the industries to
the extent that Germany has had
such aid. 1t is clear. on the whole,
that killing Germans has not been
enough. Killing German industry
has been quite as essential and in
that respect the allies have failed.
What of the U-boats? The prop
osition has been stated frequently.
The U-boats can defeat the .allies
by attaining a certain effectiveness.
Has that state of effectiveness been
reached? Won irpitz says it has.
and adds that 1t is only a matter of
time until the allies must ~capitulate.
What is the truth The U-boats.
together with mines and raiding
cruisers, and reckoning accidental
wrecks, is making it impossible for
the allies to built as many ships as
are being sunk. That does not mean
the defeat of the allies within a year,
but it certainly does not point to
victory. The task mapped out by
the allies for next year is a greater
task than was attempted this year.
There will be more soldiers to supply
and fewer ships with which to supply
them.
! 1t is at least apparent that the sub
marines are limiting the powers OF
the allies to strike decisive blows.
With the submarine out of the way
the allies could swiftly increase their
military power so that Germany
would be distanced. But the subma
rines are not out of the way and are
not likely to be. We have not thu
space to discuss all the influences o.
the U-boat upon the war-but let u
consider one element for a moment
1t will not have escaped the notice
of the observing that the allies arr
forever hitting at the stronges
points. while the Germans strike a
the softest spots. Why is this? Be
cause the U-boats hold the allie
within certain limitations. If thu
/ U-boats were not sinking ships every
day the allies would not be compelled
to confne their military operations
chiefly to the French and Italian
fronts. They could strike for Con
stantinople again. They could move
forward several million men from
Macedonia into Bulgaria, Serbia anc
Austria. They lack, not the men
but the shipping.
And we must not lose sight of the
fact that a cargo goes to the bottom
with practically every ship-wheat,
beef, sugar. bacon. canned goods
potatoes. ammunition. guns, auto
mobiles, airplanes. machinery of all
kinds. Millions of tons of food and
machinery have been sent to the
bottom of the sea since August. 1914
If the allies could destroy six OF
seven freight trains of the enemy
every day. and the goods in them.
they would be able to play even.
That would sap the strength of the
enemy more than mighty battles,
and this can be done. A vast pre-
ponderance in aircraft can accom-
plish this result. But can the allies
attain fhis ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ONLY