The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-02

are at the work Of war. %
One Of these sea matt
deem subjects of conferarla
} "rI','n about fully becarL's
mas ! been given to a surrIs'.ia
LOT getting after the Ge,n''
[iheS at their bases. # ,a
uoh Of these sea assassin. We
slble IN their building and :.
ports It is within tho "I ~. ~
suggested plan to attepn wv =
th''" setting forth on tbp,, 81,
destruction. r 'G,
Offers Possibility Of su
Nothing has been revenue Tss'''
ing plans for sending ships !,
the submarines at Their 'p ~ u
TO min" and net their ANY,
the open ~"l but the mer pp,
that something of this t,,s
tried by The uavies Of %
and France is proof thar so~.
sea captains think the scbsn.
a possibility of success T.
prove thar the urging Of
naval officers has been MOI
cess, a success made eoSio,
because the civilian populot,o.
land through the press hos
ing for months Why the Briss
did not crush the sea borno,s
nests.
Civilian criticism. and f..
been a lot of il in England -
be based on an entire lac, Is
edge, or at best only half ~
OF conditions. Recently there -
the United States from pn,..I
American who had lived for =,
one Of the channel ports Of n.
lie is a friend Of the write, .,
article. He said that the cirir.'
ulati0n of England seemed 70 -
1t would be possible for the nan
out sacrificing anything of :,
value, to wpe out the subnsr,,
1T Zeebrugge, Belgium.
The English newspapers fn
line have been carrying In @A.
If the people" and "old subS.|
columns, letters demanding m
Why the navy does not sail o,,
the submarine base At A,
Ian port named. These lettsr
zen answered occasionally By
'ho naturally did not sign their,
ut the answers simply have I'M
he word impossible" withOu
ny real reasons as to why tho
annOt be done.
Zeebrugge Well Defended
Zeebrugge is directly across IN
n from Margate and Ramsgsp
nd, and the distance is not
argate and Ramsgate have ben
irded several times. 1t is the
PISS of this hornets nest wbd
ought it TO the sharp atteptm
e English people from time 10 \
ne Belgian coast near this subu,}
sc Is low and sandy, but the u
a area OF its front is mined
ere are huge land batteries pv{
9 the approaches.
The defenses Of the place are
to have made it appear to the d
authorities that If the place :
contents were destroyed The
uction would not be worth theI
itch must be incurred in the cd
ms.
England Not Yet Hungry
Probably every reader of an Aul
! newspaper noticed that aftg I
tement by Secretary of the Iulz
ne that the submarine situation I
perate, the British cOmmlsSn
bout allowing themselves 10
tied, sought to soften the eHn
cabinet officers words.
The English people have not 4
lie on q ration basis. Just what
food condition of the islandi n
stion has been answered fairly
by some of the British commlS
II course, the submarine mens
n direct connection with the II
of England, France and Italy. D
J today has enough food to SUI
people and her armies for q
e to come, and 1t Is probable
far as the island is concen
gs will be on a twO-thirds
aiming basis when the new
ngland, however, as has been %
out recently, must look q
nee and Italy. Therefore, tks
on In the islands becomes ths
on in the countries of Its IVES
s. For a long time after the Z
IN the British authorities mad
t to cut down the food cOnsr
of its people. The submY
not succeeded In cutting Oh
to such an extent that tc
getting dangerous. 1t was y
)aratively recently, in fact D
and has felt the necessity Of %
he appetite of its people.
lie other day King George issus'
IamatiOn urging the EnglishpF
: with three-quarters Of the ~
they were using ut that tina
)een figured in England that ~
fifth is waste. and so II the
while cutting down One-qn
save one-fifth. they could Y
e almost as much as they
eating In the past.
France, even under presen'
rs, the people probably afs :