The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-20
Washington Gets Text of
His Warning to Germans
Concerning England
CONFIDENCE In
TEUTONIC ARMIES
Points to Germany Own Case, How
ever. as Proof That the Submarine
Campaign Has Not Succeeded in
Keeping Food from Enemy.

CAMPAIGN Has Not Succeeded in
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Neeplns oo'' iioiii
WASHINGTON. Dee. Gothic full |
900. .r.;,I. l,,, ro,+,iu p.r,ius
'hc '''i''ah "'i''' 'ii I'D va '''''' -
warning the German people not to he |
rarricd away with what he regards as |
thn ,,er.,po,,iue cancellations Of the |
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eelved IN Washington. ne l"il l'N'
* Is follows
Letters asking about the prospects |
If Tho ,nhmaripn war are constantly
p.,,.
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/ ~ tArF zone mas hteotn' Ih"'' VI E'H''
| They express more and more lmpa
| thence which may he summed M in the
,.,,o..i,,, .yta, shall we have over
t,a-,,,.I,,.
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! - hroughoW Germany the successes
/ of oar submarines are watched with
+l,., t,,,sast attention. Hndruhura said
III , 49,, -.
n we withstand enemy 4'ta'hS UNI =
the submarine campaign Ha> "'H' us
! work. " no TAR distant aat' our en-
emies VIII Toe forced 10 sue loE I""'t'
Our confidence Is uhShaheh '"al 'u'
brave armies VIII Withstand 'nth'H ~
tarkS. ne "hIf ihIhI ia'NlHI -.
Has the submarine done llN "oI 4
II iN natural th'fel"i'' tna' "' '""-
lnGS constantly turn l." 'h' results ~
the submarine campaign anu ihal ''''
SUBJECT = lhe constantly "lN''>''' :
How long WIN our enemies eh"3-t'
especially tAat "l ''Ita' bIii'ih' l"Nt
10 enable lhem 10 continue INC war
There IS no ground lof Ilhpadeht2
by readers of the Ia2chlatt' IheE nave
been steadily warned SINCE the ht!lt
ming Of the war an commerce, ON rch.
j, 1919, to observe the. utmost pa
thence. We have always pointed ont
that n" exaggerated hopes were luStl-
fled and that II entirely depended on
4 the quantity and qhaItN oi inc means
4 available When the desired goal "ooiq
: come WIthlh measurable instance ihl>
A goal, u may br Ielaalk '7' N'ls htNci
l comparable with that the ff'nnee IAN
cles OF anneNatlonINtS imagined ne
the restricted campaign began on f'2
II
~ feall<atloh were raised ny an sol
Of thoughticsS words Huch ~ e'alNi'
tloH' overtime" "i Eh1'"n'' ''5
In nus enthusiast" h'll> N"'la"
seflbblef made Calculations ON par.
which were like those oi q certain maj &
mad. me collector OF Surh aHicle
4 when do httle service 10 our roua
1 Try now has fine collection, Wine
i includes quite important names. No.
1 these prophets are quite dumtouhded
| The matter j, too serious 10 be above
L 10 remain the subject OF chauNlnl>tI
1 dreams. y rejecting man rejects an
| question Of the starvation and over
l throw 81 England. For hlm The oni
1 question Is can we by dminlshin
1 English tonnage induce the English I
\ show themselves Inclined at no dlNtan
l date for peace which viii Toe accept
l able to u.s.! One WAC answers TIN
| out tion hopefully need not AT once y
classed as AN mcutabIe optlmiSt. Via
l reasons are there for an optimism whic
1 is to some extent luetltiable!
There Is little u.s. in investigator
/ statistics Of the number of ships Eng
| land had available At the beginning 9
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