The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-10-27
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

rrWd"f Il returning tblINt@ NI4''iL ms
been formed eLutrgr~. and. Uldcr the
protection furnished 10 it. takes its
WV westward. Occasionally q St-ag-
-lnr is torpcdocd, and min, Victims ar"
"a Intervals found.
Holland. though II neutral, has her
place in the blockade of the worlds
waters. Eliminating Dutch waters of
floating mines and anchored mines
which have lost their anch"rnG" forces
the Netherlands to muintain IN extern
.ivc force of trawl.rs Her neutrality
would be frequently Niulat"d by either
side If the warning nations should She
,uforr" IN any lex Inann"r TIE marine
Iaw IF The thr"t-Eilr limit.
Ii the western Atlantic the repuh-
lies of the United states and Brazil
patrn with light vessels practically
The entire American continent. CANA
dian cruisers have their part IN this
work. pue 10 the naval policy If The
United States every merchant vessel
in United States registry forms i por-
ton of the naval forces in - far as
blockade, aud defense against the I'M
der~,a boats are concerned. These
vessels are armed 10y lhe United States
navy and naval "unn"rS sail on every
ship.
/ The principal forces in ia" Pacific
are Japanese cruisers and GrStroyerS.
They have taken OYER the former Ger
,r.,, islsDdS of the Marshall ana Mari
anne groups and the ea~t and west
Caroline nrcliipelagocS. The capture
! of T>iugt,.u was assured through III"
JanaucSr naval strategy. They lost
NV u mine the cruiser THkaChdo before
! his fortress. Valuable service was
/ rcrIpre! to the British and Australian
cruisers operating i'll this part OF the
world in the shape of coal and muni-
/ tionS. II is a signal fact that of Japan'S
| 6 O39 miles of coast 10 foreign enemy
! has succeeded in forcing an entry since
fine ppary incident in 1888 and before
thar since the attempted M"ngol in
yasion in 1881 under kub!ai Khan.
The most recent cntrant in this strus-
| Gle is the kingdom of Siam. The kings
Yacht and several antiquated motor
boats form their navy which block
AIDES in it's small way a portion Of
coast where no danger is ever likely TO
! come. typhoons excepted.
British and Portuguese sunboats
have the duty Of policing the coasts
, of German East and Southwest Africa.
I From Port Said to Alden the Red sea
II, .f ltrit f<6
SunbOats.
/ In the Black sea the upper hand is
! still Il matter Of contest. BOlh con
/ tenders seem TO be intent Oh preserving
! their fleets in being" 10 quote pet
/ phrase OF naval StrategislS. only I'M
! important brushes have occurred. hut
/ the addition Of the fugitive German
units, tie BreslaU and the Gocbcn,
! have undoubtedly materially strength
! ened the Turkish forces. The Germans
/ seem 10 lee more than able to defend
/ their ports recently captured from the
/ Rouinanians. and The Russians ex-
/ hibit q diStasteful tcInerity about at
! tucking in force. Mines in great guam
/ tides have been >lrewn in these wa
tcrS.
! IL the Baltic the Russian fleet has
! thus far pursued n policy of stunning
any action whatever. At least all at
temptS Of German StrategiSts TO lure
the Russians from their blanket OF
mine fields have failed. True they lost
earlier in the war a number Of small
units and at least one capital ship
through lll-cOnsidCred actions. but since
the first few months Of the war they
seem to have withdrawn and conceded
the Germans tacit control of the Baltic
Some small raids are reported, but the
German admiralty has failed to com
ment on them. They do not neglect,
however, to plant great numbers Of
floating mines and thus make the Bal
/ tic 4 dangerous sea to navigate. OBJ
servers have reported sighting large
German fleets protected by innuncr-
able trawlerS rs mine sweepers steam
! ing through the Baltic. Tho Russian
evacuation OF Riga merely emphasizes
the German control Of this sea. A sea
attack on PetrogTad is possibility OF
the near future