The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-06-28

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Thcrmopylac. The m"th"rIand has stalk
cd her last guinea. her last ship. her
last son and th" last drop of blood in
hcr veins upon the issues of this war.
If England ! starved ont 10y German
submarines il will hr h",auSc s,H" has
lost her navy, with all her min" sweep
crS, nets anil hcSiruy"rS. History tells
us that tnr'ia-" f"ll with the defeat uf
her ships. From the hour that h"r adj
mral surrendered his navy and the
home capital was unable to send fresh
supplies ami men To IIannibal the great
soldier knew that his army had already
hccn lost. When England loses her
navy she Will lose the wall that for
300 years ha& Snf""uardcd her treas
urcS against invading armies.
The Issue Is Now Clear
Now that nearly three years of the
great war hav" PASSED tn" outlines of
The haltl" r"EHI between ENGLAND and
Germany -Nr-lm 10 take on form. like
lines "i ink hitherto invisible and
brought uut 10y the heat Of war In
former years many Americans have
watched German officers ANA MGR
chants riS;n" Ia their feet, liltin:c their
glasses amI drinking 10 "rhr Day"
The books of B"rmhardi and The speech
cs OF In" kaiser tell Us that The Day"
meant the utter destruction of the
Em-iiSh empire and the disruption of
III" French republic. Not until one
huIf Of til" pan German plan had been
actually achieved did England wake
France. All Europe was 10 hc Ger
muni@cd aud ruled from Berlin ns a
central city. TIL" method proposed was
tn" twenty year preparation of armies
navi"'. hdttl"$iIipS, cannomS and guns.
England Fights For Her Homes.
Thr"" hundred years ago Shakespeare
celebrated Eu"lanh'S safety through
isolation. The North sea took the place
OF wall and mOat. Shakespeare sang OF
England's noble breed Of men, OF the
royal isle, of the ''prcciouS, precious
stone, set in II silver sea. this earth. this
world, this land Of such dear souls
this dear. d"nr Land" lUi at last the
hour has Struck when Em"liShmcn are
iithting for hearth aud home, for wife
and child, for all that makes life dear.
For the first time in modern history
men know what the battle Of Arna-
g"Gdun really menus Men who think
IN terms of th" human rae" aud of the
world often sp'lN q! "thr four spheres
OF .nilu"n"". !:N This they mean the
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cannot lnji!I II railway across the North
sea. Her sole means of communication
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England Must Retain the Freedom Of
the Seas.
NAPOLEON locked longinglv toward
England: for six weeks hc waited i'm
patiently at B0ulognc ami said that If
he could only have sever, hours Of
darkness and n fair wind ne could in
wade ENGLAND ana change the face Of
the world The hero Of the Tcmcrairc.
Nelson. understood. for hc used TO say
that winter and the northwest wind
would protect England for five months
in tn" season Of frost and cold, loav-