Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-06-14
NEWS REVIEW OF
THE PAST week
German Submarine Raid in Our
Waters Fails to Terrorize
American Nation.
WAR SPIRIT IS STIMULATED
Splendid Work of Yankee Troops In
Hating Hun Drive at the Marine
Enemy's Losses are Appalling
Renewal of Offensive Is
Expected.

@nCtSWat VI 0tCHoit( 10
Expected.
BY EDWARD w. PlckARD.
Germany's utter inability to under
stand the spirit of the nations that
oppose her was never better shown
shipping in American waters by sub
marines. Their purpose could only be
to ~terrorize The United States and thus
check the flow of men and munitions
to France. Their result, If Germany
but knew it, could only be to inspire
the nation to continue the sending of
its armies across With uninterrupted
what is necessary to win the war. The
net loss to America is the sinking of a
dozen sailing vessels and two or three
steamships the net gain is a renewed
DMsRinationt to whinu tRau 1p-andAN
large increase D6f enlist
Germany attempted to terrorize Eng
land by Zeppelin raids OF London, and
the E~nglishmen merely turned out
their lights and rushed by thousands
to the recruiting offices. She tried to
terrorize France by bombarding Paris
with the miracle gum" and the
Frenchmen gritted their teeth and
swore to fight to the finish. Now she
has tried to intimidate the Americans,
and again she has failed miserably. In
truth, the German policy of frightful-
ness has been a failure everywhere
and from the beginning. Even mutt
lated and ravished Belgium still stands
unafraid and ~steadfast to the cause
of decency and righteousness.
-R-
The appearance of the submarine or
submarines-their number Is not
known-eff the New Jersey coast nat
urally revived the talk of the existence
of U-boat bases on the Mexican coast.
This is officially discredited by u
navy department, though there is little
doubt that Carranza and his crew
would so assist Germany if they
could. Their behavior and known pre-
objections are not such as to delude
anyone into belief in their neutrality.
However, there was evidence that the
raiding submarines had com direct
from Germany, and as they have been
out some time, they probably will soon
return.
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New York city INDUCED itself In a
small scare over the chance that 1t
might be bombed by an airplane car
ried by the U-boats. There was little
danger of this, for a plane would take
up too much space on the submarine,
and moreover after a raid would be
compelled to return to the vessel, thus
revealing it's location to the naval craft
that have been swarming the Atlantic
coast waters looking for ii. The sub
marine is driven by Diesel engines that
give it a wide radius, and carries guns
with which it might shell coast cities.
Probably there will be more of these
raids In the zeal future, but they must
be accepted as incidents of the great
war In which we are e~ngaged-really
small incidents that a have no in
fuence on the outcome of the struggle.
Some of them are likely to be directed
against u troop transports, but this
need cause little alarm because of the
perfection of the convoy system. To
guard the coast against attacks Secre-
tary Baker has asked congress for
SIG, 100000 for establishing balloon and
seaplane stations, thirteen on the At
iantic and three on the gulf.
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Over in France the kaiser's third
pretentious drive of the year came to
a halt, at least for the time being, at
the Marine. the Ourcq valley and the
Disc. Early in the week several at
tempts to cross the Marine were re-
pulsed with severe losses. In these ac-
tons American machine gunners sup
ported by French infantry took a prom