The Washington herald., 1918-03-25
Our navy is efficient and ready
for uyhatp

Our navy is efficient and ready
for what?
Everything but the submarine.
And inasmuch as that is the sole
means employed by the Germans in
making inroads upon us and the
allies, there is very little the navy
can do.
This, of course, is no more Mr..
Daniels fault than it is the fault
of any other person in the nation.
But when we are talking about the
high efficiency of the navy, and the
fact that Mr.. Daniels has made a
great success Of it, and that he has
shamed all his critics with his con-
duct of affairs, We must remem-
ber that after all there has been
but one task for the navy to ac-
complish since we entered the wal
and that it has not accomplished
that.
We cannot begin to win until we
have conquered the submarine.
Victories son the West front VIII DO
much to hearten us and will go
long way toward bringing the
Kaiser to his knees.
But not until the submarine Is
conquered can We expect to count
against the Kaiser. We cannot get
men to France as quickly as we
want them and we cannot get fooo
to them and to the allies after we
get our men over there.
So let us ponder a little bit be-
fore we think our navy is matcn-
less. There isva task ahead OF II
which it has not been able to dent
in the one year of war we nave
been .in-in fact the submarine mas
continued its deadly toll day in ana
day out getting worse all the time
God grant strength to our navy
that 1t may eventually win TINS pat
tie against the pernicious sea craI'
devised by an American TO worry
Americans like fury.
Men who criticise Mr.. Burleson
with perfect abandon. and hnd no
fault with themselves for so 90
ing. resent criticism, of secretary
of War Baker. on the ground .tha'
the latter is an appointee or Presl
dent Wilson, and therefore. an at-
tack upon Mr.. Baker is also an at
tack upon President wilson. bu'
thew must remember that Mr.. Burle-
son Is also an oppointee OF Fresi
dent Wilson and that Mr. burlesoh
policies are upheld by the Fresi-
dent TO the letter. In fact, as a
rebuke to the critics OF Mr. burle-
son. particularly the newspapers
and magazines I.of America wnicn
president Wilson has found SO
much use for during the war. the
President. recently sent the Post
ra the Sem
ate for reappointment.
We hope that party critics OF
Mr.. Burleson who have growled and
shown their teeth when Mr.. Bal ker
was assailed.- will apply the same
been so willing to apply to, others
in the case of the other cabinet Of
ficer.
Oh. for a liberal supply of = toll
eranee in this old world.
Two or three years ago they
used to introduce Nick Longworth
as Col. Roosevelt's son-in-law. Now
they are changing so the claim is
among Nick's associates on the
Hill. and they are introducing the
Colonel as Nick Longworth's father
in-law. The debonair Nick is quite
as jolly over one situation as the
other and finds no time to worry
over affairs. When he finds him
self slipping into oblivion. at any
time, in the future all he needs to
do to regain his place is to address
the. House. He can do that and the
world will listen. Lucky man.
A speech Senator -Borah made the
other day-or a part of speech. we
should say-gives us a touch. OF
his ability to exchange notes with
foreign powers. We shall file IL