The Tupelo journal., 1918-06-28


to supply arms, munitions and sup
plies, and France, England and Italy
would do the rest; that we would
quickly squelch the submarine peril
through some miraculous invention /;
that Edison would lock himself up in
d laboratory for a few weeks and
come forth with a new type of wiz
ardry that would sweep the U-boats
from the seas Well, more than a
year has passed and the miracle has
not been wrought. On the contrary,
U-boats of a new and deadlier de-
sign are cruising up and down u
own Atlantic seaboard, and it isn't
merely a spectacular demonstration,
either, much though WI would like
to believe such to be the case. II
Germany can send three or four $50
foot submarines across the Atlantic
and there have been at least that
number engaged in destruction of
Jour shipping during the past week
she cali s6Iu LidAy iHoiC " viz o"i
type.
In naval circles at Washington pre-
parations are being made to combat
the submarine menace along the en-
tire Atlantic seaboard just as they
are being ~com5atted in the much
smaller area of the oceans surface
hear the shores Ct ENGLAND and
France. The size Of the force that
viii Sc needed tospatrol thai vast ex-
ra.asa OF water ssegge-s the magma
ton.
Esrch Segar LosE.
That the U-boats did not destroy
any vessels Of large Tonnage during
tie recent raid was merely a bit OF
rare good luck for us, Nevertheless,
The total tonnage destroyed was 26,-
1000 tons, which forms a very consid-
cradle loss to our shipping, to say
nothing of cargoes that went to the
botto moi the briny deep. In these
cargoes was "a, 900, 600 pounds of SUI
gar-enough sweetening to supply the
entire state of Mississippi for nearly
two years.
The fact that there have been no
serious submarine raids during the
past few days means nothing. Ger
~tainly. it should not lull us into a
sense of false security. The U-boats
have doubtless returned to their
bases for supplies. They will be
back again, There is hardly any
doubt on that score. And they may
return in increasing numbers.
A general housekeeping.
Bear in mind, also, that our task
is not complete when we have van
ouished Germany. In this job OF world
housekeeping there will be several
hooks and n to be swept out.
In order to make the world a decent
place to live in, we must also effec-
tually dispose of the Turk, and pos
sisly Mexico will require some OF our
attention. German p~ropagandlsts IN
The latter country are putting forth
their best efforts to involve US IN a
war on Il own hemisphere, and we
may as well make it a complete Joo
while we are at it. Then too, the task
of arranging a square deal for the Ut
lie people in the Balkans is II Of
some magnitude, to say nothing Oh
the establishment of a stable govern
ment in Russia. Having entered the
war whole-heartedly, we cannot al
ford to cult until u task has been
fully completed.
cernany's Wholesome Fear
The only really encouraging news
that hes come out Of Europe within
the past three weeks is the we'll
authenticated fact that Germany's at
titude toward America has changed
from, che of contempt to wholesome
| fear. that her military leaders and
The PEOPLE generally realize we must
he reckoned with, and the final stages
Of the war will be fought between
German and American troops.
This is quite in contrast TO 2
~sneerine attitude ASSUMED by Ger
lraany when we entered the war. Inc
kaiser. through the German press, ls
adnaonishing the French and British
that they ought to make a speedy
~neace. before America develops q
strength that viii overwheim the
whole of Europe, including Of course
England and France themselves. ms
sounds silly, Of course, for England
and France know that they have
nothing to fear from America, but u
serves to illustrate the strange YORK
;ngs of the Teutonic mind, and the
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