Mexico Missouri message., 1918-06-27
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 Marne---
Enemy's Losses are Appalling
Renewal Of Offensive Is
Expected.
BY EDWARD w. PIcKARp.

Germanys utter inability to under
stand the spirit of the nations that
oppose her was never better shown
than in the raids made on American
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, IL Germany
but knew 1t, conld only be to inspire
the nation to continue the sending Of
its armies across with uninterrupted
speed and in every other way to do
what is necessary to win the war. The
net loss to America is the sinking of
dozen sailing vessels and two or three
steamships; the net gain is renewed
determination to whip the Hun, and
large increase in the number of enlist
ments for the navy
Germany atteInptedato terrorize Eng
land by Zeppelin raids on London, and
the Englishmen merely turned out
their lights and rushed by thousands
to the recruiting offices. She tried to
terrorize Franc by bombarding Paris
with the miracle gun" 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 frlghtful-
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.
The appearance of the submarine or
submarines-their number is not
known-off 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 our
navy department, though there Is little
doubt that Carranza and his crew
would so assist Germany if they
could. Their behavior and known pre-
dilectIons are not such as TO delude
anyone into belief in their neutrality.
However, there was evidence that the
raiding submarines had come direct
from Germany, and as they have been
out some time. they probably will soon
return.
New York city INDUCED itself In n
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 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 its location to the naval craft
that have been swarmlng the Atlantic
coast waters looking for 1t. The sub
marine is driven by Diesel engines that
give 1t q wide radius, and carries guns
with which it might shell coast cities
Probably there will be more of these
raids In the near future, but they must
| be accepted as Incidents of the great
war In which we are engaged-really
! small incidents that can have no in
fluence on the outcome of the struggle.
| Some of them are likely to be directed
against our 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
$16,OG0 900 for establishing balloon and
seaplane stations, thirteen on the At
lantic 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 Marne, the 0uTcq valley and the
Qise. Early in the week several at
tempts to cross the Marne were re-
pulsed with severe losses. In these nc
lions American machine gunners sup
ported by French infantry took prom.