The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-06-21
eHman Submarine Raid in Our
Waters Fails to Terrorize
American Nation.
Nh SPIRIT IS STIMULATED
AaarndSd Work Of Yankee Troops in
alzgsIng Hun Drive at the Marnc-
EneExy's Losses are Appalling
Renewal of Offensive Is
Expected.
sy EDWARD w. PICARD.

&egznany's utter inability to under
aGzDd the spirit of the nations that
NRgmse. her was never better shown
s4znD IN the raids made on American
saSEEEng in American waters by sub
aszrzzaes- Their purpose could only be
- nesTosize the United States and thus
aRe9& tIse flow of men and munitions
- finance. Their result, if Germany
5hS knew 1t, could only be to inspire
Gle ncztfOn to continue the sending of
IS @szHSeS across with uninterrupted
aF@eG ana in every other way to do
yEHe Is necessary to win the war. The
ze4 bGsS TO America is the sinking of a
AazEg sailing vessels and two or three
steamships; the net gain is renewed
akaerKination to whip the Hun, and
AARge Increase in the number of enlist
nnMfs fog the navy.
Germany attempted to terrorize Eng
&zaa BY Zeppelin raids on London, and
tlie Engiishmen merely turned out
NiESg Nights and rushed by thousands
- the recruiting Offices She tried to
mzTOgize France by bombarding Paris
w5fb the miracle gum" and the
MseDehEnen gritted their teeth and
DE0Fe to fight to the finish. Now she
Mas tried to intimidate the Americans,
naa again she has failed miserably. In
Ezuth, the German policy of frightful
uess has been a failure everywhere
AAd from the beginning. Even mutt
EAaed and ravished Belgium still stands
szaafsaid and steadfast to the cause
aE deeency and righteousness.
The appearance of the submarine or
sxIfxnarines-thei number is not
Shown off the New Jersey coast nat
aEaEEy revived the talk of the existenee
a G-bcat bases on the Mexican coast.
1kAlS is officially diScredited by our
Zusy department, though there is little
ss1hs that CarranZa and his crew
wsasd so assist Germany if they
011aa- Their behavior and known pre-
MzBeefions are not such as to delude
2nzoRe into belief in their neutrality.
ARwsVer, there was evidence that the
M6ding submarines had come direct
slSszn Germany, and as they have been
aEa some time, they probably will soon
R4Es1-
Ia
1e~ York city INDUCED itself in
z0zH scare over the chance that it
ziEkA be bombed by an airplane car
zxe8 Sg the U-boats. There was little
szzzEzT eE this, for plane would take
Ap tse nsuch space on the submarine,
azs& moreover after a raid would be
zmQeSEe& TO return to the vessel, thus
EgcxHng its location to the naval craft
szlnt have been swarming the Atlantic
ssezst waters looking for it. The sub
nasiDe IS driven by Diesel eAgines-that
Eve il wide radius, and carries guns
Saska' which it might shell coast cities.
Probably there. will be more of these
saids in the near future, but they must
ne accepted as incidents of the great
Ear IA which We are engaged-really
sxRzH accidents that can have no in
fEnezee~ on the outcome of the struggle.
isozne cf them are likely to be directed
t-erN~~<A-7~ o~AA tAOOP tidnSpOllS,f Dub ftillS
Eleed cause little alarm because of the
Eerfectien Of the convoy system. To
szlnrd the coast against attacks Secre-
tary Raker has asked congress for
$i6OO0. 600 for establishing balloon and
'seaRtaRe stations, thirteen ON the At
izutfe and three on the gulf
IA
sfxer In France the kaiser's third
Egetenkious drive Of the year ca,ne to
q zlait, at least for the time being, at
TIE Narne, the 0urcq valley and the
e}sse- Early in the week several at
'Efsnnts Ntea cross the Marine were re-
EErizeszlMiifii severe losses. In these nc.
t&ls American machine gunaers sup
N.zssd ~ French Infantry took 4 prom