Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-17

between the sea snd the soil let us
 eEdeavor to get a bird's-eye view of
 the great conflict that started long
 before man appeared upon the face cf
 the earth. and which can enly end
 lqnG after the planet is no longer fit
 for his habitation.
 Every coast-line on the globe. be
 it that of great continent or a tiny island, is a theater of natures struggle,
 in which the warning forces are mar
 shaied; every rainstorm is a vast squadron of airplanes Of the sea, a vefitable Neptunes Eseadrille, sweep ing the shock troops across the No Mans Land of cliff, beach, and reef, onward to the very heart of the land forces strongholds the mountains, where they wheel about and launch a rear attack with swollen torrent, hail. and ice.
 Each drop of water is indeed ] soldier of the sea, doing it's small part, as it descends with force, in conquer | ing the hillside, and it's drum fire is
 to be reekoned with, because each inch 1 of rain brings down one hundred and l thirteen tons of water upon every l acre of terrain upon which it falls. The Air Fleets of the Sea.
 As the tiny soldiers concentrate l mountain torrent divisions, and finally into big-river armies. they madly
 charge the rocks and grind them to dust by attrition and carry the cap tive sands ever onward to the sea
 The vast forces of the sea which are sent out<fn air fleets beggar be- lief. The rainfall of the United Sta tes
 perhaps averages 80 inches a year On
 that basis every acre of ground is att
 tackled by three thousand tons of
 water. And the water armies, march I ing back to the sea as rivers, take along a hostage of well-nigh unbe-
 lievable proportions, since it has been
 estimated that they carry some
 twenty-five billions Of tons Of captive
 material with them
 The prisoners of the Mississipp might be used for an example because : their aggregate volume is greater ever!
 year than the total amount of ma tsriai removed from the Panama , Canal from the hour DeLessep: , turned the first sod to the gloriou day Goethals pronounced it a finished undertaking. or approximately 506, 100000 tons!
 , It often happens, however, that tn seemingly vanished turn on their cap
 tors just as they come down to tn < dead line of No Mans Land and sue : eeed in saving themselves from tn s prison camps of the sea hottiom T Tn such cases they form themselve 2 into river deltas, like those of tn , Mississippi, the. Pc, the iEuphratel S and the Ganges. although our own sea d board captives are not so fortuEati since deltas are conspicuously abser Q from the river mouths of the Mort " American Atlantic and Pacific coast . Tn the attacks Of the sea upon tn 1 land via the air, it is the constant CT a deagor of the water forces to brin = the whole dry land area under ii 2 liquid fist If the sea ever succeede q in it's program of world dominion IT which includes dragging every mour " tain down and filling up every ocea v trench with material graded from tF : land in leveling process, there woul be universal ocean nearly two milt a deep over the face of the globe. -e The water has as allies ice ar ,e atmosphere in it's air attacks upon u o land. Seeking out the Issues in Ie cliff and filling them, the water wal s. until the frost comes and forms ic $ 'No giant of any age no superma Il imagined or real. ever put his shouit
 CTS against an object with suc te smashing invincibility as is evidence I in the forming crystals of piece > ice, while the air, elusive .unsu' 10 stantial, as it may seem when con ly pared with water. is yet no me- Y, confederate, because with it's power re attack through chemical transform is ton and it's extreme mobility. it G e. work important results even in Id brief campaign:
 of "Yet more to the immediate poi lg of this discussion is the frontal a J. tack of the sea against the Ian IS With wave and tide and wind al s undertow. with coastwise current al D. ground swell the sea pounds perpe st uaiiy at the gates of the land fort III flea ti0nS"