The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-06-20
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 Marine
Encmy's losses are Appalling
Renewal Of Offensive Is
Expected.
BY EDWARD w. PIckARD.

Germany's 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, If Germany
but knew 1T, could 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 n
dozen sailing vessels and two or three
steamships; the net gain is Il renewed
determination to whip the Hun, and a
large increase in the number of enlist
ments for the navy.
Germany attempted to tcrroriZe 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 France by bombarding Paris
With the miracle gun and the
FrenchInen gritted their teeth and
S'ciN ~ iSlL " tie IlllSli. -tO" SIlc
has tried TO intimidatc the Americans,
and again she has failed miserably. In
truth, the German policy Of frightful-
ness has been & failure everywhere
and from the beginning. Even mutt
!ated and ravished Belgium still stands
1aat!s.d ana steadfast to the cause
~ c:c:nc? and righteousness.
Ed
Ihe APPEARANCE Of the submarine or
:~Go..aE.."s- their number is not
t.rwh-rte the New Jersey coast nat
..2..T revived The talk Of the existence
~ t.tral baScs On the Mexican coast.
.a.> Is officially discrcditcd by our
.&"% department, though there is little
c.-o, mat Carranza and his crew
"g..C - assist Germany if they
rr..c Their behavior and known pre-
C!!cctlnns are not Such as to deludc
ahycnc INTO belief in their neutrality.
However, there was evidence that the
ra!G!ng submarines had come direct
from Germany, and as they have been
out Some time, they probably will soon
return.
-Es-
Sew York city INDUCED itself In n
small scare over the chance that 1t
might be bombed by an airplane car
ried by tn, U-bOatS. There was little
danger OF this, for q plane would take
up too much space OF the submarine,
and moreover after n raid would be
compelled to return to the vessel, thus
revealing It's location to the naval craft
that nave been swarming the Atlantic
~ x.,nto~n 1n,lt,-, p~. NJ ct,h
marine Is driven by Diesel engines that
give it n wide radius, and carries guns
with which 1t 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
fuence 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 onvoy system. To
guard the coast against attacks Secre.
tary Baker has asked congress for
~$16,000,000 for establishing balloon and
scaplanc stations, thirteen on nc At
lantic and three on the gulf.
-Ra--
Over in France the kaiser's third
~prctentiOus drive Of the year came to
Il halt, at least for the time being, ut
the Marine, the Ourcq valley and the
Disc. early In the week several at
tcmpts to cross the Marine were re-
pulsed with severe losses. In these ac-
ions American machine gunners sup
norted by French infantry DOL o prom