The Washington herald., 1918-05-26
Sea Power Winning Card
Still, Says First Sea Lord;
We Haze Huns by Throat
Sir Rosslyn Wemyss Declares Grip of Allied
Navies Will Not Be Relaxed Until Hun
Has Learned His Lesson. With Aid of
United States There Can Be No Doubt of
Final Outcome, Even if Hun Should Break
Through on Land.

In the west Of France there will
remain the mighty foundation which
has been laid there for the United
States to place on the battle line the
millions who, your President has said.
VIII be sent there IL they are needed.
Besides this the great, forwarding
tmachinery You, hege made. coupled
with the French forwarding machin-
cry. would enable the British to shift
her battle front and move her troops
from the west coast of France, still
to oppose resistance to the Hun.
Il am confident this will not hap
pen. But no matter what happens.
Germany cannot ultimately win.
The navies Of Great Britain,
America, France and Italy will rule
the sea, and be 1t one year. or ten
years. or twenty years, not one sim
gle pound of foreign produce shall
we permit to enter Germany until
the world Is clean again.
Throttle Huns Finances.
I'VE may not be able Immediately
to starve the Germans body, but
we will be able to and we shall
throttle his financial body and pre-
vent the rise OF Germany as an in.
dustrial power.
Il suppose you will be interested
in the activities of the American
fleet under the command of Vice
Admiral Sims. often wish we
could tell you more of what we and
the American feet are doing. But
you know it Is unsafe to give as
much information regarding naval
warfare as IL Is on military mat
ters.
Il cannot describe to you in de-
tail what the American feet has
done and is doing. Definite news of
their activities would of course
come from American sources, but
can say for myself and for the Brit
lsh navy that We have heartily well
coined the coming OF the American
fleet and that their effective assist
ance and their close and most friend
ly cooperation have not onlv de-
lighted but amazed us.
Tribute to U. 8. Sailors,
I'm times past we have heard much
Of Yankee seamanship. Those with
the British navy who have worked
with the forces under Admiral Sims.
command have discovered that al,
they have heard Of American sailors
is far short of the truth.
do not know of a single instance
IN which the cooperation OF your
fleet has not been entirely what n
should be and when-as sometimes
happens-British warcraft have been
unoer the command of American OFF,
GERS know that our men are satis-
neo tney could not be better led.
When America first came into the
struggle 1t was the Huns boast that
the submarines would prevent the
Ianding OF any army in France. The
cnaiienge was taken up by the Ameri-
can navy,
rnere are today, according to the
statement of Mr.. Baker, your Secre-
tary Of War. much more than 500, ,OoC
american electives in France. Thai
Is the answer of your navy to the
Hun.
Proud to Help.
"And If, as President Wilson has in
dicated. it should be necessary 10
send millions more of your fighting
men to>the conflict I have no doubt
that the American navy will see to n
that they arrive safely upon the
shores Of France. And am sure that
l need not say that the British navy
VIII be proud to assist in looking after
the lives of your men who come n
night for the worlds freedom.
Just one more thing. The Hur
made another boast. He said he
you'd starve England. There are
not so many submarines now as
there were. They grow fewer every
day. And their work of assassina.
tion becomes daily less inviting. ,
Power to Win.
The enormous resources of the
United States have been brought into
play. Your, shipping program Is
proceeding most satisfactorily. Your
ships OF steel, wood and concrete
are sliding down into your two
oceans. Your. people are really in
the war. They are putting their
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