El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-30
To RISK
BIC SEA FIGHT
People of Germany and
Naval Officers Are Press
ing Hard for Actions.
By JOHN :. MARGERISON.
Famous British Naval Writer.

London, Eng. Oct. 30.-Never be-
fore, since the commencement Of the
war has the naval position Of the al
lies been so strong and secure as it is
today
Not only have the auxiliary serv-
ices, the U-boat hunters. the destroy
er and aerial patrols. been so aug
mented that no undersea Hun can
call his soul his own for three sec
onds together, but the battleship
fleets-the power that delivers the
knockout punch-have been SO
strengthened and brought up to date
that they are almost capa bic Of tax
ing on any possible combination OF
Warships in the world and inflicting
upon them the most severe OF defeats.
Some naval experts have expressed
the opinion that the British grand
fleet alone is sufficiently powerful TO
cope with the enemy's squadrons
whenever they come out to offer bat
tie
While agreeing with them TO the
last sentence, I must. as naval man
myself, amend the statement by say
ing that the more ships and the more
guns there are on the allied side, the
less viii be the number Of men and
vessels lost when it comes to the
great final fight.
Never during the war has there
been n greater likelihood Of the
enemy's main fleet salIying forth
to fight than there is at present.
The set backs on land. the economic
condition Of internal Germany, and
the lying reports Of crises made for
the high seas fleet-alI these factors
which are driving the German people
to ask themselves what the fleet for
which they have. individually and col
lectively. sacrificed so much, is do
ing to mend matters.
And the questioning is spreading
from the people TO their press. and
that an answer shall be soon given is
imperative unless the ruling Prus-
sian caste would have a revolution on
their hands
German Fleet Wants Action.
Furthermore, German naval men
themselves are becoming restive-the
return OF admiral Won Bencke to
power. the formation OF a school, of
younger naval officers whose watch
word is aggression instead of pas
sivity" point to a stirring up Of dis
content among the ships Of the high
seas fleet
Again German naval men recognize
that il they must lose this war. one
Of the terms OF peace will be the dis
bandment Of their navy-they now
feel that they must lose the ships
anyway, and are determined that,
rather than let the allies take posses
sion Of them without a fight. they
viii send them all to tne bottom OF
the North sea, happ- and content II
they can be sure OF taking with them
even only a few British vessels Of
war
Six British Motor Boats sunk.
The necessity for setting at ease
the mind Of the German public is
shown by the great fanfare Of trum-
pets, and heavy headlines which oele-
brated the great naval victory a short
time ago. when a British force, out
upon certain enterprise which can
not, for obvious reasons, be disclosed,
lost six small motor boats.
These, needless TO say. were only
lost because they happened TO be a
long way IN advance Of the main
force, and because they were true
to their traditions never to refuse q
fight even against the heaviest odds
But his bombast and lies must react
upon him eventually II IL is only TO
keep his populatce quiet the kaiser
must order a sea move to be made
before long-and when at last der
tag" daWns Britain's sure shield Will
be on the spot-and the real end Of the
war viii commence with the firing Of
The first gun