The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-15

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| part is impending, We know 1t and
| of its extent. We face II with tsat
! knowledge and with the stead3lst
courage of our Seamen il will be met.
Praise for Aircraft.
What your ships Of all classes are
doing on and under the surface your
aircraft in no less degree are aCrOm-
plishlng in their own element and,
among all the Instruments of war
which are combining to make the life
Of the undersea pirates intolertbl".
there is none which causes them q eat
err anxiety and discontinue than The
constantly vigllant aircraft.
So far | have given Il very brief cut
line of what your various uritS are on
gagged upon, but in order To gauge me
fruits of their labOrS just bear this
one fact in mind During the last thrnO
months seven American soldiers and
their equipment have arrived in Etl-
rep" every minute 9! she day and
night, and their maintenance on top OF
that! That is the formidable fact
which the enemy has to face. and that
is the result of the exercise of sea
power by the alliance, to which the
American naval forces are so ably
contributing.
II is Il great tribute 10 American
Shipbuildng and TO your enterprise
that you are now able to carry more
than half of these troops in your own
vessels. built in your own country, and
manned by your own men. Thanks
to the mercantile marine of the al
lies, with their skill, unflinchlng cOur-
age and pcrtlnncity which we cannot
adequately eXtOl, we have been able
to maintain those sea communications
without which our man power, our
munitions and our food supplies would
have been diSintegrated ,and para
lyzed.
The record of the SeabOrne traffic Of
the alliance is the clearest proof OF
the value of sea power about which
your great naval historian. Rear Ad-
miral ATahan. wrote so emphatically
and propheticaly, but this result has
only been attained by the splendid her
oism and endurance of the SeafarinS
men. whether of the fighting forces or
of tile mercantile marine.
To have had the opportunity of vis-
iting your country in the great war is
the very greatest honor and pleasure
IL Inf and nDN-cnlf
representing the British board OF ad-
miralty, and it is IN added pleasure to
us that we have come at Il time when
the allied forces are winning all along
the line. and when we are reHping the
fruits OF the sound naval strategy and
the Overwhelming sea power Of the al
lied nations.
cannot close this very brief aP
probation of the magnificent work
which is being undertaken by the
United States naval forces operating
in European waters without express
ing on behalf of the board Of admiralty
and the royal navy our affection, in
many cases personal, and our admira-
ton for your officers and men who,
side by side with us and the other al
lies. are keeping open the sea COM
municatiOnS Of the alliance; are re-
ducing the enemy's fleets to impotence,
and have driven his commerce from
the seas.
U. S. Navy Plays Big Part.
None OF the navies do much talking,
but among themselves they talk the
same language. They share the same
dangers, they undertake indiscrIm-
inately the same responsibilities, ac-
cording to the whole power behind tho
controlling chief Of staff in each cOun.
try. Since the beginning of the wal
the Pritish navy has escorted over
seas to and from all theaters of war
some 100000 men belonging to thS
armies of the British empire, and the
loss has been One-thOuSandth part of a
man per hundred carried from all
causeS-marine risks or enemy action
and it is our purpose and our pride
10 maintain and reduce that percent
age in the great flow of young man
hood across the Atlantic.
venture the opinion that when the
history of this war is written there
will he no more glorious page in thar
history than the one which tells much
that today cannot he told of The work
done. the dangers faced, and the pri-
vatiOns endured by your navy, in COM
mon with the navies Of your co-bel
iigerents, and there will be no great
er manifestation of the overwhelming
importance of sea power in figh,
snch as this has been. In that mani
festation the great American navy
the third largest in the world-has
played a highly honorable, an increas-
ingly important, part. and it has been
| to myself and Admiral Duff n great
phonor to confer in person with the
great chiefs of your navy department
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