The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-05
Trying to Cut OFF America.

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for Germany to prevent the dispatch of the American
army and all needed supplies and foodstufs the
ocean, became evident that the enemy would be driven
to new methods in the hope Of barring Atlantic So
far has been ascerained the chief method adopt
ed by Germany the building Of large cruiser submarines
having an operating radius Of perhaps 10000 miles with
out repenshment of fuel Some of these cruiser sub
marines have been encountered and sunk by allied de-
stroyers 1t is reported that the submarines are
powerfully armed but handicapped by their inability to
submerge quickly.
In the excitement of the first days encounter with sub
marines on this side of the Atlantic it is not yet clear
whether the enemy vessels ofe of the cruiser class
whether they are the regular type Presumably they
cruisers that have from the enemy coast under their
power and will return when their supply of fuel
low The smaller type of vessel would have to be sup
piled from base this side from supply vessel
Since the United States went to the Atlantic coast
Of the Americas has been secured by the naval patrol
the lookout for enemy activity 1t is gong stretch Of
coast and the Germans may have been able establish
base in Mexico or elsewhere, but this mprob-
able bearing in mind the strict patrol and other Of
gaining information.
In some quarters is assumed that the submarines
will operate for day or two if not overhaued and will
then disappear The raid is taken to be little than
la threat that be materalized this SIDE of the
This is hardly sound opinion in view of the dire
necessity of Germany 1t is far probable that the
submarines will appear often regularly hereafter off
this coast and that they will be daring than in
Il
so kill off much coastwise possible using
their guns for that purpose and resevng their torpedoe
for troopshps and food transports.
Germany is placed in desperate condition by the un-
expected failure of the submarine There need be no
doubt that if Hohenzoern and his advisers had been
that they could prevent the delivery of an American
army in France they would have yielded to American de-
mands by abandoning the indiscrminate submarine
der They sadder and wiser now as the foundations
of the German empire feel the schock Of new and
growing force from the New World force that works
in novel ways, on scale beyond anything that Europe
has yet SEEN
The Americans beginning to fight according to their
own notions They do not follow any of the rules laid
down by the Germans They virtually put the submarine
lOuI u coMHllSSlOH along Cne routes Iney may De
depended upon to do so much more quickly along this
coast The United States army is very apt to adopt
methods entirely repugnant to German military ideas,
Just the United States navy has stamped out submarine
depredations.
The great groups of conveys will go to France as US
ual There is weapon in the German armament that
check the majestic fleets that are now carrying VIC
40 tha oil adc;do
means to protect them increasing Bloodhounds of the
sea the trail of the enemy Death without mercy
the portion of the submarines that manage to reach
these waters Eeach in turn will lsubmerge once too Of
ten, and the fleets conveying the armies of liberty will
rush on over its deep-sea grave
The submarine raids will be useful if they will shock
the profteer and the pacst out of their reasonable
trance and make them Americans Thus the raids will
help America As for the imperial assassin and his or
ganizaon it is quite evident from the frenzy and futy
of these long distanct raids that Germany needs no
awakening to the American peril-Washington Post.
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year and tht is to stop all papers when the sub
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the sooner the better for them if they will take it from
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