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formidable First
Triumphant Victory

Our adversary was concealed by day.
and only ventured forth az night. cor.
fident that darkness would insure his
safety. This was, then, the hour for
US to lie in watch for our prey, and no
more glorious clarion cali could have
heralded in the New Year than the
torpedo shot which, on the New Years
Eve of 1915, sent the mighty ship Of
the line Formidable to the bottom Of
the Channel. This was our first tn
iumphant victory, which showed that
not even darkness could circDmvent our
plans, and which dispelled all further
doubts as to our efficiency. A few days
after the sinking of the Formidable
piece Of one of the rowboats was
washed ashore at Zeebrugge, and nov
adorns our Sea Museum as the only
reminder left Of the great ship.
We stood at last on the same foot
ing as our dear old sister. the torpedo
boat, to whom we in realty owed our
present development, and from now OF
in proud independence We were JUST
fed in considering ourselves separats
branch of the navy.
Now that England felt obliged to
withhold the activities OF her feet, she
instigatcd against Us the commercial
blockade and hunger-war; she obliged
reutrals to follow a prescribed route.
and by subjecting tneir vessels to
search she prevented them from selling
us any of their wares. In this manner
she sought to redeem herself from the
paralysis we had brought on her feet,
and her INSCRIPTIONS treatment of the
right Of nations and her Interpretation
of the so-cailed freedom o. the seas
l..
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calls taken on board. We can stay sub
merged for several days, and longer
period will probably never be neccs-
sary.
Sunlight Carries
Far Under Sea

Sunlight Carries
Far Under Sea
The distance of vision varies some
what under water as we look out from
the side windows cut into the steel
armor OF the commanders coming
tower. We can naturally see further
in the clear water of the deep ocean
than in the turbid, dirty water at the
mouth of river, and the surface of
the water-bottom has direct influence
on the sight, which is far more distinct
over light sand than over dark sea-
weed OF black rocks, and at an upper
level the sunshine is noticeable many
metres under the water. But in any
case. the vision underseas is of the
shortest, and does not extend beyond a
few metres; light objects and even the
stem and stern of our own boat are
invisible from the turret We are un-
aware, therefore, Of advancing ships.
derelicts or projecting rocks, and no
lookout can preserve US from these
dangers
The crew are entirely ignorant Of their
surroundings Only the commander in
his turret surveys through the peri
scope now and then a small sector Of
the horizon; and in turning round
the pcriscope he gradually perceives
the entire horizon But this survey de-
mands great physical exertion, which
on long cruise is most fatiguing. The
perlscopes erected through the upper
cover OF the turret must not be toe
easily turned in their sockets. and the
latter are very tightly screwed in, fo1
otherwise they would not be able tt
resist the water pressure at a grea,
depth. The effect of simply turning
the periscope is so eXhausting tina
casual observations OF the horizon ar,
made by the officer of the watch: bu
during naval manmuvres or in time O
war the commander alone manipu
lates the periscope. 1t is essential j,
this case that the periscope should no
arise needlessly above the water an,
betray the presence OF the C-boat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-13
Lives of Crew
In His Hands

The commander must possess the
absolute confidence Of his crew, for
their lives are in his hands. In this
small and carefully selected COMPANY
each man. from the commanding off
Ger down to the sailor boy and down
to the stoker, knows that each one il
serving in his own appointed place.
and they perform their duties serenely
and efficiently.
l have always allowed every man on
board once, in turn, to have look
through the periscopc; it is their high
est ambition, and the result is excel
lent, for it treasures them and they
feel moro confident as to their own
safety after the granting of this small
favor.
AS We advance underseas, unless
passing through school of fish. we
seldom see any fish, for the noise Of
the propellers frightens them away;
but when we lie at rest on the bottom
OF the ocean, the electric lights allure
them, and they come and stare at us
with goggling eyes close to the win
dows in the turret.
The life. therefore, in our "cylinder."
as we call it, offers good deal Of
variety. The term "cylnder" is exact,
for the inner conformation of sub
marine is necessarily rounded, so that
relatively thin partitions can success
fully resist the greatest pressure of
water.
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e. by

1t is essential before U-boat sub
through powerful ventilating machines
and to suck in the purest air obtain
able, but often in war time one is
obliged to dive with the emanatons Of
cooking, machine oil and the brcaths
Of the crew still permeating the atmos-
phere, for it is of the utmost impor-
lance to the success Of submarine at
tack that the enemy should not de-
tect our presence; therefore, it is i'm
possible at such short notice to clear
the air within the boat These con-
ditions, however, are bearable, al
though one must be constantly on the
watch to supply in time fresh ventila-
ton.
Notwithstanding certain assertions
in the press of alleged discoveries to
supply new sources of air, the actual
amount remains unchanged from the
moment of submersion, and there is no
possibility, either through ventilators
or any other device so far known in u
boat construction, to draw in fresh air
under water. This air, however, can
be purified from the carbonic acid gas
exhalations by releasing the necessary
proportio~ Of oxygen. If the carbonic
acid gas increases in excess proper
ton, then it produces we'll known
symptoms, in different degree, in diff
ferent individuals, such as extreme
fatigue and violent headaches. Under
such conditions the crew would be I'M
able to perform the strenuous mannu-
vres demanded OF it, and the carbonio
acid must be withdrawn and oxygen adj
mitted.
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Submersion and
Torpedo Fire

A new passenger, for the first time
IN submarine, has often professed to
bc unaware that he was fathoms deep
under water and has been quite I'M
conscious that the boat had been div
ing. OF course, his astYenishment in
dicates that he was mex, in the COM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-13
Beginning Of
U-Boat Piracy

After long and agitaced waiting, we
received in the last days Of July, 1914,
the command to mobilize. Joyful ex-
pectation was visible on every face,
and the only fear that prevailed was
that those of US who were awaiting our
orders on land might be too late to take
part in the naval battle we were all
looking forward to so eagerly.
A few years ago one of the lords of
the English Admiralty had predicted
that in the first naval battle fought be-
tween Germany and England the Ger.
man fleet would be entirely annihilated.
We naturally only smiled in derision
at these boastful words. The English
newspapers, besides, had for many years
announced that whenever German Of
fcers met together they drank toast,
"To the Day" Although, Of course, this
was untrue, yet we were all burning to
prove in battle what our grea. navy
had learned in long, Woodworking years
of peace.
A mighty engagement at sea seemed
to us imminent during these first days
Of war. and we all ]onged to be in it.
was, however, at The moment, among
those unfortunates who were strapped
down to desk in the Admiralty, and
with envy ! beheld my comrades rush
ing to active service, for l had always
hoped to lead my old beloved U-boat
VIGOROUSLY against the enemy. We had
all placed strong hopes in the part our
submarines would eventually play in
great crisis, but we never dreamed that
they would SO successfully take the
first role as our most effective weapon
in naval warfare.
With happiness that can hardly be
described | suddenly received the or
der to take over the command Of fine,
new U-boat which had just been built
at kiel. Never before was a pen more
quickly thrown aside and a desk closed
, than when l handed over nv duties in
the Admiralty TO my successor, and
shortly afterward I took possession of
my new, splendid boat, to which J was
going to contidc all my luck and all |
was human]yetapable of doing.
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Copyright. 1913. Houghton. Mifhin 49,
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ately shouts: "Fire..'
New-York tribune., 1918-09-25
Contracts and Politics

When politics was adjourned" with
certain flourish in Washington Edwin S.
Harris, chairman Of the New York
Democratic State Committee. could not
have been fully consulted.
Mr.. Harris seems to have interested
himself very comprehensively in war con-
struction work. But, to Judge from let
ters of his which have found their wav
into print, his concern that such work
should be done with efficiency and econ
omy from which the government should
benefit was judiciously tempered by de-
sire to see it done in such way as to
strengthen Administration policies"
Here is an extract from q let1cr to All
official Of the United States Shipping
Board which Eliminates MIR. Harris's
composite view:
also wish to cal! your attention again
20 the fact that the Administration poll
cies would be strengthened all over the
northern part Of this state if YOU could
enlist tho services of r. Ii. Prescott e.
Co. in your housing propositions. | feel
that the greatest battle to sustain the
administration ana the hardest CONGRESS
sional fights are going to be in this state.
and no one will regret anything that they
do 10 sustain the war policies in New
or1 State.
10 what extent and in what manner
giving contract to a specified firm in
Northern New York would help in "the
battle to sustain the Administration" in
the Congress elections in that region is
left largely to the imagination.
But the entente cordiale between con-
tracts and politics is an old story to most
New Workers. 1t may be unjust to the
hlameless Mr.. Harris to suspect that his
zeal to place contracts strategically had
partisan bias. But this is suspicious
world. Mr. Harris is also a facile letter
writer The least he can do to square
; himself with the skeptical is to write an
other letter explaining in detail his ideas
about the interlocking of war contracts
war policies and the exigencies of the up
state campaign for Congress-
New-York tribune., 1918-09-25
Forgiving Themselves

Herr Matthias Erzberger. Centrum
leader in the Reichstag and one of the
kaiacr's valued handy men whenever .
new season for German peace offensives
opens, has come out strongly for a
League Of Nations. 1t is to be let-by-
cones -bc-bygones league, of course; for
Herr Erzherger naively lists its charter
members in this order Of precedence:
Germany, Great Britain, France. the
United States and Russia
All memories of the hostile coalitions
Of the present are to be oblterated. Ger
many is willing to turn her back on her
allies Of to-day in order to secure her
own position tomorrow. Austria Hun
gary, Turkey and Bulgaria, she comedies,
may come into the league as mere sub
salaries. So may Italy. Italy, seceder
from the former Triple Alliance, cannot
be a charter member
Having taken a seat at the board of
directors of the League Of Nations, Ger
many will earnestly seek, according to
Herr Erzberger's plans, to reGstablish
herself through an enjoyment of all the
pooling rights and economic guarantees
of the new partnership. For instance,
she is to enjoy freedom of trade every
where and is to share equally in the dis
tribution of the worlds surplus raw
materials She is to be taken back with
out qualification into fellowship with
Great Britain, France, the United States
\. .J.-
attacked and which had to combine to
crush her as common bandit, defiant
vioator of all the obligations Of interna-
tional good faith and of all the sanctitics
of civilized conduct
Herr Erzberger is a low comedian of
note. He was associated with Philipp
Scheidemann, the camouhaged Socialist,
III the passage of the famous Reichstag
resolution setting forth Germany's ad-
herence to the principle Of ''no annexa
tions and no indemnities.' At that mo-
ment Germany felt little despondent.
But later, when Russia collapsed and
there was chance TO satisfy German
appetite in the East, he and Scheide-
mann and the Reichstag majority never
raised a whimper over the monstrous
spoliations Of the Brest-Litovsk and
Bucharest treaties.
To the German mind no excess in the
way of political immortality can seem i'm
moral. The German conscience is scared
and deadened. German intelligence is
warped. For the biistering opinion which
the world at large hae Of the German he
New-York tribune., 1918-09-25
Our Willing Nation

The nation is to go dry only nine
months hence, and no one thinks the mat
ter worth getting excited about. The
House votes overwhelmingly for the
change. Only the chronic kckcrs raise
voice in protest, and they speak only in
the secrecy of other kickers' ears. The
country is accepting prohibition as it is
accepting every other war measure
without even thinking Of the possibility
of opposition.
Prohibition is no longer an issue of any
description, social, political or moral. 1t
was settled for the American people
when the view obtained credence that by
going dry the nation at home could help
win the war in some unascertainable de-
gree. That was enough. The fixing of
the date, the details, alone remained.
When next June approaches it's end we
wager that exactly the same spirit of
cheerful and silent acceptance will re-
main. An intensely individualistic ma
ton, are we? Well. at any rate, we
know when it is time to drop all thought
of individualism and throw all we have
--prejudices, appetites, tastes---into the
common pot.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-25

confidently substitutes his own miserable
f-justifcation-that if he has done
anything irregular" in this war. he has
done it under the stress Of military ne
cessity."
The wonders of German psychology
arc myriad. It is one Of the most revolt
ing of them that n German statesman
like Erzberger can placidly assume that
the nations which have allied, themselves
to repair and avenge Gcrmany's crimes
and to stamp out forever the hdcous
thing which Germany is to-day should be
willing to admit that mass of foulness,
unpurgcd and unrepcntant, into a world
council Of the future
If there is a League of Nations after
the war Germany will not sit at the head
Of the council board or figure arrogantly.
as Of yorc, in its proceedings. She will
enter it abased and chastened if she en-
ters it at all Germany's sins are as
scarlet. The leper she has become must
be quarantined until both soul and body
are cleansed.
There are, therefore, some marvellous
surprises in store for German leaders
who think that after the war all that
Germany has to do is to appear again in
the company of other nations, crying
ight-heartedly: ~ have forgiven myself
Look to it, therefore, that all the rest Of
you grant me forgiveness"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-25
The Call to Women

work or fight is only part of our
war slogan. "Worl where you are most
needed is hardly less important. The
man who is doing work which a woman
can do effectively is Stacking only less
than the man who works when he should
fight
Our Department of Labor is realizing
this truth and taking steps to apply it
the country over. 1t operates through
its Community Labor Boards. Each Of
these is now adding two women members
who are to act with the board on every
question affecting the use of women in
industry
First and most important of these
questions is the determination of what
non-war industries should substitute
women for men. The Community Labor
Boards are directed to ascertain these in
dustries at once, to decide what part of
the work can be safely and efficiently
performed by women, and to arrange for
any notifications in labor conditions
which may be necessary
Public opinion focused on tagging
men-workers and employers alike is the
weapon which the Labor Department
purposes to use to enforce these substitu-
tions. Lists of these industries are to be
given wide publicity. The urgent need
OF the nation for labor to prosecute it's
war activities at top speed must be
brought home to every city and village
We can all help in this basic shift that
must take place. 1t has long been under
way. Women have come forward with
splendid readiness wherever the economic
call has gone forth. Men are steadily
realizing their obligation and shifting to
necessary industries. What is needed is
a speeding up of these existing processes
and the formation Of resolute public
opinion that will see the problem in it's
full Importance and perspective and
comb out every last element of this subtle
species of Stacking.
Each sof us, man or woman, can regu-
late his or her own personal lot accord
ingly. Each Of us, thereafter, can look
about in his or her community and insist
upon the rigorous execution Of this prin-
clplc. 1t is a case where public opinion,
and public opinion alone, can reach and
turn to effective account every last ounce
OF effort. 1t should be the duty of every
cne to assist the Department of Labor in
this most vital of war measures.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-25

Representative Frear, Of Wisconsin,
who voted against the declaration of
war, and William Randolph Hearst, who.
after we had been in it for a year,
boasted that he could not get violently
excited over it--these two think very
much alike about the National Security
League. That is to say, they think i'll of
1t. Frear wants It investigated as a
war profiteering league" and Hearst
has denounced it on the ground that it
belonged to the interests. He did this
after Mr.. Mencken, its president, had
been repudiated for indofsing some of
Hearsts policies.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-25
Civil War and Liberty Bonds

In a bulletin issued by the Irving Ma
tlonal Bank Mr. Howard S. Mott has
discussed with interest the course of
bond prices in the Civil War, showing
l that, curiousy enough, the greatest de-
preston in sentiment. and therefore in
prices, occurred in 1864, year after the
Battle of Gettysburg and less than q
year preceding the final collapse of tho
Confederacy.
This is good thing to remember. espe
clally II the business of putting the Hun
back across the Rhine should prove q
more difficult job than at the moment
now seems probable. We do not vet know
II the turning back of the Germans from
the Marne this summer was the Gettvs
burg of this war. But it now seems rea
sonably certain that neither this govern
ment nor our allies will face anv such
financial straits as our government went
through in the dark DAYS to which Mr.
Mott refers.
In contrast to this period it is AMAZING.
to reflect upon the ease with which the
Treasury now raises billions where Lin
coins Administration had hard scram
ble for tithe of this. A single loan now
gathers in more than was raised in the
whole course of the Civil War. But there
has been vast change in the financial
status of the nation Then we had no
stable system of national and state
banks. with gross resources equal to per-
haps half the banking resources of the
world. We were then not merely heavily
debtor nation, but the war cut off the
most valuable commodity we had with
which to settle the debit balance
1t was then possible to hoard gold and
run it up to q high premium. To-day
the government and the Federal Reserve
banks have absolute control over more
than three-fourths of the nations gold
and this is equal to the gold stock
of any other three nations put together.
SO strong grip has the government on
the situation that even the decline last
spring of per cent in the quotations on
Liberty bonds brought about serious
movement for the suppression of specula-
ton in the securities.
The Civil War bonds. after the deep
viclssitudes through which they passed,
New-York tribune., 1918-09-25
The Great Prospectus

The Fourth Liberty Lean will
be six billion dollars.
Rate Of interest and date of ma
turity: Unimp0rtant.
Security: All we hare and are
and hope to be fOreror.
Trustee: Uncle Sam.
Purpose for which the proceeds
will be expended: VICTORY.
Never was there a more simple
financial prospectus.
We are somewhat over one hum
dred million free people. We are
all together about thirty million
families. Divide thirty million
into six billion. The product is
two hundred. That means an
average of 5000 per family for the
Liberty Loan.
Have we got it ready?
Are we getting it ready.
IT not, then let lis
Stop something
Start something
N0ro something
.SeU something
The greatest sum that was ever
raised at one time since money was
invented must be pledged in twen-
ty-one days, beginning next Satur-
lay.
VICTORY Is A BUSINESS
THAT CANNOT WAIT.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-25

lived to become the premier American
security! 1t is evidence Of the change
that Liberty bonds, already in volume
five times the total of the Civil War is
sues. are to-day the premier security Of
the world
New-York tribune., 1918-09-25

That sound as of the sharpening of
many saws is the reaction of humorous
newspaper paragraphers to the news that
The Congressional Record will be made
thinner as measure of paper conser
vation.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-25

Souls
Irona Contemporary Verso
WHEN I see vegetables
w Growing in neat rows.
Each cabbage and beet and carrot
In orderly array
| am very glad
Not every one has that statistical sort of
soul;
That some are like wild forests
Full Of ferns hung with raindrops
And little vine naples with luminous green
leaves.
ELEANOR HAMMOND
New-York tribune., 1918-09-25

On my calendar in Washing
ton there is recorded an en-
gagenent, no date yet set, TO
go ,Uith the Marine Band uhen
it marches in the triu,nphal
entry of General Pershing's
uictorious army into Berlin.
Secretary Daniels IN T. speech to
the Eddystone ommauaition acork-
erS.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-25

wv 7AsIIINGTON, Sept. 24--W Who Arthur Brisbane?
w foolish business things like that seem to
dozen nqsat' even break r between William @ Randolph Hearst
the claims Of eight powerful peace
But other written paper
Largely largely reprinted in ests New York American and 1.-THE Evening Journal
with the sfacton of proprietor
second % Gma % ' Of @ @ @ the % p h messages ages IN % Mns4 @ ] and the
of Bisbane blows ~ t. ai h M % @ & th s h es" ~ rne & rnee e
hnnna and Japan through the dvns of thought
phaszng alleged disparity
lea In four articles The Tribune
e 1t now purposes to Of Bribane
Brhbane's Private Brew
The rcmabe propoton
BIZ" isn't imminent
81" II Germany
Germans nn." will la ATTEND ten to that if We give them
But isn't necessary beat Germany because Germany will
Bat isn't would mean
'E zNe ~'r vo s"S''"rs t y ye A"f1 M , Kind Of o,c,~
lM isn't necessary beat Germany because
a it Isn't necessary s for Germany give the world the
find these proposionsevhat less baldv tho u
quotations from THE Washington Times" discover that the
enough not the Kaiser but the Ass @ ~ peace BRISBANE wants " u'"y
Germa the Way
Germany cry when anything na
inside that SHAM ''"
"The Kaiser this ha;d;ot So, -.
great bod, Intelligent Germans so,ea;,
workers. dig"ifed pretences and keof
i" BY lies since realize shA re-
Of fherebe
mdemntles'In this The edo
with Mr. He"rsf indemnity or anneya
1--WE believe Lorraine when She sa,
France eandL
beats noW-4S FRANCE >
beenr
dollars WIN INTEREST German,
get ria Of the emperor who projected waiting for his
chance and tanning ire
'"~
6eTe'e Hearst
of
France '""
: a" between five twoo three mill.
inhabitants OF the United for thafe ~
Trust the
WORKER in This Randolph Hearst
1"e "ord wants PEACE
New-York tribune., 1918-09-25

Unimportant news: Germany and Rul-
earia have accepted Austria's proposal
for secret. non-binding peace parley.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-25

The word "Hun," meaning Germans. is
barred from all Hearst newspapers.