The Washington herald., 1918-05-26
BY FRED }. WILSON.

General Manager of the l. n. 3.
Copyright, 1913. by the Iuternatioual News
Sefyicel
London. May 2s.-"Sea power today,
as always, means the winning OF the
war. The allied nayies have the Ger
man by the throat and their grip VIII
not be relaxed until the Hun has
learned his lesson. Even before
America came into the struggle ulti-
mate victory was never within the
grasp of the Kaiser. Now that the
millions. the wealth, the power ana
the ships vf the United States are
aligned with US there is and can be
no doubt of the final outcome. We
will beat the Hun-we will beat him
completely until, as your President
says. the world is made safe again Tor
decent people to live in"
They say Sir Rosslyn wemyss. first
sea lord. Ia a bold and fearles fighter
well as cne Of the greatest strate-
gists the British navy has seen since
the days of Nelson. You would nave
thaught he was a fighter had you seen
his eyes shine and his face set when
he talked 10 me today in the dingy old
hall of Admiralty Arch. from where
he directs the ships that sail under
the union jack over the seas of the
world.
Call Him Rosy,
In the navy they call him Rosy.
But the nickname doesn't seem to ap-
ply to the man whose grim determine.
ton is expressed in the words 1 have
quoted. He talked like a fighter and
he looked like a fighter.
1t Is no easy thing to penetrate
into the den of the British sea lion
Passing through the cluster OF
London :"bobbies" on duty in the
entrance OF the Admiralty, the visit
or proceeds across its old stone
floor where millions Of feet through
out the centuries have worn the
fiagstones inches deep.
And on every one Of these mill
ions have looked the dead eyes OF
Nelson, the hero of Trafalgar, whose
one arm statue fronts the entrance
of the home of the navy whose
fame he made imperishable.
THE way to the sanctum OF the
first sea lord leads thence through
passages grimed with years and ur
some winding stairs to the Offices
of Sir Douglas Brown Bigg, CHIEF
naval censor through whose hands
pass such of the doings of the navy
as may be safely heralded to the
world.
Escorted by Sir Douglas. I was
conducted to the room of the first
sea lord. 1t was not grimy. like
the rest of the ancient building
Large windows opening on the
nj
the smile Of the First Lord of the
shine as he came forward to re.
ceive me.
Sea Salt I'm His Blood.
For generations the ancestors Of
Sir Resslyn Wemyss have been in
the British Navy. The salt of tho
every inch a sailorman. OF medium
height, square of shoulder with the
clear eye Of a man used to peer
out across long distances the first
sea lord looks curiously in keeping
with his four square face.
I told him was interested in learn
ing something of his views regarding
the outcome of the struggle With
out an instant's hesitation he spoke
the words with which opened this
story.
1--WE hear much just now." the first
sea lord said. ''of the military power
of Germany. We are waiting for an
other exhibition of 1t, such as we
were given in the bloody days after
March q.
Personally I do not believe Ger
many has the power to push back the
British army and its French, Ameri-
can and Belgian allies. who now face
It. am confident that the utmost
force Of the Kaiser viii be exerted In
vain.
Unthinknble Supposed.
But want to point something
that perhaps is not clearly grasped
by all. It Is this: o..
III the unthinkable should happen
II the Germans should be able to push
through the channel ports our wal
would have just begun