El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-27
NEVER
CAN WIN THE WAR
British Admiral Says If
She Wins on Land, We
Can Win on Sea.
By ADlIIRAL LORD BEREsFORD.

London. Eng. May 27.-It is highly
significant that even in the flush
Of partial success on the western
Vienna press should expressly warn
their countrymen against attaching
too much Importance TO victories won
on land Some Of these warnings are
remarkably candid. The Vienna
"Arbeiter Zeitune." for example.
makes the noteworthy admission that
whatever victories Germany may win
ashore, the last trick is always I'm the
hands Of the masters Of the seas
Coming at such a time and under
such circumstances. this admission.
so vastly different from the enemy's
bombastic Vaunrings IN the early stages
of the war, may be accepted as an in
dication that in Berlin as well as in
Vienna there are some people who
realize that the allies are far from
being near the end of their resources
For the "Arbeiter Zeitung' goes fur
Their and points out that III the Ger
mans should storm Paris and march
into Paris. and if the continuation Of
land warfare should become senseless
and impossible. "the English would
still remain protected on their island
and America by the Atlantic they
could still continue warfare by sea,
and still cut off our supplies of raw
materials and foOdstuffs. The great
est victory on land cannot force upon
England and America a peace by com
pulsion."
UndeceIvlnE the Germans.
In making this statement the AR
better Zeituug' merely utters a pail
pable truth. Il is another instance
Of the piecemeal fashion iu which the
scales Of deception are being struck
from off Of the German people. The
disclosures Of prince Lichnowslyy and
Herr Won JagOw have recently en-
Iightened them as to who was re-
spOnsible for the war; now the bonn
bastic promises OF the kaiser. Hin
denburg, and LudendOrff Of what the
German sword would speedily accom-
plish are shown TO rest upon very
shadowy foundation.
The truth is. the irresistible might
Of the British navy, now supple
mented by the strength Of Americas
navy. is being more and more WILDLY
realized By the enemy The grim,
silent, invisible. but relentless pres
sure of the blockade is being felt
with ever growing intensity The
people OF Germany and Austria are
at last alive to the fact that beyond
the ring OF armed men that bars the
advance Of their troops in the west
the allied fleets. which they can
neither break nor bend
A Brilliant Retirement.
While it would he a grave error to
belitue OF even affect to belittie. the
seriousness OF the position on the
western front the situation is not
such as. in my opinion. 10 Justify
either alarm or pessimism- on the
contrary. the retirement effected by
Sir Douglas HaiE i'm the face of over
Whelming masses who were ruthless
ly sacrificed 10y the German higher
command in their desperate resolve
to gain ground at anv cost was so
orderly and so mastery as TO inspire
lighting qualities Of our own troops
aud those Of our gallant allies. This
VIII rank as one OF the 7
most brilliant In history.
But admitting. for the sake OF ar {
gument. that our line may be broken j
what them Even I'm the most Inn /
probable event Of our armies being /
lopelesslv defeated on land. we could 4
always get back 10 the sea and hold 10 /
lEainst the enemy.
Whatever the numerical advantage :
possessed by the central powers in &
The field. on the sea the combined 7
strength Of the navies Of Britain and I
America would be overwhelmiuE- The 4
additional destrovers and mines. both /
IF which are being constructed with I
III the effort Imaginable. became /
lvailable. IL might mean long war.
extending perhaps over many years.
lut not only would Be- be less eEpen-
i've in the matter OF life and treasure.
Z would De certain victory.