The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-29
Montague Mfg. Co.
Southwest Corner Tenth and Main.
SASH. DOORS AND BLINDS

1t marked the vanishing of the dream
Of world domination. Twenty miles Of
warships. without fight. surrendered
TO the allied armada No other event
Of the war presented SO humsliaiing a
spectacle. No parallel can be found
IN naval warfare. Lawrence, every Of
ficer OF the Chesa peake. killed or
wounded and himself dying. gave his
last order-~ever afterwards the motto
of the American sailor--"Don't give up
the ship. John Paul Jones dashed the
Poor Richard to the forty-four gunned
. Scraps and captured her, though 500
of his 375 men were numbered among
the casualties. Admiral Nelson, with
twenty seven ships and four frgates.
fought and whipped the combined
sQradrons of France and Spain, num-
! herring thirty-three ships and seven
f=4w&tas rs wen s<1sf-caa@~ he sourfAd
fdRath almost a# much ne ssrove FIR
! victory. Drake, Howard and Lord
Henry Seymour. with fewer ard lighter
ships. sailed forth TO dispute the Ar
NADIA cruising through the channel in
the form Of crescent seven miles
from tip II tip The Spaniard Cervera-
daringly ran the deadly gauntlet at
Santiago, but here was the second
/ largest navy af7oat that refused to
come out and fight when so ordered
{ early in November and surrendered
without firing a shot The Prussian
guards died before the Marines ard
Rsinhows, bat they died bravely. The
machine runners in the retreat tram
/ August to November held on against
odds and fought valiently TO protect
their rearEuards. Such valor is adj
mired by a brave foe. Contempt IN
I felt for the grand feet that venturcd
] only ONE battle in the whole war. n
was Germanys highest tribute to the
superiority of the british navy SHE
i.tremblingly drank the bitter dregs in
the cup Der Tag."
1 ship after ship. and every one with =
high -resounding name,
From the robber-pest of Heligoland
the German war feet came:
Not victory or death they sought but
rendezvous Of shame.
They never dared the hnal fate Of bat
tie the blue;
Their seawolves murdered merchant
man and Knocked the drowning
They stained the wave with martyr
blood, hut--we sent our transports
through
What fsgs are these that dumb,y
droop from the gar o the main
The black Of the kaiser's iron cross,
the red Of the empires fall-
Come down. come down, We pirate
! fags--yea. strike your colors an"
/ The life of Great Britain-is In her
navy. She must control the deep water
to protect her shores Her navy Ii
/ first and foremost defensive Germany's
/ navy was built for conquest. Swedish
and Norwegian ships belted the globe
with valuable trade Holland had
vast sea commerce and also colonies
Ito protect in the Far East Neither
Sweden. Norway. nor Holland feared
British unfairness. Germany's pre-
tense of big navy to maintain \ big
commerce was camoufage. The grand
feet was built to whip England Shs
rs n sixth rate sea power now. May
! England. our mother, bound to us by
fAnglo-Saxon ties. with common Ideals
and mutual interests. ever remain the
/ first!
! Americas Internal Problems.
= Our rejoicing is tempered, too BY. the
consciousness that we have hard work
ahead. 1 would not call II "reconstruc-
tton. as so many do. That word has
IN unpleasant reminder to Southerners.
1t brings up Nightmares Of tho most
horrible wears the South ever expert
enced. CAN It a time Of re-adjustment
tof adaptation to a peace basis Eigh-
teen million Americans were, engaged
directly or indirectly in war actfv51tes.
The private soldier was poorly paid
and the day laborer overpaid Time
sober thought and statesmansrip arc
required to allocate these millions In
occunations Of peace at normal waKeH.--
frices or products and labor will fail.
What then? Discontent: For man 10
never willing to receive less. If Boz
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