Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-06-19
SHIPS, MORE SHIPS
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| overseas with troops, munitions and mate
rial. What was more, the u-boat--he
| insisted there was but one was ii DAYS
off the coast before the public knew of IT
| through the papers.
There were those among the Captain s
| hearers, however, who could have told
| him that the newspapers of the country
were under a virtual censorship in the
matter of news from the fronts and that
! 1t was not their faults that knowledge
| OF the submarine raid WAS not made
! public sooner, and that they were con
| forming To- repeated government requests
| IN not printing all the information III their
| possession.
THE NEED ron SHIPS.
Plunging into the heart Of his subject,
Captain Stayton gave his audience
glimpse into the pressing need for moro
ships of the cargo variety not only now
but at the close of the war FIRST he called
| attention to the exceedingly me0gre
American merchant marine at the time
of our entrance into the struggle and then
set forth what would happen should we
get caught in little better shape ut It's
finish nothing short of bankruptcy for
industries and agriculture. The products
of these two great branches Of American
effort must be sold abroad because they
could not he Disposed Of here except ut
very low prices, winch means that the
farmer and the manufactures would
go broke
Our only chnnrc, hc went ON, lies IN
having sufficient ships to send the stuff
| overseas. We can expect 70 get them
from Great Britain or other European
countries, rs we once did, because they will
have use for every bottom they can find
aiioat We will have to provide them
ourselves and it Is mp to the great com
merclal bodies Of the land, the Chamber
oi Cummorce here. there and everywhere
| % SIZE to It that they are provided. 10
| tins end they should give eareiai study
to the situation from every angie, laws,
,h.t Cana,oss 3an H. ,rteIbgentIy an
peaIod "a N the matter and that CONNER.
] tlal lie shall itself know Just what Is Whit.
Even though tie var fnnQ NOT end far
! five xears and TINT was its probable
| Duration ACCORDING - tha CAPTAIN
| there / not great amount Of time IN
| which 10 10 tins work.
| As 10 tins natter of fye years, the
speaker declared that re- ane vino hid
/ actual first hand know ledge of conditions
| or Who could speak with authority would
! THINK az pnfttup an. earlier n.rIod - fEo
var
/ and not only arr sliipa needed in thc
/ f,,tlr, Int th,r, must he @fIlps for present
/ moods The my requires vast aifsllalje-
IN the shame ~ carga-earryinV vessels,
h',3'p'N w ~ ,..,tt,
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WHAT ABOUT 1HE cYeIof4
/ ,.,.l.r .l,ra f,o,tsi, Sfa,fon i'm
,,r..s.,.5 ,,r,,,n b,s hearers ,,a4.th.. need II
! ,.~.,,,.r ,,.irsanr,l ~ man aElt74 and tits
/ T., hi s,,aEi,,y 81 The missing collier
/ C,.cton. ~, vio1t of her clHs-. which
,,,,..,i,. ,.,., ..,,ln,l from ~ Atlantic port
a,J las ',of boon Lcard from since. not
a,,o,, n tbe extent az Vreekagr anoat
| ~ tnarlr her rossil,l, grave thus furnishing
| ~, o-eatc.t ,,,,,-t.r. III the var
| C.,,t,.in Staytan eaid be would be glad
| and satisfied ~ know that she vas honor
| tbIv ut the bottom OF the sea and then
| went ON 10 say. in effect. that her skipper
| Lad German naIne that he lad been
! ..UaucI !, change NJ the last moment
! md lint bis ,llaf officers Were men viii
I .err,4, ,,.,Ine4 that liz had been per-