Licking Valley courier., 1918-06-13
news REVIEW OF
The PAST week
German Submarine Raid in Our
Waters Fails to Terrorize
American Nation.
WAR SPIRIT IS STIMULATED
Splendid Work Of Yankee Troops In
Hating Hun Drive at the Marne-
Enemy's Losses are Appalling
Renewal Of Offensive Is
Expected.
BY EDWARD w. PIckARp.

Germany's utter inability to under
stand the spirit of the nations that
oppose her was never better shown
than In the raids made on American
shipping In American waters by sub
marines. Their purpose could only be
"a teer nitet thtfs-
check the flow of men and munitions
to France. Their result, If Germany
but knew it, could only be to inspire
the nation to continue the sending of
its armies across with uninterrupted
speed and in every other way to do
what is necessary to win the war. The
net loss to America Is the sinking of a
dozen sailing vessels and two or three
steamships; the net gain Is Il renewed
determination to whip the Hun, and
large increase In the number of enlist
ments for the navy.
Germany attempted to terrorize Eng
land by Zeppelin raids on London, and
the Englishmen merely eturned out
their lights and rushed by thousands
to the recruiting offices. She tried to
terrorize France by bombarding Paris
with the miracle gun" and the
Frenchmen gritted their teeth and
swore to fight to the finish. Now she
has tried to intimldate the Americans,
and again she has failed mlserably. In
truth, the German policy of frlghtful-
ness has been a failure everywhere
and from the beginning. Even mutt
lated and ravished Belgium still stands
unafraid and steadfast to the cause
Of decency and righteousness.
The appearance of the submarine or
submarlnes-their number is moi
known-off the New Jersey coast nat
urally revived the talk of the existence
of U-bOat bases on the Mexican coast
This is officially discredited by oul
navy department, though there is little
doubt that CarranZa and his crew
would so assist Germany If they
could. Their behavior and known pre-
objections are not such as to delud,
anyone into belief In their neutrality
However, there was evidence that the
raidlng submarines had come dlrec
from Germany, and us they have beer
out some time, they probably will sool
return.
New York city INDUCED itself In ;
small SCARF over the chance that |
might be bombed by an uirplane car
ried by the U-boats. There was llttl
danger of this, for plane would TAX
up too much space on the submarine
and moreover after a raid would b
compelled to return to the vessel, thu
revealing its location to the naval Graf
that have been swarmlng the Atlunti
coast waters looking for 1t. The sui
marine Is driven by Diesel engines tina
give 1t wide radius, and carries gun
with which II might shell coast cities
Probably there will be more Of thcs
raids In the near future, but they mus
be accepted as incidents OF the grea
war In which we are engagcd-reall
small incidents that can l0ve no II
fluence ON the outcome of the struggl,
Some OF them are likely to be directe
against our troop transports, hut thI
need cause little alarm because Of I'll
perfection of the convoy system. I
guard the coast against attacks Seer,
tary Baker has asked congress fC
Sl0,0O0,O0O for establishing balloon IN
senplune stations, thirteen on the A
! lantlc and three on the gulf.
j M
Over in France the bniser's thlr
pretentious drive of the year came
q halt, at least for the time being,
>. the Marne, the Ourcq valley and Il
= Oise Early In the week several II
+ tempts to cross the Marne were +
e pulsed with severe losses. In these n
Q tlons. American machine runncrs su
ported by French infantry took pro-