Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-17
SINKING THE PLEET

AkNkEMN The LEE
me daily papers have made s1ESae
ouife readable COPY of late out o. the
ramon that TO avoid teaIouaies and
haartbuYnings among the allies. 4 vas
$500 mat the surrendered German
aest be conducted 70 the location o.
es,gss mile deep hole ID the ocean. and
Is Indicted thereto as the safest
means 81 avoiding disFupting disputes,
u may Sc i very pretty piece Of serati-
nsaut which would oQnbign 9 huge navy
ID one swoop into honorable oblivion
it savoss somewhat Of the long-op-
asarved tradition. wherein homes de-
r.sanded i perfectly capable and able
nodlsd captain to 50 down With his
sastp. such brave burial would Be
vegy pleasing ID the Huns, 70 whom
the whole scheme may be fairly
crsdstsd ii they had 70 lose their
navy, naturally they would "daspiss'
Is pes their yictors adding It 10 their
already large TESTS
The conduct Of the German navy
thronahout the war has been one huge
ike. It's stage entrance had been GO
bFslllantly worked up, the world was
prepared 10 witness soTnething really
formidable. In the Arst few weeks,
owing ID advance information of when
ne satlleriand would be called on to
aakand itself against invasion, q few
esarman cruisers and armed merchant
znen did make some havoc among sin-
nsmed frelghters Twas d noble,
brave conquest. inasmnch 80 the hrat
ssaination the helpless victim had that
i var vas on, was when II found It
sslg All shot Up and sinking The Eng
assh ana French saw 20 II that this
performance didn't last long For two
IL three years the BArnstorf grape
ysne broughasat intervals the news that
ths German grand feet waa getting ur
steam 10 come out and annihilate
Everybody, But the British we're toe
many. and the one time few German
war craft stayed out late at night. the
ALERT Britannia licked them SO hard the
aacapade was never repeated still the
xnmors were kept up. Il e doubtful
III the British had any real hopes of .
naval combgS me last IT months Of the
var
Never vas there such complste ma
vi surrender since Noah abandoned
ne worlds entire merchant marine.
Epmrey lost lot Of galiays and Anth-
uay his feet, and the loss Of the Span
sBn Armada vas the sensation De the
Usntury. but never anything like
me surrender Of the German neet,
T1asy were 10 peeved over the outcome,
tie surrendered vessels were turned
cgar III shockingly dirty condition,
than which no greater crime is pos
lhie in the eyes Of Jack Tar
And now they would like 70 see q
Grand sinking. OF course they would.
end OF course they went. The allies
Dan be trusted for a perfectly satlsfac-
tory division: ID fact, the truth Is,
gobahiy none Of them would feel very
aAd IL the entire feet were TO be turn-
ed over to the British IS trustee for
civilization. to maintain and admins
Ger III the cause 81 righteousness. The
ether allies would stfll have the benefit
hi iss protection without the cost Of its
upkeep
ne sinking 81 the German meet Ii
eAiry tale like the Holy War. and the
Revolt IN Tneia. and lev other things
watch are almost forgotten The inci-
dent has its value, however. In re-
sninalng us the Hun ii still running
true to form as the same slg, intragu-
ang old trouble maker ne az yoge.
Disbursement, partial, or By tbs slow
process 81 depreciation without re-
placement, may not De seriously con-
siderad III the treaty making. ii would
be TOO much s case OF diminishing the
shepherd before the wolves we're
sooehless The allies. an comrades Id
arms. have found and proved how sue
eesaeully and agreeabiy. they can
work together II, henceforth. diplo-
aacy BY this combination og powers.
Dan only be conducted In the open and
VIII the joint knowledge and advice
of each Of the others, 40 other combi-
nation can stand against them
Ia the interests Of universal peace ID
may be safe 70 discontinue further in-
crease Ii the navtes Of the allies. As
long as no other nation builds new
warshipa III aftsen years the navsea
og the world would thus become obso-
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