Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-19

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little owins to the infer,ority OF tho
spanish = vessels, vessels and the incompetence
been promised fer the torpedo. but
little performed 1t had sunk no Rus
Sian vessel at rsushima not already
disabled by sunGre.
.rhe first summer Of the war proved
that tho torpedo, plus the submarine,
must he more seriously reckoned with.
ehaliengins Reconnaissance into the
Iiel!goland blight. Within half an
hour three large. though old and some
and osae Msse sent h down the
mans claimed by single submarine.
The lesson WAS promptly learned that
patroled by small and swift vessels.
and that there could be no humane
slowing up for rescue.
THE BLOCKADE; AND PATROL
AGAINST HUN U-BOhrS
No comparable success was again
achieved by the Hun U-boabs against
war vessels. Some claimed were more
probably by drifting mines, with which
GERMANY, in btazen disregard OF her
Hague pledges, aowed the seas ut every
opportunity. The victories OF our u
boats" which German cities celebrated.
we're slmost wholly over def ,.!,... Is,
They were. in fact. sheer murder OF
noncomba t5nts
The shallow Nortn Sea IS the viiest
water on earth in which TO maintain a
speed required when submarines must
h. rcckoned with rhe British de-
s,reyeis di4 most Of = for by a aSr,s
crn seas. and France and Italy tho
mediterranean. In thc last two years
{! tho war they were aided oy the
American destroyers. the high charac-
ter Of whose work il certified by the
unstinted praise given il BY the Brit-
sh naval commanders.
U-BoAT FRiGHrFILNES<
BROUGHT AMERICA IN
For C-boat "frigiitfu!ncss' convinced
taa American people that there could
Dc no safety for any nation anywhere
on earth until the Han was smashed.
While it would be unwarrantcd boast
ina 10 say that without the aid OF .ne
emitted States nc free nations OF Fu-
rope must hive lost und the Hun must
Sight Of real victory while the British
navy held the se1s-yet IL is evident
that the, participation OF the United
the allies from anything in the nature
" I. compromise win the Hun.
For military reasons al the mea-
surts taken III dealing Win the SUD
marine have not ye; been revealed.
As usual. necessity Gu!ckencd invcn-
ton. Il was discovered that airpianeu
dying over the sea could locate SUB
sull in it's search for food betrayed
then; They we're entang!cd in nets
,hat g,el, Steel nets barred against
them the British rhannci entrance TO
The Atlantic. and drawn across tho
straits OF Otranto coniii"d them to tho
Adriatic.
90" suIrs ENTICED
U-BOArs TO DESTRUCTION
Apparently helpless freishters with
them to destruction. rs they could
move only slowly under water. the
American invention OF the depth bomb
aided their destruction. British ships
yard. built AS never before TO replace
tho losses they caused When America
entered the war she joined IN mo
since the world began Il was an
nornccd the other day that the snip
yards Of the free nations had replace
III the losses by submarines since the
war began and were 1eo."eo tons
;,!t'ai.
SOW In arousinE to tn. truth thu !
lard in Europe. the United States had
- grea; army prepared when on Good
I',iday. lei7. III government resolved
that Hun ou:rages and insults could
40 longer be endured. Bu; it's navy
was ready. In size Il stood only
!cu,th or nth. but IN efficiency 4
soon forget the thrill Of pride ne felt
~hca the word came back from Eng
land that the frs, destroyer feet had
given 70 the inquiry. When can YOU
mn. 20 sea
AMERICAN DE:STROYERs ARRIVE
READY ron ACTION
Admiral s!ms's answer was Now
t;tcr tnreshinG through 3,U00 miles
o.. SEA has des;roycrs were ready u
80 cat aud fight. They have had lit
&c fighting TO do. and the heavy ships
haze had none, But with the British
dcStroyers they have guarded safely
20 France transports that carried more
Diam 100000 men and all their sup
pie. and with practically no loss by
submarines on the eastward voyage.
In; one troopship. the Tuscania. was
sunk by submarine on the way TO
Europe.
Had tn. Hun held out longer ii Is
possible that American battleshiDs
might have had an opportunity TO
prove their power against the German
ileet in, the North Sea. But the Ger
man navy. disgrcced by submarine
murders OF noncombatants, IS dcs-
lined, perhaps. 10 end in the crown
INK disgrace to all naval discipline,
lawful authority. Ia masters VIC
lated every law OF civilized warfare,
and ii is not unnatural that its men
should finally he guilty OF treason to
their own criminal government. There
ia no honor among thieves whe \
-ripped Ivy the law. and the pirates
hand turns against his fellow when
Execution Dock looms in siEht.
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