South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-14

rhymes. Only a chlld-hearfed ma
ton woul have thought OF that 40
German could think OF such a thing.
and in that very fact lay the useful
ness Of their signals They were 4
part OF our intelligence service. Just
what part 1 Will tell you before my
story ends.
We have heard a lot about the I'm
portaEce of cables lately. and a little
island, about 10 miles long. I'm the
Pacific. bearing the comic oDera
name of zap, has assumed a prom
lnence out Of all proportion 10 its
size and commercial value merely be-
cause II IS a convenient cable sta
ton.
You would think from all this talk
that cables are absolutely essential
20 the maintenance of Worldwide
communications. Beyond doubt they
are Of tremendous importance. and
no nation can afford to neglect its
Interests i'm the matter OF submarine
telegraphs.
Not Dependent on Cables.
But what would You think if ]
told you that had Germany been
able TO sever the cables by which
the United States was linked TO Lon
( don and Paris and American head
quarters at ChaUmont, we could
nevertheless have communicated all
most instantly with Lloyd George,
or Clemenceau, or Gen. Pc-sh.ng
In like manner. although with more
difficulty, we could reach every shin
in the United States navy. wherever
stationed, from the China sea TO the
Bay Of Biscay.
The miracle which made this pos
sible was created within few
months after we entered the war.
and its accomplishment lifted from
our shoulders one of the big anxiet-
les which had been almost constant
/ ~ present-the fear that some en-
envy raider or subma rine might cut
the cables. leaving us isolated from
our soldiers in France. our allies and
our fighting squadrons in war zone
waters.
1 want TO tell you in some detail
how this miracle was worked and
about the great wireless station
which can flash radio messages
around the word.
Indians wireless" System.
The early pioneer vending his
way with his wagon train across our
western prairies saw in the smoke
signals OF the Indian the earliest
/ American attempts at communicating
over long distances. 1t is a far cry
from the smoke signals Of the IN
dian to the story Of this world grid
ling radio station.
Where was it? Who built IT?
Those are questions that viii be
answered later on.
Whcn il comes 10 hunting. even
/ Clemenceau, the tiger Of France.
hunting the tigers of India, got few
er thrills than any COB Of Uncle
Sans navy on board a destroyer
chasing submarines. laundering
along through the jungle on an ele-
/ plant for a big cat is tame work
compared with cutting the waves at
I 40 miles an nour in pursuit of a foe
| whose presence is known to you only
/ by the vibration which the water
carries from his propeller
we shall go on such a hunt before
my story is ended. and 1 will tell
/ YOU how the presence of the sub
marine in adjacent waters was de-
| tected. and how we were able often
TO distinguish one type Of vessel from
another though both were beneath
the waves.
There Will be many interesting
3
/ shah attempt to give closeup
| glimpses of men who were conspic-
nous in the life of washington and
of European capitals Joffre, Lloyd
/ George. Albert of Belgium. Clemen-
/ Ceau. George of England. the Prince
/ Of Wales, Lord Northchffe. Lord
/ Reading, Admirais Beatty, JellicoC
/ and De Bon. Marconi and the Prince
/ Cdine are among those who moved
i'm and out OF the picture And
/ speaking of Prince Udine. I mus
not forget TO tell you how he caugh
the measles
Here's the Dapper Little Man.
But now 10 get back Co the dapDel
little individual who PRESENTED him
4 self at the Office of the secretary oil
state on Wednesday. Jan. 81, 1917
about o'clock i'm the afternoon.
This gentleman came with a mes
sage for Secy. Lansing which ha,
I been waiting delivery for tweND
DAYS. That message made America
entrance into the war inevitable an
sealed the doom of kaiserism. 1
was convened by Count Won Bern
storff and it announced the begin
ming of unrestricted U-boat warfare
/ by Germany on the morning of tn,
| following day.
We know now that Won Bern
storff received Germany's ohicia
| declaration of merciless submarine
/ warfare on Jan. 10 on that dal
the Berlin foreign Office advised hin
in code of the policy which haC
/ been decided upon.
on the same day Zimmerman, tn
German foreign minister. dispatched
I TO Mexico his famous proposal tina
Carranza's country should make an
. alliance with Japan, launch We.
against the United States and re
cover the lost territory" or New
Mexico, Arizona and Texas. I shall
have more TO say about that again
German Secret Revealed.
Why did Bernstorff withhold tn
announcement until the eleventh
. hour? Doubtless under specific or
ders from his government and be
/ cause Germany. having decided q
abandon all restraint and run a.
risks. wanted 10 gain for her new
/ policy the full advantage OF sur
prise. a premature announcement
would have been warning 10 he
victims and occasion FOR delay in eN
ecution. il would have opened TIT
I way for negotiations. and thes'
. I