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AGAINST
MERCHANT SHIPS
IN contrast to the last war, the therefore
many
a breach of inter- about 400,000 tons a month, in
war of the submarine national law.
the next six months to 250,000 against merchant shipping start- The German Government long tons, in the following, months ed from the first moment at full hesitated as they have not to less than 200,000 tons. intensity. As the Ministry of done this time-and in February, Information has stated: "It is 1917, the unrestricted campaign These reductions, striking as now palpably evident that Ger- began.
they are, do not do justice to the is prosecuting an un-
The results were at once ex- success of the convoy system, "Lamps are going out all over restricted submarine campaign tremely serious, In the last ave for most of the ships lost were Europe; we shall not see them against merchant shipping as months of 1914 only about 300,- among those which were not
violent as that on which Ger-000 tons of shipping of all convoyed. Before convoys were shirts they slept in. All with lighted again in our time." With many embarked in 1917.”. nationalities had been lost, near- started ships had been lost, over out a single exception, and in- strangely compelling wistfulness It may be interesting, with ly all by raiders and mines. long period, at a rate of one these words have returned and this difference in mind, to re- In 1915 1,800,000 tons were lost, in ten voyages. In the black cluding the cabin boy, went call the experience of 1914-1918. mainly by submarines; in 1916 fortnight of April 1917, the rate straight to the owner's office returned again throughout the Inst In the first year of that war the 2,300,000 tons, almost all by rose to one in four. But be- and asked to be put on the next quarter of a pentury. When, look-submarine was small, fragile and submarine. Then came to un- 149 wheat and sugar ships sail-
tween July and October, out of ship. timid. It had a short range of restricted campaign. In a single ing in convoy from Newport crew of a neutral ship, who had In another instanco a neutral ing out of a window on the gray action, and could only operate in month, April, nearly 900,000 tons News only two were sunk. By less Inducement to face the risks half-light over London, Britain's shallow waters, where it could were lost, and in the full year the end of October over 100 of a war which was not their Foreign Secretary in 1914 spoke rest on a sandy bottom. Under no less than 6,000,000 tons.
these conditions it was very For a time the whole Allied convoys had come in with a own, were disinclined to put to them, they were figurative. They vulnerable and not very danger- war effort was gravely im- total loss of 1.66 per cent. meant that all that was best and ous. brightest in human achievement
was going into an eclipse from which "in our time" it would never wholly emerge.
Once again lights are going out over Europe. But this time the statement is literal. And one may
noto with more thau ordinary interest that they have hot yet be- gun to go out all over Europe. Ini London, Berlin and Paris, yes; but not in Rome. That city is bright.
In Landon, newspaper offices hid their windwa under heavy curtains. In Paris the boulevadiers sat in the sidewalk cafes, their facos blue and blotchy in the ceric rays of lighting that is not to be
seen from the sky. Berlin, like London and Paris, is prepared against air raids.
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sea. The master, who had married an English wife and had his home in England, went
perilled. We and our allles From August to December, would starve unless we could 1914, only three merchant ships import food from overseas; and LET us glance for a moment home dejected and told his wife at the human side of these his men would not sail. She were sunk by aubmarine, as com- we could not supply our armed pared with 42 by mines and 50-forces with adequate munitions dry statistics. For a long period asked him to let her come and unless we could import raw expectation of life of only ten knowing what she intended to a merchant ship had an average talk to them. He consented not materials.
The danger was countered by Voyages, for a time only of four say. She saw the crew and said or five. The men were killed simply: "I am coming with my by the explosion, or thrown into husband on this voyage." She wintry seas, at the best left to went to sea-and so did they.
Let us remember, in these weeks to come what these sea-
by raiders. The submarine was
quickly forced to transfer its
activities from the Channel to two forms of action. Wo intro-. more distant waters, especially duced a convoy system for mor
the Mediterranean, and a much chant ships. And we instituted the hazards of open boats usual- larger type of craft developed,
The responsibility for these conditions must be shared by se big and strong as a small complete National and Allied ly some hundreds of miles from millions upon millions of human merchant ship, with stores which control of ships and of supplies land, 15,000 lost their lives. But men are doing for us. And let
us at least, do what we can to' beings in that measure which their gave it a range of action of some so as to secure the utmost pos- their courage never failed.
thousand of miles,
sible economy,
help The situation was saved In arranging our shipping we before, not only by convoy pro own selfishness or selflessness
...Wo are
now organising the had to reckon with every kind tection but by a strict economy determines.
convoy system at once, and' it
:
Peoples must turn on the lights We attempted for a time to may be hoped that, with an im- of uncertainty (Budden losses; in all imported goods.
establish protected ap- provement in our anti-submarine new demands for the armed again and try to find a better way: proach areas through the dan- devices, this will prove success forces, the capture of areas of We controlled ships and sup If all their lenders, can now Join gerous waters near the United ful. It must, however, be. re home production by the enemy plies. We are, of course, con- in this search for the better way in Kingdom, over which there were membered that at the moment and many others)except one, trolling, ships at once but it stead of insisting only, on thode patrols of trawlers, sloops and of the declaration of war hun the courage and morale of the takes some time to build up a dreds of vessels were at sen and ways which autlafy selfishness, the destroyers. lights all over Europe can be lighted; again in our time.
This system was never very they can only be shepherded into scamen. I do not remember, a complete system allied as well convoy later when they return. single instance of a British crow-as national, to control supplies. effective, and soon proved a That is why the early period of refusing, or hesitating, to sail Mr. W. S. Morrison-unwise- death-trap, for the enemy learn-
Ty, I think, and with a misjudg ed where the merchant ships the war must be one of special because of submarine risk.
ment of the public psychology has been indulging in optimistic. Death Of Lt-Gen. were ikely to be found and the anxiety: And we must not for- areas were at the same time too get that ships may be attacked not only by submarine but by
forecasts of our future supply: Abe Confirmed large for successful protection commerce raiders or powerful
For a time a series of devices, units of the German fleet, an PEIFING, Nov. 22 (Reutor).Tho Japanese spokesman have to-day con decoy vessels and gun-fire from that some will strike mines, firmed Chungking's claim to have merchant ships were effective, killed the Japanem general, Lleut and became increasingly dan Gen. L. N. Abe, a Divisional Com-gerous for the submarine to at-large mander..
Lieut. Generel Aba was a
prabushed
LET me eito two incidents situation, He may prove to be from hundreds. In 1017 a right-we all hope he will large cargó liner was torpedoed But in the meantime the Gov- some hundreds of miles off the 'ernment would I suggest, do Irish coast on a bitter winter better to encourage the public
tack from the surface. To frois encouraging, however, to night in high seas. Of the crew to save the stores which may with ten men near Paotingfu some torpedoes from periscope obser recall the success of the of 60, 26 were killed by the be greatly needed later and In vation, however, involved sink convoy system in our last ex- explosion, or drowned, or died any case would enable ships to days ago. All wore killed.adm
General Abe is the Art Licuting without warning, and usually perience. In the last half of of exposure. The rest got be diverted from efvllan nocos- the Sino- no discrimination between vor 1917 the total losses of world away, some of them, Including sities to increasing the trem General to be killed in
sols of different nationalities, and tonnage fell to an average of a cabin boy of 17, with only the sources of our armed forces. Japanesó hostilliles.
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