The literary digest . le-aged mantilting liis cigar so lugh that the ashrubs the rim of his derby you mayknow that liis boy lias just got homefrom France.—Philadelphia EveningLedger. Former President Taft says it isthe duty of the Vnited States to be-come a member of the family of na-tions. If Europe has tlie power toforce us into war willy-nilly, then UncleSam must get a little power to keepEurope out of war willy-nilly.—Hous-ton Post. that this fellowour income t.\x. in the St. Lotiis Post-Dispatch. I FOREIGN - COMMENT WHEN ENGLANDS NAVY WAS UNPREPARED CONFLICT OF OPINION onLord Jellicoes ac
The literary digest . le-aged mantilting liis cigar so lugh that the ashrubs the rim of his derby you mayknow that liis boy lias just got homefrom France.—Philadelphia EveningLedger. Former President Taft says it isthe duty of the Vnited States to be-come a member of the family of na-tions. If Europe has tlie power toforce us into war willy-nilly, then UncleSam must get a little power to keepEurope out of war willy-nilly.—Hous-ton Post. that this fellowour income t.\x. in the St. Lotiis Post-Dispatch. I FOREIGN - COMMENT WHEN ENGLANDS NAVY WAS UNPREPARED CONFLICT OF OPINION onLord Jellicoes action atthe battle of Jutland is roused into new heat bj^ theappearance of his book on the naval history of the warduring his term in command of the fleet, from which we printedexcerpts on page 76 of The Literaky Digest for March London press seem di\ddod in praise or blame of him, butaU observers are alarmed by his revelations of the status of theBritish Navy at the outbreak of the war. Ilic London Spectotor. >--^^~l--7- JOHN BULL HAULS IN THE GERMAN NEPTUNE. —D. Quixote (Rio de Jancnro). infers from Lord Jellicoes book that if th. cnem^- had hadsufficient enterprise, his submarines might have entered ourbases almost at any time in the early part of ihc war and sunka large part of the Grand Fleet. The London Iall MallGazette is amazed that Britains battle-cruisers were inade-quately protected against shell, torpedo, and mine, and thattlu> number of destroyers which coidd be allotted to the GrandFleet was less than the number whicli the Germans were ableto employ against it. But this was not all. Germany jjossestan armor-piercing shell which penetrated through the interiorof the ship it struck before exploding, while ours either explodedon contact or as it was j)assing througli j)rot(cting armor.^Moreover, Gorman search-lights wvvv suj^erior to those in tlioBritish Navy, it now appears, and they had star-shells of highilluminating power, of which tlic British h
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