The Independent . bunch of hostile peri-scopes appear on the side toward whichhe wants to turn. Not to turn is to besmashed by gunfire; to do so is to beblown up by the U-boats. This one in-stance may suffice roughly to illustratea tactical trouble. The simplest strategic analysis ofthe present situation leads to the fol-lowing conclusions: 1. The Hohenzollern submarinesmust be exterminated, and meanwhileneutralized. The latter is more imme-diately our task. Submarines or no sub-marines, it is for us to feed the Allies,and Great Britain in particular. TheBritish islands are like a ship at sea.
The Independent . bunch of hostile peri-scopes appear on the side toward whichhe wants to turn. Not to turn is to besmashed by gunfire; to do so is to beblown up by the U-boats. This one in-stance may suffice roughly to illustratea tactical trouble. The simplest strategic analysis ofthe present situation leads to the fol-lowing conclusions: 1. The Hohenzollern submarinesmust be exterminated, and meanwhileneutralized. The latter is more imme-diately our task. Submarines or no sub-marines, it is for us to feed the Allies,and Great Britain in particular. TheBritish islands are like a ship at communications with sources ofsupply must not be cut off. Therefore,we must keep them free and open withall the power of the land. 2. The command of the sea, nowheld by the British, must never pass tothe German fleet. To prevent this, theGerman fleet must be utterly for that purpose the warships ofthe United States now stand —like greyhounds in the slipsstraining upon the start. New York City. © E. XfuUcr. Jr. THE BRITISH FLEET CAN USE THESE WARSHIPS IN THE SERVICE ARMY WE MUST ALL SPEAK, ACT AND SERVE TOGETHER
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