STARVATION STRUGGLE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1698, 14 April 1917, Page 1

STARVATION STRUGGLE.

TWO POWERS COMPARED. London, April 2. Regarding the German claims m eonneelion with (be result> oi its submarine policy the well-known naval erilie, Mi' Gerard I'iennes, says: “Compare Ibe result * of the submarine campaign with our strong bold on Germany. Britain is an island, and unless goods are brought to onr pnrW they cannot reach us. All (bat Hie Germans have lo do is to prevent goods reaching our short's. They try (heir best, to <)«> so. Yet 2,000 ships arrive each week. “Germany is a Continental Stale, and the ports of neutrals bo open to her. Yet not a ship reaches a German port on the North Sea, and not a ship sails thence. “Our shores lie tempting near the Kaiser’s swarming soldiers. A successful blow sit Britain would finish (be war victoriously fop Germany. Yet not a German soldier has ><-'! pal to sea, while we maintain an army of millions in France, and are driving the Turks headlong from Mesopotamia and Palestine.’ Mr Fiennes concludes by saying: “All this may be commonplace, but it js a commonplace easily forgotten imd requiring frequent re-state-ment.” The naval expert of the Daily Telegraph points out that while submarine piracy is designed to stop fill British trade immediately, sticking* at no,inhumanity to effect its aim, the British ports during the “blockade” had been visited by 40,000 ships of all nationalities, excluding fishing vessels and local traders. He challenges Admiral von Capdie to say how many submarines, costing £250,000 each, have not, returned.