Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1918. ALLIED NAVAL POWER.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1847, 2 July 1918, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1918. ALLIED NAVAL POWER.

VIENNA is scarcely the quarter from which to expect a lucid exposition of sea power and its effect, but it would he difficult to improve upon an article on this subject recently published by the Arbeiter Zeitung of that city. Germany is told point blank that even the conquest of Calais and Boulogne would not mean the defeat of Britain and America. “The Germans may break the war spirit of the .French, but to make England and the United States helpless, to force them to lay down their arms —no victory on land can accomplish all this as long as the English Navy dominates the ocean,” says the Vienna paper. “Even were Germany to win the most complete victory on land, even if the whole English army were taken prisoners, England and the United States would not even then be forced to capitulate. These two countries would carry on the war by sea and continue to blockade our .shores.” The Vienna journal then reminds its readers that the Central Powers cannot exist economically without certain raw materials, of which there will be a great shortage when the war ends, “and if England and America refuse to supply us with these commodities, if they carry on an economic war after the war of aims, then even as conquerors we shall be conquered.” As for the submarine campaign, the Arbeiter Zeitung declares that while, it

can injure England, it can never defeat her. A tribute is paid to British endurance, and the article concludes with a warning to Germany that if ITindenburg’s successes are used to enforce a peace based on might, “then bitter disappointment will lie the result, as everyone must realise who looks at facts as they are.” ■ ■■■■ . '