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Q . .. -._,_ .,,. m _ _ _yn ‘ _ '_ , ' . ~,'f-»_', ,-,Q-..'-1 w . r ‘ _ - -_ _ ._..-';‘~ l_-'lr PAGE TWO """*"""""”"` 3 * ' ,' '*` """_,”"”°*'"*"’ ' THE CHARL011‘E'1bWN GUARDIAN - -"‘"".'*'””""' SEPTEMBER 9.1914. ”" J- _ 5 - .,?.;.._1--1_1'-rt _r -~. - flwlolc NO BAl_ver._ _:»Vh_:t monde wghuit! A real share of thc commerce of 1 s e sn s s e w ave ke me ally was new by the west males, the crew Oilhbsgfd- lm? hlsh Bowl und the French and Spanish Islands cruisers w lg’ __e _a_ccommuds- gbouudad in poor ports and harbors_ti0I1 0|' P85593’ 6_1 ev D soners. It which served as bases for privateers. she P0110 gl' °__u:ll\L°b0ll'\‘l_ lhe Those special advantages to the at~!WlIlW\i8 iff! 3|' CTW :__ 99010.10! tacker do not exist today; the trench examll e.d¢-81' 95 SWL? an 00 of- coast is friendly, German ships have _ ilcers an mea-and hen s___e will not no foreign bases except a few in Af--know whera as ss: Bra? I0. which rica. which soon will bo captured, and ‘will stand t _e to suse navigating German ships are penned up in the.ibe l\orth Sea n one 8_l_’l'nBll Port. Norm sen. vel o hundred years asc. These wnsldorli U1" 0 11°! exhaust Wm( 31| (hello advantages to com-‘the difficulties wh ch beset the attack mel-ce destroyer, the risk of capl\1l'0,UP0“ Bfljish °°mm°"°° °f l-0110!. But gg me British gnipowner was only they lndlcate this--that when condi. about 2 per cent. lr was only one ex- tions have settled down the rlsk or tra. risk, ranking with shipwreck, col- capture will be simply one more ssl., llslon or lhc other dangers wlllch bo- farlnl! F1514- P|'0b3h|Y C0¥lB|0¢Hibly |0ss set ships at all times. _ than that of colliding with ice-bsrgs The case of the Alabama is often _at certain seasons of the year. cited. The .-llalllnnll cllioy-on two, And finally. so far as freight rates great advantages whlcll the modern,are concerned. there is the fact of commerce destroyer lacks. She could _ State insurance. A System of this has me her sails and no save coal; and the _ been put__in force _l_n Great Britain. and Present rule of llltcrcutlllllul Law for- if ally 1-'-\l»1i_Ul0S 0 °'~C“|` U19 Public bidding worships to l-oul more than _treasury wi I Ill*-*af U16 8l'9H!€l’ Dirt of once ill the ports ol a llculral had not _ the |085- lf Hl0‘lll`lBhlP F3199 N59. It been forniulated. Silo had _ll tlilrll |\\'1ll bl’ ‘WB !0 Dress of business rather advantage which German slllps Gull-flllil" E0 ‘l““S“§~ The l’°W°\'f“| °°ll‘lll0- not count upon; the I\'ortllerll !\'avy_tltioll _of the German mercantile mar- conductod its operations against llcr_lllo will be removed and the British very ungki1|fu|ly_ Speaking gener- nlercantile marine will have more ally, tllelr ships trailed alter her in business than over on its hands. stead of heading her 0ff_ _ _ So nluch for the ocean frelghts. The Tile German cruiser \vlllv.~ll irles to ll€Xl HPSR! C0l\Slfi€m¢lPll 19 U19 VOI- do commerce destroying today has alullle 01’ l-|1108 Wlllch Wlll 0561*- Here difficult task, Tile seas swarm with the 1-lclleflll f8Cl- IB Ulllf- GBYIDBDY Mid British cruisers; nlzllly of lllcm are AllSll‘l11 HFC CU! Uff "Om U19 l-F806 Of oeelliugly large pl'oP0l’U0n 01 Brlmih |_m¢1¢ want up the English Channel, lu slow-moving sailing craft. and Uma” vessels could row out in the nlshl from the French ports and b08l'¢l slower than the very lust ships which Germany just llo\v has ill the Atlalllic and Pacific, but most of lhcm llrc larger allll l:;ll'l_\' llc;l\'ier glllls. Tllcy are care-l`llllj.' plall-l'»ll so that \\'llcrcvcr. ml the Atl: lltiv at least, tllv Gcllllall cruiser gov-', silo is lilivly to iillll wzllllllg fox llr-1 al ship too lll~a\’.\' IU fight. l\ll_=;lll\\`ililc, sllc is llllrllillg llcr coal. Ilallgillg over ller is the nlcllavl: of the lvirclc.-lze, lllul ship lollg lil-fore elle is l:ll;c:l, i`n;' the cllase will luke tilllc, will ll:l\'c givcll notice to every British t‘l'uiscl~ witill ll tllousullll miles of lllc Gt-llllzlll`s wlicrcallollts. and a ring ot' ellclllics will be collvergillg llpolls lllc collsair before she ha cllltcllcll hor prey. The rccellt bl'll:=ll llct\\'ccll the Karlsrlllle and two liri- tisll ships ext-cllclltl_\' illustrillcs lll~: s_\'.~:Ic-lll. 'l`llc Sllfflllll follllll lllc lillrl- srllllo l»mllill;: lllld 1-llasell llcr. lllc Kllrlsrllllc olltstellnlcll hcl' llllll ill ll fc-\\' llollrs was out of the Slll`|`olll‘s uigllt. llllt the Slllfollt had sllllllmlllctl by \vil‘clt-ss thc llrislol zlllxl llllrs ship w:1.~; lying lllleall ul' the llc:-illg (lur- ill:-lll, wzlilillg to take up lllc cllllsc. .-’\g:lill the Kzlrlsrulle, wllicll is zl \‘rl‘y swift ship, olllstezlnlcd thc prlllvvlor of colulncrcc and gn; n\\`u_\'. llllt, apart lrulll ally dalllalgc illlllc by lllc British sllz-lls tilt-re is this l`:l(:t to voli- uivler: that the Kllrlsrlllll: =-'pcllt il llaly or two :sluzllllillg at hcl' lligllcsl .