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Show S U-BDATS !!1T DDIIE .GoJJos Pays Trib-tJ Trib-tJ Fart Played by ,1UTican Navy. Stales Praised by Lord of Admiralty ;a Statement. , a", iVt. 1?. Another groat . . Itv.t K'l-a of tl:C Urit- ;a a statement tonight, :,- the part p'-od m tho ; ;;;-.ui n.ivy, disclosed - c:ionv for what may bo -. I" -boat c.uv.p.Lii-'n of . re kv.own aiul that the al-- lo nu'.l it. v.ro sivon by Sir Kric. nor : ::'..i;on to bo obtained ;u ,r:::-.::it as to what the i ;,:;,.tl n.wal chiefs hlVO j -,;.' s : ; s 0 s t u : i s that ir.uist of a peace offon-:v. offon-:v. I'.tT soldiers homsc driven own borders, hoped to v-; triomatio drive for a ;.:,.::oa by sendir.c her Mib-1 Mib-1 i-o.-1;1 orate campaign of de--j-iles of measures of eau- ,:e :.ikea for ike safety of 1 :.e:r crews. j - was! eiven by th Tritih y ! rd to the .American 11 v-c'asses. v-c'asses. including the .v.. epera n:sr 1:1 the war a description of work -trovers that he said: -.ve s.1. :d of the destroyers ap-decree ap-decree to your S',:tvna- ;r ciusors. Their tint ir.ng : r.ir.'.ssaiLr of the onomy has the enemy submarine to ..v.;:-.. in which we can eon-::..u eon-::..u it is now heM. though r.iTtd. I lay great stress on i. A great renewed effort on : r: ; : .1 : 1 y is i : 1 p e : 1 1 i a g . V e : : eV.ent. "We l'.u it with ;:ce with the steadfast .-searaen it will be met.'' ;f reace. ?r-.e of peace, but only to to h:s pleasure at being1 , : a time when the allied aIo:i the line and -. of srmnd naval strat- u 1 '. : c y a 1 i his advice to ::: to be deluded by hones but always to be vre-vr;;r vre-vr;;r ir.nre of war. n: t hat sea power has ; ': 5rven .Vmerican soldiers -- :.:r.r:u have landed in Ku- : vopo ovory n:huito of iln nii;ht nn.l il:iy iurirc :!u just thrt-t tn-Miths. Tlirtimii the n-.iKmhIhI work of A i:i-r ir;t n sli ij tuiiM - I M ho a.i.uul. tho I'miod Slal.-s now is, ;o!o to iranspori tnoro ptM rout of lur so'niiois in Amorio.ui shins, m.inn-'l by A ii'.iM u'ans. lu-n t lio 1' m: r.l Stales 1 army first bocan t o invo m'orsoas, it) was ourruvi largely by British vo.-sois. 1 "In MoaKinj of tlu I tutoil St,U's t;aval foroos said Sir Krio. "L do so "with t h o uroat advantage of having soon most of i thom i't'rson.!ll' m the ooi:rse of t tu lat eichtoon inonlhs, ami 1 oait a-si:ro tli public tb.at t he morale and el l loienoy is absolutely on the to; line. Praises America. 'Your baulebips nro workinc with our I fraud I lee: with the most per feel o.-ordir.at o.-ordir.at ion and t f . ioieney. Your eruisers are working with us in the White sea, Nor;h sea. At 'a m ie :uul Med it errana n. arid I hae .seen them ar.d adinuid theT ef::eienoy in ;vl these plaees. It is to tb.ein, as Veil as to the irali.'.nt little destroyers, de-stroyers, working with Iho eorrespondii' forces of all the allies, that the sue e ess of the couvoy system is due. "It is the eonvoy system whieh balked Germany when she aa.'pted aowediy the inh.uniau ai.d ruthless method of submarine subma-rine warfare considered inconceivable- and contrary to a a the noble trad it of the sea before t he war. but v li:ch w-? now accept as one of the outward sums of the devil which has to be exorcised before Germany is f;.; to take her place as an honorable member of the leacie of nations, in whatever form that oft-discussed organization may finally share itself. it-self. Germany reckoned to end the war last year'by cutting the Pea communications communica-tions of the alliance and by the reduction reduc-tion in tonnage; the dissa list ar '.n of the German nation with the result of their erMv.ir.al effect is due in every creat measure, mea-sure, to the .o:uoy sytem, but it is due aiso to the a'.k.ed efforts to trap ami hunt tin sn1!n:iriuo on i-assao and to harass on .station. " t lln- piwiii niono"it thf Vnitoil St;us :in Gi'Ml llrlt.un hao Invome tli.i irain lasos t.f supi'ly ir tin- :i t inn s 1 a K'Gnvr, aiul in nr.icr to histire llir-o linos of -on; nuinii-a lion N'itin s.i U'uiia i dt-d and Ki'Ot op-n fl t'flU'liMit !ia a I Di u U'rl ion is requlreJ. "Tho lari;o proportion of merchant shtp-Via shtp-Via which hriiis 1 1 io so mi p 1 ics must nci .-sar:ly he American Mini British, and consequemiv llic . n -lo-A iikt ii a n .one of na .i ope rat it its, hich may he considered consid-ered to include I he Atlantic, Nrt h sea and lirit ish coastal waters. Is t he area w hich wo are most vitally concerned, though, of course, 1 1 if American Amer-ican J'.nd liit'sh forces are lieipini; 10 po uv the ,ratie routes of the Mediterranean Mediter-ranean also, in oiiijiiivi ion w ith our l-Yench, Kalian, .lapanese and (Ircek a'.hes. whose work and co-opera!ion is altogether a d i n i la ! 'I e. In that service a Hi .tziil.'.n r.aal L..nt insont is on the point of taking part. Destroyers Effective. 'Turning now to your destroyer.. 1 know thai o,i all a pore. -late what demands de-mands tho pre.-ent conditions of sea warfare war-fare impose l!p-n this t;e of craft, hay and nmht. w;in:er and 50 miner, t hey scour the sf as. either hunt inn t he m:0-:11a! m:0-:11a! me or k- epimc a cat t-i il w at en over the ahiaide human !iev t'Muipment and transports hit rust v, to their care to -s-co:l. I have hoth ir.iv.ve.l In a:ul been escorted hy Aniericau destroyers, and I know their hiii Mandard. "I cannot close this very hrief appro-ciation appro-ciation wiiiiont evpiessln' on behalf of the hoard of admiraty and the royal navy our affection, in rranv cases t.ersonai. and our admiration of your officers and men, who. sid by side with us and the other allies, me keeping open the sea communl-eailons communl-eailons of the alliance, are redinlnK th eneui's Meets to Impotence, and have driven his commerce from the seas. "One of the most Ktrlklnt vlslhlo manifestations of the unity of purpose and the unity of methods which I havo had afTonied was when, at the request of Admiral lienson, I stepped from htN room at tho navy department. Into the chart room, where the reat rhails of the world show the allied naval Hltuatlon at a glance. ' It was unnecessary fur me here in Washington to ask for e plana -Hons. I had seen such a chart In every detail upon the walls of the Hritlfh admiralty ad-miralty a week ai; possibly a month before that ft slmiLir one on the wals in th Kreiich ministry of marine, and some months before that on the walls In the Italian ministry of marine. Representatives Representa-tives of each of the allied navies are here and welcome comrades in every other admiralty. "Since' the beninnlnc of the war the Ihltlsh navy has escorted overseas to and from all I heaters, of war some 1 rt.nuOK0 men belonlnc lo the armies of the. British Brit-ish empire, n nd the loss lias been one thousand t Ii part of a man iter hundred carried, from all causes marine risks or enemy action and It is our purpose and our pride to maintain and reduce that percent a ne In the K't flow of your manhood across the Atlantic. "You have had losses at pea and you will have more losses at sea. I know that they will he faced with the fortitude shown hy all the allies In this great ptniK-rle ptniK-rle of rU'ht against wrons and based upon the justice of our cause and the IntlexUiility of the allied purpose." |