Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-03-22 | Page 4 | What Can This Country Do?

I WHAT CAN THIS COUNTRY DO? What can (his nation do to make Germany realize the power of an outraged out-raged people? Every answer so far 1 given by our public men In Washington Wash-ington has been directed toward the war zone on the west front. The very best reply has been by the en-I en-I glneer who suggested the building of a large number of oil-propelled wooden wood-en boats, of 700 or 800 tons capacity, ! which would be difficult to deteet and offer comparatively small, shallow targets to a submarine. The sinking of one of these small vessels would require more skill and the samp con-I con-I stant watchfulness on the part of the undersea commanders, but would t bring tar less results, than the torpedoing tor-pedoing of a large ship. Twen. of them would have to be put down to ! equal the tonnage of a liner. The cost of construction would not be great. But other than supplying these 1 small boats, the carrying out of the I I disclosed Washington plans are not I promising of immediate results. More could be accomplished by proceeding pro-ceeding to aid Russia prepare for the spring campaign. Across the Pacific, i from San Francisco and Seattle to ' Vladivostok, there is no undersea I menace, and the work of equipping I the Russians would proceed without interference. In striking back at Germany, Ger-many, the United States should direct its blows where the enemy can be best reached. The United States should send construction engineers, railroad equip-iment equip-iment add everything necessary to place the Siberian railroad in first class condition for the transporting of war material, and then guns and munitions should be provided. More can be done to advance the fight of the allies, which becomes the cause of the United States, by aiding the Russians than by attempting to send troops to France, which has been spoken of as a possibility, nit