A CONFESSION OF WEAKNESS.
APPROACHING ABSOLUTE
PIRACY
BEST REPLY TO GERMAN
OUTRAGES
(Received Feb. 4. 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. '3. Mr Archibald Kurd, naval writer to the Daily Telegraph, .argues that commerce destruction \y submarines is a confession of weakness. The Kaiser's submarines would not *be wasting their time sinking small merchant ships if they could sink warships. Other authorities declare rfchat fhe attacks are scarcely removed from absolute piracy. 'They are unanimously of opinion tlrcrt sudh a form of blockade cannot succeed. They do not credit yon., "Tirpitz's declaration that the biggest type of submarine is capable of circamnarrigating Britain, unless the Germans ha-yc found.a place to lay up and rest the crews. The Morn'injj; Post urges that the best reply to German outrages would be to declare contraband everything that goes into Germany from seaward.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 29, 4 February 1915, Page 5
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137A CONFESSION OF WEAKNESS. Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 29, 4 February 1915, Page 5
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