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CLEWS' REVIEW
NEW YORK, Feb. lg. The war In
.Europe shown no signs of abating in
Intensity, albeit the desire for and Be
lief in early peace is growing among
all the belligerents. Bitterness grows
each day and all indications point to
a resumption of hostilities with the
comlnsr of soiinc upon a more de
structive scale than ever. Evidently
the worst Is close at hand, and to the
Innumerable horrors already endured,
that of starvation is now to be added;
starvation, not of the belligerents
only, but of the pnilllons or un
fortunate non-combatants in Belgium,
Poland. Armenia. Siberia, etc. Hu
man endurance must be approaching
the end. As for the attempt to starve
England- with submarines that will
prove futile. At most the results will
not be worse than a temporary In
convenience or deprivation of some
articles of sustenance. Great Britain
had a total ocean tonnage of nearly
20,000,000 before the war, or almost
one-half of the world's total. The
losses from the beginning of the war
to the new submarine campaign were
about 4,000,000 tons, of which 2,50-0.-OCO
tons were British and the remain
der neutral. These losses, however,
have been very lately compensated for
by new construction, so that, accord
ing to an estimate of the United States
shipping commissioner, the net loss of
world's tonnage In January was about
200,000 tons. Of late the output of
new tonnage has been Immensely In
creased In all parts of the world by
high freights and prospects of their
continuance for a long period ahead.
From this later fact It follows that
submarines will have to increase their
present destructiveness very consid
erably before they can possibly even
approach the starvation of England.
Much distress and inconvenience may
be accomplished, but starvation 1
practically Impossible because for a
variety of regions the threat cannot
be carried out. First, it would re
quire a fleet of submarines many
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times larger than the present one to
accomplish such a purpose. Second,
the British navy seems tolerably able
to cope with the difficulty, and -has
evidently found various successful
means of defense, such as destroyers,
nets, aeroplanes, traffic lanes, con
voys, etc. The submarine now ap
pears to be practically powerless
against war vessels, and Its effective
ness aralnst merchantmen when arm
ed Is much reduced. No facts are
given out by the British admiralty as
to the mortality among submarines,
but there is reaso- to believe It is
very high. At British ports there are
between 1.000 and 1,200 arrivals and
departures per week, each sailing of
fering ah opportunity to the subma
rine. Since February 1 seventy Brit
ish ships, including trawlers and Ash
ing smacks, have been destroyed. This
Is an average of over fourper day. It
will require a good many more than
this to starve England: and if that
contingency was in sight this coun
try would undertake to ship food and
other necessaries to Britain for profit.
If not for humane or other considera
tions, in-' this country alone there
ar now 400 steel merchant ships un
der construction with a tonnage of
1,700,000 tons. Japan and Norway
are also turning out a large new ton
nage. What Great Britain is doing
In this direction Is not officially
known, although she is much the
largest ship builder-in the world, and
has lately turned ' her attention to
building merchant,, tonnage with in
creased vigor. The hepe .of defeating
ungiana by suomartnes Is doomed to
eerious disappointment
The security markets have settled
down to a state of Inactivity pending
developments growln- out of the war.
liquidation has now been going on for
two montns and nrlees are consider
ably lower than when speculation was
at its height. Our relations with Ger
many are of course the nlvotal issue
and the conviction grows dally that It
is only a question cf time when some
overt act on the part of Germany may
anve tnis country Into war. Our
patient president shows an endurance
with Germany's aggressions that Is
unfortunately mistaken for weakn
But the tremendous resnonatMlltu
wntclP he carries should eiemnt him
im km inning criticism, especially
as nis policy of forbearance will place
this ountry In an advantageous posi
tion oerore the world eo"t of pub
lie opinion. 6ome uneasiness wsp in
duced by the threatened outbreak in
Cuba, also by fears of renewed diffi
culties with Mexico, hnt thus rr
neitner or these contingencies are
seriously rewarded. The most threat.
enlng domestic factor In the business
situation is aggravation of the freight
embargo by the submarine menace to
neutral vessels. Our own ships are
still held In port awaiting action of
the government, which Is considering
the streets of rrantlne the protection
which they require. Not only the ships
or tne American Hn are detained.
out also those of several neutral At
lantlc lines. As a result, freight is
piling up upon the railroads at various
points and - a serious congestion of
freight Is imminent that will be still
further aggravated by the scarcity of
cars and the Inadecnacv of motive
power and terminal facilities. Muck
Inconvenience may fee forced unon the
publlo by this situation, resulting In
loss to the railroads and a new ex
cuse for high price In commodities.
Whether the embargo will become
serious enough to Impose a restraint
upon Industrial activity remains to be
seen, (several stack or tne united
States Steel corporation have been
blown out In consequence.
The monetary situation may be
come a more Important factor In the
near future, especially if we are drawn
Into war. No stringency Is to be an
ticipated, because of the very ample
resource of our banks and the gen
eral soundness of credit. The enor
mous wastage of capital from two and
half years of Intense destructive
ness is at last making; itself felt
Even the large profits made by this
country are being rapidly absorbed by
Increased expenses and the huge de
mands of new loans. War la now cost
ing the various belligerents over
1 100.000. 000 per day. nearly all of
which is pure wastage except expendi
tures for food and clothing, which
would hav to be bought and paid for
under any circumstances. Since
August 1. 114. the cost of the war
must have been approximately 170.
00. 000.0(H). The approaching spring
drive will Increase expenditures, and If
we Join in the melee the figures will
be sddltlonally swollen. Rumor si
dy Intimates that a war loan of
1(40. 00. 000 three per rent bonds is
contemplated In this country for our
own purposes. There Is no doubt
whatever that it will be promptly
taken. Should we enter the war. and
If it continues longer than anticipated,
ether rimtlar amonnts will follow.
With such demands aad the conse
quent Inflation accompanying war. It
Is not surprising that time money
should show a hardening tendency.
Great Britain, however. Is likely to do
her utmost to keep down rates In this
market for the pui puss ef facilitating
her transaction tn foreign exchange.
Gold is again coming ta libera sums
from Ottawa.
Unsettling as the general sitnatton
may be there Is ese fact to be heme
in mind, and that Is we can face war
with perfect equanimity. Our con
sclense will be clear, for we have tried
to avoid war almost to the point of
humiliation. In this hour of crisis
let us not forget that there Is a silver
lining to every clowd. We are seeing
today an exhibition of patriotism that
has not been equaled since the Civil
war. It is well to remember one thing,
that is, that our country can take
care of Itself, come what will, better
than any other nation on earth In
time of peace or In time of war.
Thanks be to Almighty God for giving
us a superabundance of everything for
self support, even though we are wall
ed in. The entire nation views the
situation with composure, confident in
the wisdom and strength of our gov
ernment, as well as in the resources
and patriotism of the American peo
ple. Our banking system is In unusual
ly good position, and soft spots such as
might be expected after recent experi
ences are remarkably few. Moreover,
there has been a greater, degree of
preparedness for this contingency
than generally supposed and our
bankers cannot be taken by surprise.
The same Is true of our Industrial
plants. Many of these are upon or
nearly upon a war basis, and not a few
could take on big war orders at once
without further preparations. The
shock of war wlU, therefore, be rela
tively light If it comes and easily
borne; a fact that has already been
partly discounted. As for military
preparations, these, too have tfoen
perfected more thoroughly than
usually realised, the government hav
ing wisely kept such movements as
quiet as possible. There Is no reason
why this country should not do as
other countries have done; take this
crisis calmly and suppress all un
necessary excitement. Foreign cltlsens
have nothing to fear provided they
conduct themselves quietly, our gov
ernment having already assured
them ' that neither their persons
nor ineir property will be put
under constraint so long as proper!
conduct is complied with. The Ger-I
man element In our population has '
long been considered a desirable one, (
the American people have no am-!
mosity against the Germans as 'such;
their hostility being confined entirely,
to its government's policy of subma
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SPORT CALENDAR FOR WEEK,
Monday.
Opening of Washington's Birthday
golf tournament at Bellealr, Fla.
Central A. A. U. basketball cham
pionships, st Chicago.
George Chip vs. Knockout Brown.
ten rounds at Youngstown, O.
Tommy Gibbons vs. Terry Keller,
fifteen rounds, at Baltimore.
Tuesday.
Opening of annual bench show of
Westminster Kennel club, at New
York city.
Close of the winter race meetlnr of
New Orleans Jockey club, at New Orleans.
Opening of annual tournament ol i
Jose, Cel.
Ad Wolrast vs. Terry Brooks, ten
rounds, at Boston.
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Wednesday.
Hartford armory Indoor track and
field meet, at Hartford, Conn.
Opening of midwinter golf tourna
ment or Houston Country club, Hous
ton, Texas.
Thursday.
Coronado open golf championship
tournament, at Coronado, Cal.
Syracuse-Michigan dual indoor
track and field meet, at Svracuea
Opening of anriual bench show of
Colorado Kennel club, at Denver.
Frank Taberskl vs. Louis Kreuter,
at Youngstown, O., for pocket billiard
championship.
Midwinter tournament of New York
State Chess association, at New York
city.
Johnny Kllbane vs. Tommy Tuohey,
ten rounds, at New York.
Jimmy Duffy vs. Battling Kopin,
ten rounds, at Erie .Pa.
Friday.
National A. A. N. handball cham
pionship tournament opens in Detroit.
Schedule meeting of Western Lawn
Tennis association, at Chicago.
Opening of annual bench show of
Pasadena Kennel club, at Pasadena,
Cal.
Satarday.
Schedule meeting of American base
ball association, at Kansas City.
Opening of Cuban-American Horse
show, at Havana, Cuba.
Annual show of Atlanta Automo
bile Dealers' association, Atlanta, Oa.
Annual show of Newark Automobile
dealers association, Newark. N. J-
Pennsylvania indoor tennis cham
pionship, at Philadelphia.
' Annual Indoor games of Johns
Hopkins university, at BaHimorw.
- Annua indoor game of -Fordbam
wiivorslty. st New York.
New England A. A. A. TT. annual in
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