Week
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contributor: Blakemore, William
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1915-02-06
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note: mmmmma-.-m-n..,',... The Week A British Columbia Newspaper and Review The Official Organ ot the Victoria Real Estate Exchange 2 Vol. XII, No. 3; Victoria, B, C, Canada, February 6th, 1915 5c. a copy, $2.00 a year Progress off the War IN ORDER to mark the progress of the war at the present time, it is necessary to read between the lines. Since the great- naval victory in the North Sea there has been no event of moment except the activity of German submarines in the Irish Sea and off the coast of France. The policy of the German militarists is developing rapidly. In his remarkable article to "Le Matin," the First Lord of the Admiralty compares Germany to a man with a pad over his mouth gasping for breath; in other words, the stranglehold is beginning to tell. Such desperate developments as the torpedoing of merchantmen and the threat of danger to neutral vessels is a policy of desperation. As such it cannot succeed; it may involve us in monetary loss, but it can have no effect on the control of the seas and, as has been repeatedly pointed out, the slow-moving submarine is no match for the torpedo destroyer. We cannot expect to pass through this great war without paying many penalties, and one must inevitably be dearer food; but this will only bring the seriousness of the war closer home to all of us and can never modify the purpose of theBritish people to fight it out "to a finish." In this connection one of the most significant occurrences of the week was the announcement yesterday of certain financial arrangements under which the resources of England, France and Russia are to be "pooled" for war purposes. This will make it more certain than ever that the Triple Entente will be a real alliance. Meanwhile interest centres upon the attitude of Italy, Roumania and Greece. The Week sees no reason to change its opinion that the two former, at any rate, are bound to intervene on the side of the Allies when the psychological moment arrives. It is an open secret that England…
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: publisher not identified (1904-1906) ; The Week Publishing Co., Ltd. Offices (1906-1907) ; �The Week� Publishing Company, Limited (1907-1918) ; publisher not identified (1918-1920)
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Victoria (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0373914
language: English
lat: 48.428333
long: -123.364722
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Victoria : "The Week" Publishing Company, Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text