THE IMPORTANCE OF SEA-POWER
[To the Editor of Tim SPECTATOR] SIR,-1 am very much obliged by. the gracious compliment with which Commander Geoffrey Bowles prefaces his interesting letter. flow " long " the " war " would be, in the event of our blockading Germany, would depend on a great many factors. Of these one would be the extent to which Germany had prepared for such‘a contingency by the storage of essential commodities. While precise 'information on this point is of course not available, it is evident that in the last few years she has accumulated a vast store of such commodities.
In a book recently translated into English and published by Messrs. Hodge (To-Morrow's War, by Stephen Th. Possony), the author argues that the most valuable military use of the aeroplane is as an adjunct to the blockade, the method being the bombing of stores. The whole thesis of the book is that as the requirements of war become more complicated, the importance of the blockade must increase : an interesting commentary on the trust which at least Mr. Bowles and myself still pin in Sea Power.—I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
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