Word: inland
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...mount guns on coastwise ships and the Atlantic ocean is too large to be completely covered by patrols. When the submarines succeed in such a surprise attack we must be philosophical and not get panicky. In the Spanish War people gave up their homes on the seashore and trooped inland for fear of Cevera's fleet. This is just what the Kaiser wishes to reoccur. He has shelled Paris for the moral effect and he is sending over submarines for the same reason...
...nearly as can be made out from the newspaper accounts, the completely ruined area is the poorer, northern section of Halifax, called Richmond, lying along the Narrows for a mile and a quarter, and extending inland half a mile. But for a half mile further south--toward the centre of the town--and inland, the destruction is only less complete. And still another three-quarters of a mile of wharves and warehouses is badly shattered. The waterfront laid waste is equal in extent to that of Boston from the South Station around to the North Station, and across Charlestown...
...nation's resources are not being used to the best advantage when men who might make good officers enlist as privates, where they serve no greater purpose than other men without the qualifications of leadership. Nor is it conservation of resources when good landsmen from the inland country volunteer for patrol boat work because they have always had a vague yearning towards the sea; and when men who can walk with equilibrium essay to fly. It does the nation small good to grow seasick for patriotism, or to wreck a delicate machine with unskilled, though ready loyalty. The nation needs...
Lynn harbor is a salt water inland bay with a six-mile straightaway ending at Revere Beach. Though rough at this time of the year this is the only available stretch of water now free from...
Iowa is not a "militarist" state. It is not even excitable on questions of defence. It is well inland. Bombardment of the coast seems a long way distant, to the Iowan. Pacifism, loosely interpreted, is fairly strong in Iowa. But what do you suppose is the public opinion of that state on universal military training? The newspapers reflect with accuracy the opinions of their readers-they wouldn't do business long if they did not. A poll has been taken, from DesMoines, of the Iowa newspapers on this question, and it resulted like this: In favor of universal training...