Word: mediterranean
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...letter from Colonel Roosevelt, which I received three weeks after his death, on my way back, across the Mediterranean, from Jerusalem I came upon these lines...
Since the U53 and the Deutschland paid us their respects early in the war, we have taken it for granted that the submarines would restrict their activities to the Irish Sea, the Mediterranean, and the waters around the coasts of England and France. At least, we soon believed this to be the German policy when, after the Naval Reserve had taken to sea in their motley array of ships, no enemy was found willing to do battle. Our vigil little by little relaxed, the crews ceased to open fire on every inoffensive porpoise, and the Navy Department began to build...
...other hand, the Austrians have made war on the United States in two definite and unforgivable ways: Austrian submarines have sunk American ships and taken the lives of Americans in the Mediterranean; and the Austrian ambassador, Dumba, and many of his subordinates, plotted against the peace, security and neutrality of the United States--right here on our own shores. There are hundreds of thousands of Austro-American citizens in the United States, who earn their living by honest work, and desire no trouble with anybody; most of them probably are Slavs and Hungarians who have no reason to love...
...days of the great German advance of August 1914, have the Allies been confronted with so serious a crisis. For should a catastrophe take place, then the way will lie open for the Germans to seize the rich Lombard plain, capture new ports for submarine bases on the Mediterranean, and even menace France from the rear. Any aid to prevent this, if it is to be effective, must be immediate. The danger is so instant and overwhelming as to leave no time for deliberation. Already the French cabinet is considering what aid France can give her ally; but France...
...giving you a summary of how I landed in Gharial after traveling 13,000 miles in seven weeks, I don't need to spend much time over the sea voyage. Of course we had a couple of submarine scares in the Mediterranean, but sailing with no lights and over a zig-zag course with occasional lifeboat drills lost most of its excitement soon after we left Marseilles. The soldiers along the Suez Canal and the other signs of war, really the most interesting sights on the trip, I can't describe very well on account of censorship rules...