The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-15
TIRPITZ NOT ON GOOD
TERMS WITH KAISER

y A1A4V1o +"
Secretary Of State Of German
Navy May Be Removed
From Office.
! ny LA MARQUEE M FoSIDMoY.
n NAsAfUcH - Grand Admiral Won
Tarpits, me Secretary Of 6tate OF
! the German navy. - known from
one end Of Europe 70 the 0theS - the
prinMpal obstacle In che way Of any
friendly undsrotand1ng with Great
Britain, the news thAA very serious
differences have arisen between him.
self and the Emperor. tnvolvanS hAs
retirement from once At an early date.
will be hailed With satisfaction by
Nhose who fear Q var betwsen these
two countSdeA
Tho existence Of the quarrel. which
has been browning for some time. drst
became apparent at Essen, on the oc-
CASTOR OF the festivities In connection
with the oentenAry Of the foundAtaon
of the great house Of Krupp. ct which
both the Emperor and Tirpitz were
present. The Kaiser. referring % the
fact that Great Br3tain 10 now armink
her battleships with 34.S eentimster
eunS. inquired Of Herr Krupp Won
Bohlen whether the latter could not
construct IS centimeter guns for the
German navy. On receiving an amir
NATIVE. reply from Krupp. the Emperor
intimaAed his determination 70 have
his baatleships equipped herewith. %
az to give the vessels an even Sill
longer and moro powerful range than
the British men-of- war.
Tirpitz, ordinarily . very tactful
man, SENS to have lost his head For
he At once raised the most Vigorous
objections 10 any such heavy ordnance
on the ground not only AZ tho terrible
expeoee. but also becAnoe Of tho fAcf
that any superiority Of range woulo
be lost By fog or sea mist He In.
sisted. ana still insists. that In the next
great naval battle. Il Will be not the
81 or IS csntimetsr guns. but those
Of sunaaler range and weaGA&-whAs
.,ixnk b Described - ths medium
Euns-that viii decide the victory. Al
present tho heaviest gun n Shs or.
man navy 70 Q 80 oen$Aaneeef FUN. end
I4rpAtx has SAken % strong otAno
against anything heavier. IN 0arece op-
position 20 tho Emperor. that It 10
d1nics1lt TO ses how he can remain IN
ONCE.
Nor 10 this all Ta1pftz urges that
the money which the Emperor w1sn"s
to waste (ssc) on heavy guns snooiH
be devoted to the building OF more
.hipa But the Emperor and several
of the leading oficers Of the German
navy. notably. Great Admiral won Holt
xendorf. commanding In chief the Ger
man naval forces in the Baltic ano
the North Sea. are opposed to TINS
nottcy. For they declare that II Itr-
pitts program for the constructor
OF additional ships were FULFILLED. there
would not be enough ohfcers and sail
ors 70 man them: admitting. moreover.
tina, even now sthe greatest dafscuay
1. exnerdenced IN maintaining q the
reou;s site numeral standard The per
sonnet of the navy. owing TO tho 1a1'
that most Germans prefer service on
land In tho army. to service anoat In
the navy.
yor,zendorf has for some time past
been An opponent OF Won I1rpits' In
naval matters. and last month T1rptz.
on ascertalninG that Hoit1endOrf nao
invited the Foreign Secretary. Won
kiderlen- waechter. to dinner on 0oHro
his naeship, and had won him over
Of the naval program. he eomnlained
IN the EMPEROR and insisted that the
admiral should be relieved Of his COM
nand for having invoked the assis-
lance of ministers OF other Depart
ments against the policy OF MS Own
chief the Secretary OF the Navy. ne
pointed out. moreover. that Won AoIt-
zrndorf had already completed che
customary term OF his command, and
demanded that he should be relieved
and a successor appointed. nOminenns
Admiral Won Bachmann.
The Kaiser has. however decline"
n appoint Won Baehmann. has con-
t,nued Admiral Won Hohzendorf In
command OF Germany's principal meet
conaded to him quite recently the d.
rection OF the great naval manoeuSfes-
which he. the Emperor. himself AZ
tended. and has capped the whole MAJ
ter by bestowing upon nm the ofoe'
OF the Black Eagle: that 10 70 ny.
the highest decoration IN the sir OK
the Kaiser. and which u the
eo,axale.rt Of the English Order OF the
800, and Of the Austrian and span
t.h Golden Fleece.
II lay % much seresc UPON ne
M0eraoces watch have arisen between
~n,e az che extremely hostile atd-
80. vhscA TIE present German sec
reNary OF the Navy has all along man
ifested towards Great Britain: SO "uen
%hsH q has been frequently as
1919 In offcsal and political circles
n fondon. that the promotion Of Won
T,rnItx TO the chancellorship OF ths
.mr,re-his browning ambition
-oud be considered In Enea2nd Is
eou1vaaen4 to . decIaI0fAon Of war
Sy oermnny. u - he WHO 10 chief
" responsible for the fe~erish con-
structson Of more and moro ha4tae-
ships Of the Dreadnousht type. re-
eardless Of expense, and saddline the
Teuton taxpayer with FISCAL burdens
which are RAPIDLY becoming intoIera-
ble. HIS downfall Vou3A mean . let
up In che building - esw ships oy
Germany. and consequently also by
ENGLAND. and Shere would be such a
relaxaSfop q the tension now existing
between che two counsrses- that The