The Detroit times., 1914-12-22
BIZ KARL II. T0A WIEGAND.
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Copyright. 1914, by United Press
GRAND GENERAL HEADQUAR-
TIERS OF KAISER IN FRANCE, Dee.
2.-(yia The Hague to New York.
Dec. 22.-(Delayed for Official wise by
general staff) has not rails
ed her voice In protest and has TAX
en- little or no action against Eng
lands closing Of the North Sea to
neutral shipping. What will Amer
lea say IL Germany declares subma.
rine war on all hostile merchant
ships?"
Grand Admiral Won Tirpitz, minis.
ter OF marine. regarded the strongest
man In the German government, and
possible next chancellor. and whose
marvellous organizing genius Is large
, ly responsible for Germany's fleet,
peered sharply at me as he leaned for.
ward and put the question to me. IN
the trst interview he has ever grant
ed an American correspondent.
why not?" he continued. England
wants to starve us! We can play the
same game. We can bottle her up
and torpedo every English or allies
ship which nears any harbor In Great
Britain, thereby cutting of large food
supplies"
Admiral Won Tirpitz slowly repeat
ed the first question.
What would America say? Would
not such action be only melting out 10
England what she is doing to us?
Yes!"
After several days at the Crown
Princes headquarters, and In the Ar
gonnes. had motored TO the kaiser's
field capital I'm France. where all the
ministeries and departments OF the
German government are now located.
(Since this interview most OF the ren.
eral stan returned TO Berlin owing
to the kaiser's illness.)
For once departing from his rigid
rule not TO talk with newspaper men,
Admiral Won Tirpitz received me IN
private house. the homo OF French
banker who fed before the German ad-
vance, and on the door OF which was
a cardboard Sign. Marine depart.
ment."
Mentally and physically. Won Tir-
pitz In magnificent Teuton, He has
O mind OF steel-trap order. IL a mar.
volous organizer. and has more Bia,
marckian force and iron In his nature
tlian any other German officiai I have
met, He Immediately plunged into an
analysis or his views OF the cause
that tend 10 the war and traced the
growth OF sea and world power de.
veloped by England until. M he put n,
the domlneer,ng arrogance OF the
British, eliminated In the present war
which England engineered In order
TO crush the natural growth and de-
lvelopment OF the power OF the Ger
man empire" 'Britain's domination or
the sea-" he declared, was originally
founded on piracy. while her power
on land was established by robbery In
all parts OF the world England and
England alone, is responsible for thls
war. Did Germany want anything
Did Germany make any demands on
ANYONE? Did Germany have any quar-
I rel with anyone? No. She only want
cd 10 be let alone to continue her
peaceful growth and Development
"England's antlGerman policy dates
back as far as 1870. after our victory
over France" continued the minister.
Always dlctatorial and domineering.
she didn't want Germany to expand
commercially or TO take the place I'm
the world TO which her power entitled
her
England Is impartial She viii cut
anyoue's throat who gets In her way.
England has no white mans scruples.
Her alliance with Janan shows that.
She will form an alliance with any
one. regardless of race or color n she
can profit thereby. Germany was de-
yeloping too fast. growing too strong
and too powerful and was getting IN
highlands way so her throat had 70
be cut--that's u IN a nutshell. Kins
Edward laid plans for II years ago
He had an inexplicable antipathy q
Germany. He looked about and seized
upon the growing Pansiavism In ths