The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-12-22
HEAD OF GERMAN
NAVY INTERVIEWED
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7 remarked. that German mtlitarisn
hoped to bring on the war
Yes, that Is England's cry. retort-
ed the admiral. "Our militarssm they
accuse but what about her navalism
and marineism which for years mas
made claims to monopoly OF author
itx on the water? There is no mill
tarism with Us, unless you call univer-
sal service by that title; and that Is
merely the defensive development
which has resulted from Germany hav-
ing been the trampling for European
nations for hundreds OF years. For
two hundred years France has 6'eclar-
ed war on Germany thirty times.
saw universal service makes for peace,
not for war.
What are your excellency's views
as regards the Japanese problem. /
asked.
THAT Is for you. That Is what you
Americans viii have to face and meet
and We will be the on-lookers. On
this Won Tirpitz Strengthened up. His
finger pointed straight at me. as he
said quietly. Il meant that in jest
about our being onIookers. That would
depend on circumstances. One thing
I viii say-Germany will never aban-
don the white race. Japan WIN make
China vassal and will militarize its
millions Then 1t will be for your
country to look out, Admiral Togo
once saii to an European, next Will
come a general European war, then
vii, come a great war in which my
race win be against yours"
Engla1diss act in bringing In the
Japanese, Won Tirpitz holds to be high
treason to the white race 1t is mex
pHcable to him that Americans can
view with apparent indifference Japa-
nese activity in the Pacific and their
apparent inability to forsee grave pos.
sfbiIities arising in the near future.
He spoke In a tone OF deep sadness,
bordering zon bitterness as he dwelt
On the attitude OF America toward the
war. The reported snti-German SEN
timent in America he said he could
not understand, and added:
I'VE Just ask the American people
10 he fai-that Is alas fair to US
az to the others"
Admiral Won Tirpitz paid a high
tribute to the American navy which
he declared was the cumulative and
qualitative superior to the Japanese
navy. Ship for ship, man for man"
he said, 81 consider your navy out
classes that OF the Japanese; in fact,
I doubt II Il IS surpassed by that OF
any nation. Your navy has kept well
in view the object and purpose for
which Il was built"
Returning 10 the subject OF the pres
emf war. asked how long 1t might
be expected to last.
That" he replied. will depend up
on England. 1t is said that England
wants war to the hilt. II England
insists upon that, we can aocommo-
date her. but there are some who stili
hope that England will be sensible
and will listen to reason"
Az the word sensible" sounded
very significant to me, ] asked "is
your excellency one OF those who have
this hope that England will be SEN
stbIe and listen to reason?"
Won Tirpitz countered the fnterroga-
ton with another question.
do you believe F snd will be
sens3ble?"
THAT DEEPER IN what your excel
lency may mean by the word sen.
sible,"I said IF you mean an incli
/ nation in England to accept an early
Or easily adjusted peace, I am not op
tinistic at this time"
! Answering my question without de
filming his own, Won Tirpitz exclaimed
No r am not one OF those"
Then I take It Germany does not
want to carry the war TO the bitter
extreme, or to the hiit' as your excel
Iency has termed IT."
Certainly it is not our desire o,
wish, but 1, England insists upor
ashting the war 10 the hilt. we will
be there"
What effect will Lord Kitchener'f
new army have on the war;"
I'VE are not worried about Lore
Kitchener's million We still have
several millions. OF fine physically I'll
men to draw upon, il necessary and
If we take those not quite up to oul
regular standard, we can put still
more millions Into the field. That We
Twill fight TO the last. n Heceszary.
think the world no longer dounts.'
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