New-York tribune., 1914-10-30
WHAT THE KAISER SAID
TO LORD TWEEDMOU1H
Secret Letter of Emperor to Head OF british Aol''''
Declaring German Navy No Menace to Britain
Now Printed in Full.

Lod at any large bookseller. Ihcie
;s nothing surprising. secret or under
hand in ii. and every reader may stuSS
the whole course mapped out Tor ue
'devclopment Of the German navy
with the greatest ease the Jaw ''
beipc adhered TO. and II prov'dcs i"i
about thirty TO forty ships oi me i'he
in 1920. the number of ships hNeu ny
the bill. including the fleet then ac'-
ually in commission. NotwIins'anu, x
It's material being already old ana lar
surpassed by contemporary typeS "
otber foreign navics, the cNtraoruli
arv rapiditv with which improvement -
we're introduced in the types OF pay
tIeships ornaments and arnor maui
tho Acet in commission obsolete pc
fore the building programme pfoNlI
iup additions to u was nan INNS W. ".
TIC obsolete feet had TO b. struck Oh
list thus leaving gap and lowering
ibe number of ships below the stand
ard prescribed by the bill;
"This gap was stopped by using lne
Grisbed ships TO replace the obsol'le
onos instead Of being added to them
as originally intended. Therefore m
ste.d of steadily increasing the stand
inc fleet bv regular additions, 1t came
to q wholesale rebuilding of the entIre
German navy. Our actual programme
in the course Of execution IS PI"ct'
callv only an exchange OF ola matetial
for new. but not an addition 10 the
number Of units originally Lard down
bv the bill ten years ago, whlch Is pe
ing adhered TO. I'll.
"It seems TO me that the main tauit
in the discussions going on IN the
ronors il the permanent ventllatlng ol
Tho so-called two or three or more
powcr standard and then only eNem-
plifving on one power, when Is III
variably Germany.
"It is fair to suppose that each "a
tiou builds and commissions lts navy
according to Its needs, and not ohiy
with regard to the programme OF oIher
countries. Therefore II "ould De IlT
simplest thing for England to say
have a worldwide empire, the greAlcSt
trade Of the world, and to proleci 'nT"
| must have so-aud-so- many battle
sbips. cruisers. etc. as are necessary
to guarantee the supremacy OF the sea
IA me and they shall accordingly be
built and manned.
"Tbat is the absolute right OF your
country. and nobody anywhere couId
saw a word about II. and whether IL De
siy,v ar ninety or 100 battlcshlps,
that would make no difference, and Ger
tainly no change in the German maya AVA
bill. May the numbers be as you thlhS
m Everybody here would understand
il. but the people would be very thank
full over here If at least Germany was
left out Of the discussion. for it is very
calling to Germans to see their country
,on.;,u.Il,, hold m aS the sole danger
and menace to Great Britain by the
whole press of the different contending
partics. considering that other coun-
tries are building, too, and there are
even larger fleets than the German.
"Doubtlcss when party faction
runs high there is often a lamentablt
TASK of discrimination in the choice OF
weapons. but really must protest
that the German naval programme
should be the only one for Ms eN,-
elusive use or that such a poisoned
one should be forged as German chal,,
lenge to British supremacy Of sea