The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-12-30
GERMAN ADMIRAL PLANS WAY TO
STARVE BRITOKS OUT
TALKS ON Big QUESTIONS
German Undersea Boats Could Sink
Merchant Ships and Cut OF Food
Supplies-Talks Of Relations Be-
tween the United States and Japan
Asks Only Fairness.
Asks Only Fairness.

Karl H. Won Wiegand sends the
following dispatch from Grand Cen
eral Headquarters of the Kaiser in
France:
America has not raised her voice
in protest and has taken little or no
action against England's closing the
North Sea to neutral shipping. What
will America say If Germany declares
submarine WAT on all enemy mer-
chant ships!"
Grand Admiral Won Tirpitz, Ger
man minister of marine, regarded the
strongest man in the German govern
ment and possible next imperial
chancellor, and whose marvellous or
ganizing genius is largely responsible
for Germany's feet, peered sharply
at me as he leaned forward and put
the question to me.
"Why not?" he continued. eng
land wants to starye US! We can play
the same game. We can bottle her
up and torpedo every English or
Allies ship which nears any haroor
in Great Britain, thereby cutting on
large food supplies"
"What Would America say?"
Admiral Won Tirpitz slowly repeat
ed the first question:
What would America say? Would
not such action be only melting out to
England what she is doing to us?
Yest"
After several days at the Crown
Princes headquarters and the Ar
gonne had motored to the kaiser's
field capital in France, where all the
ministries and departments of the
German government are now situat-
ed.
(After this interview most Of the
general staff returned to Berlin ow-
ing to the Kaiser's illness.)
For once departing from his rigid
rule not to talk with newspaper men,
Admiral Won Tirpitz received me in a
private house, the home Of q French
banker who fed before the German
advance, and on the door Of which
was a cardboard sign," Marine De-
partment."
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Mehetally and physically Won Tir-
pitz is magnificent Teuton. He has
a mind of steel trap order, is a mar
velous organizer and has more Bis
marckian force and iron in his nature
than any other German official have
met. He Immediately plunged into
an analysis Of his views Of the causes
that led to the war, and traced the
truth of the sea and world power de-
veloped by England until, as he put
it, 'the domineering arrogance OF the
British eliminated in the present war,
which England engineered in order to
crush the natural growth and de-
velopment Of the power Of the Ger
man empire,
Britain domination Of 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 re-
sponsible for this war. Did Germany
want anything? Did Germany make
any demands on any one? Did Ger
many have any quarrel with any one?
No; she only wanted to be let alone to
continue her peaceful growth and de-
velopment.
"England's anti-German policy
dates back as far as 1870, after our
victory over France" continued the
minister. always dictatorial and
domineering, she didn't want Ger
many to expand commercially or 10
take the place in the world to which
her power entitled her.
Throat Had to be Cut.
England is impartial. She. will
cut any ones throat who gets in her
way. England has no white mans
scruples. Her alliance with Japan
shows that. She will form an alliance
with any one, regardless of race or
color, if she can profit thereby. Ger
many was developing too fast. grow
ing too strong and too powerful and
was getting in England's way, so her
throat had to be cut-that's it In a
nutshell. King Edward laid plans fol-
it years ago. He had an eStraordi.
nary antipathy to Germany. He look
ed about and seized upon the growing
Pan-Slavism in the east and the re.
vanche' idea in the west as his
means"
What are Your Excellency's views
as regards the Japanese problem?"