The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-07-30
ENGLAND STARTSSE
As Seen in Germany.
By CARL w. ACKERMAN.

As Seen in Germany.
BY CARL w. ACKERMAN.
Omitted Press STAFF correspondent)
Berlin, July 3O.-Germany's as
sets after a years warfare can be
summed up thus:
Possession of Prussian Poland, Bel
GUM and Northern France e-terrl-
tory as large and rich as New Eng
land and New York.
The Fatherland entirely free Of
the enemy, save for small strip OF
Western Alsace.
Powerful and active submarine and
Zeppelin fleets.
A tradition for the navy.
An army still capable of offensive
operations everywhere in the war
theaters. And hundreds of thousands
of men capable Of bearing arms, not
yet called to the colors.
Finances unimpaired-the only bel
igerent which has not borrowed
heavily, openly or in secret, in foreign
,lands, and which has neither declared
a moratorium or cancelled public
debts.
A million citizens in neutral lands
ready to return home and help Ger
many recuperate after the war.
Territory Not Damaged.
Territory practically undamaged
by the ravages of war.
Germany's losses during the years
struggle are:
Over one half of her colonial en-
pire captured.
All her overseas commerce tempor
arily destroyed.
Two hundred and fifty thousand
soldiers killed.
Expenditure of about $2,500,000. ~
The war has given Germany these
heroes:
The Kaiser.
Field Marshall Won Hindenberg,
who won the battle of the Mazurian
Lakes, freed East Prussia of the
Slavs and pricked the bubble of Rus
-sia's irresistible might.
Gen. Won Heaseler, who led the Ger
man rush into France.
Lieut.. Won der Linden, who with Is
men captured a fort at Namar, Bel
gium, without firing a shot and per-
mitted the Germans to begin the
rout of the Allies.
~ Was Flying Swedish Flag.
Commander Otto Weddigen, of the
submarine U-29, who sank four
British cruisers in the North Sea and
who finally met his death when his
submarine was sunk by a British
ship flying the Swedish flag.
Captain Won Muecke, a lieutenant
of the famous sea- raider "Emden," 1"
who led the Cocos Island landing par
ty from the Emden safely back to
Berlin, after the Emden was sunk.
Admiral Won Spec, who sank one
British squadron and preferred to
fight with his own squadron off the
Falklands until ships and crews went
to the bottom, rather than surrended
to an overwhelmingly superior Brit
ish fleet.
The naval heroes equal those of
the army. Germany believes the
tradition established for her navy
by the initiative, courage and ability
of her sailors during the past year
one of the most valuable benefits the
war has conferred on her. The men
who have died at sea for the Father
land will have their names inscribed
on imperishable rolls as a new in
spiration for the Empire. When the
present war broke out the German
navy was an untried instrument. It
had learned all it knew of sea-fght-
ing by maneuvers and study.
Not Equal to Germans.
The war has demonstrated conclu-
sively to Germany that man for man
the English, with all their centuries
of sea training, are not the equals
of the Germans. One of the major
surprises of the war is the compara
tive inefficiency of England's naval
= commanders. The manner in which
Admiral Cradock allowed himself to
be out-maneuvered in the Chilian
coast battle by Admiran Won Spec, the
futility of the English attempts to
force the Dardanelles and the disputes
of the admiralty in London, culmin-
ating in the open mutiny Baron
Fisher, are all believed by the Ger
mans as representative incidents,