The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-29
From the London Daily Dispatch.

From the London Daily Dispatch
 THE unsatisfactory character of the
 German note to the United States
 q renders of special interest the fol- lowing article, published last week in the Tag, in which the writer, Admiral Won Truppel, discusses the possible results to Germany of rupture with America.
 war with America-even a diplo matic rupture. which would strengthen our enemies practically quite as much as the participation of America in the war would gravely damage our prospects in this struggle of the nations. as many people in our country perceive. In the purely military sense America could do us little more harm in the immediate future than she is doing at present by her dis patch of war material to our enemies. In course of time. however If she took part in war intended for our destruction, she would be able to add to the strength If our foes by and land, and. above all, her technical skill and manufacturing re- sources would provide a great addition of submarines and aircraft. The trade in ammunition and war material, which is at
 
 carried on solely for gain, would, under the organization and the responsibility of the government, be vastly improved in quantity and quality. The cutting off or the American wireless stations and over land telegraphs and, above all, the in terruption of all means of communica- ton across America, would sever us from all connection with the outside world, with the exception of a couple or so of neutrals on our borders, and would gravely prejudice us in a military, indus trial, and political sense.
 The greatest dangers that would threaten us from this new enemy lie in the com mercial and political sphere. It is not only that America would, after the ex- ample of our enemies. lay her hands on milliards' worth of German property and intern masses of German people, and would seize as prize splendid merchant fleet (which will later be of great impor- tance to us). She will also close the ring which England endeavors to consoii- date for the more complete severance of the central powers from the rest of the world. If actual physical starvation is not to be feared. England and America would together have the power to exert such pressure on the remaining neutral powers that they would be obliged from necessity or could from their own desire to attain long sought-for political ends, range themselves on the side of our ene- mics, either as combatants or as pur- veyors of larger exports.
 Above all, America, which would suffer hardly at all by taking part in the war in this way, and would maintain her indus trial progress and increase it in many di- rections, would have an excellent chance of making herself the banker of the world, and would be able to finance our present enemies to an extraordinary de- gree The financial needs of our ene- mics, which tend every day to swing in our favor, would be as good as guaran- teed. The entrance of America into the war on the side of our enemies might we'll change a position that on the whole is excellent for us to our disadvantage much more than the immediate military strength of America seems to warrant. Those who merely look at the military s.de of the picture, and consider break