Arizona republican., 1916-08-04

Britain has repeatedly been guilty
during the war. For this reason an
important place in the review furn-
ished the Associated Press Of Admir-
al Won HoltZendorf's instructions is
taken up in recapitulation of al
legged violations of international law
'harged against British subjects.
While in the first year OF the war.
avs the statement. twenty proved
violations Of the law of nations by
enemy merchantmen (firing upon
German submarines, attempts TO ram.
etc. occurred. 3S such cases we're
reported in the second year. Mer-
chantmen owned by the allies, there
fore, during the two years violated in
the grossest manner the rules of in
tcrnational law no les than So times
against our submarines. This can be
proved up to the hilt.
The warships of Germany's en-
emies during the war have violated
the law Of nations in three particular
~ extreme cases. namely. the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse. the Dresden and
the Alhatross. Two cases. the Bara-
long and the King Stephen must be
characterized not only as violations
Of the law Of nations and a breach
Of the most ordinary rules of human
.ly, but as common murder. Count
less cases in which British warships
nave violated International law in
their conduct merchantmen owned by
he central powers or neutrals can
not be enumerated
During the second year of the war,
the British and their allies lost %
warships. OF total of 266,32O tons.
and Germany and her allies ten war
ships OF S2.210 tons. The total losses
Great Britain and her allies 40 ships
Of 562,250 tons and Germany and her
allies 80 ships Of 1871 321 tons. OF these
losses. England alone had forty ships
of 4S5,220 tons and Germany alone %
ships of 1921 tons.
The British losses comprised IL
/ oattleships, II armored cruisers. and
II protected cruisers. The battleships
include the Audacious, the loss OF
which has not yet been officially an
nounced and ship of the Queen
Elizabeth class. The cruisers include
the still contested loss of the Tiger
and the destruction Of an armored
cruiser OF the Greasy class on the
night Of May 81, which wds estab-
| lished by observations from almost
the entire German fleet. and two
small cruisers in the battle Of tbs
/ SkABgerak.
Furthermore. during the year pre-
I ceding June 80 $40 enemy merchant
men of total Of l,1S7.S72 gross tons
were lost as consequence of wal
measures OF the central powers which
! brings the total for the war TO july
| ] up to 1908 enemy merchantmen O
| 2.574205 tons. not INCLUDING eneml
merchantmen confiscated in the har
| bors of the central powers.
The total result Of the two years
war for England and her allies. is
loss in material which can be mad
good. This great and unexpected
feat of the German fleet and the con
federated naval forces. deserves IN
more consideration. because tn
strength of warships afloat or undo
construction at the beginning of tn
war for the enemy fleets was 443 YES
sells of 5.42S.000 tons. excluding auXili
airy cruisers destroyers submarine
and other armed craft Of which Eng
land alone had far more than zoo
in service Against these vessels
Germany and her allies could oppos
1855 similar ships of 1.651.000 tons. tn
central powers therefore have inflicte
on an enemy three and a third time
stronger than they are losses In larg
warships almost triple to their own.
dispatch received from Berlin b
wireless August / contained virtual
the same figures as given in IN
above statement. The statistics Ia
| adm1Ta II