The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-11-03
Commander of the Deutsch-
land Says Sea Battles Must
be Fought with Submarines
TOLD KAISER L. S.
WAS KIND TO HIM
Please With the Neutrality of the
American, He Tells
Reporter.
Special Dispatch to The Tribune &.

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New London, Conn, Nov. Capt
Kocnig Of the Deutschland believes
with unquestioning faith that the Ger
man war submarine is yet destined TO
play a deciding part in the world
war.
In the next great naval battle be
tween the German fleet and the Brit
iSh." ne said 1.-The submarine will play
the biggest part. This Is Il brand
new era. The men for the nation
which now places faith in big battle
ships arc blind. The great cruisers and
drcadnoughtS are TO use. The Amer
lean navy is not blind. The Amer
lean navy sees what some have still
to sCa. that the submarine Is the YES
sci of the future; that We live today
in a new naval era"
Tell Us about the Bremen" has was
asked The British say they caught
her and she Is now in a British port. q"
The Bremen" replied Capt. koenig.
Il do not know-it is true she sailed
with fuel and provisions Tor 60 days
and sixty days nave not passed since
she left Bremen, but | think she Is
lost. Yes, am willing to say she is
lost"
But the British did not get her. No.
They neither captured her nor sunk
her. 1t was not due to them that she
did not make the trip. Of that / am
positive
How was she lost >"
The Captain hesitated before he said,
We'll. perhaps she struck Il mine. Per
haps it vas floating mine. Perhaps
it VAS the weather. The thing l know
is that the British did not get her.
How do l know that Well | lust
know it.
"You believe without question that
the submarine will be the lighting yes
sci, not the large battleship?"
Il do; your American navy secs it.
Will submarines be built larger and
larger" Was another question.
"Undoubtcdly. The war has result
ed in a wonderful development Of the
efficiency Of the submarine. 1t has
been found serviccabIe for uses not
thought Of before the war began. The
development of submarines will con
tinue as it is continuing now
Tho Kaiser invited YOU 70 din" with
him." suggested the correspondent.
I'VE would Ike you to tell Us Of that
dinner"
"Teli us what the Kiser gave you
for dinner" asked q reporter.
ut was a very simple meal" he re-
piled.
"What did the Kaiser say to you
about America and the American Gov
ernmcnt?" was the next question.
u said to him how nicely the Amer
lean people had treated me-" lodged
Capt. Koenig without u tremor. Il
told him how strictly neutral the
Americans were and how good they
had been to me and about everything
49, Ill loro f,,. mo
But what Gic the Kaiser say TO you
of America ," persisted the reporter.
"He listened to my account Of Amer
leans" and that was all that dozen
other questions asked with the same
purpose got from the Knight Of Hohen-
zoIern.
rs the Kaiser pale and thin" ask
ed a Baltimore reporter. "The Kaiser
is q little white" said Capt. KOenig,
''but he is in the best of health and
spirits"
GLOW long does he think the war
will last"
81 think it will last at least another
year"
/ "Does the Kaiser believe that Ger
many will win; did he say anything
about that"
cover in Germany we all hope to
win this war"
"What do you think of the Jutland
naval fight, was it a German victory ,"
eve sunk 10000 tons; they $4,000.
was that a victory"