Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-17
Chancellor Won Bethmann-
HoIIweg's Name Connected
With Resignation Rumors.
INDISCRIMINATE WAR
ON SHIPS is CHECKED
Retirement of Admiral Won Tirpitz
Believed to Foreshadow Greater
Naval Activity, However.

LONDON. March 17.-Dr. Won Beth
mann Hollweg, the imperial chancellor.
may follow Admiral Won Tirpitz into
retirement, according to a dispatch
from Geneva to the Daily Express,
quoting. Berlin reports. which also
state that Prince Bernhard Won BueIow.
the former chancellor, will soon leave
Lucerne for Berlin.
The retirement of Admiral Won Tirpitz
is considered in French official circles.
according to the Paris newspapers. to
be due to the fact that he has opposed
the coming out of the German feet.
while Emperor William desires to see
it engage the British naval forces. The
conclusion is consequently drawn that
a change may be looked for in the Ger
man naval policy. and that the recent
appearance of German warships in the
North sea is a sign that preparations
are being made for an early action by
the high sea fleet.
No General U-Boat War.
BERLIN. March 16. via London.
March Herman officials repeat the
statement that submarine warfare will
go on in the limits set by the German
memorandum to neutral powers of last
month. but that the demands of those
who wished to see the indiscriminate
torpedoing of whatever comes in front
of the torpedo tubes to use the ex-
preston of one of those who advocate
this policy. will not be fulfilled.
This is also the deduction which
those acquainted with the situation de-
ton of Admiral Won Tirpitz, which was
lforeshadowed a few days ago by the
reports of his illness. The conclusion
is said to be strengthened by the fact
that Admiral Won Capelle has been
chosen as the new minister.
He is known merely an excellent
administrative officer, not having had
ship command in the last twenty five
years During this period he has been
at the admiralty, first as adviser on
military affairs, then in the budget de-
partments and finally as head of the
administrative department. He was
looked on as the right-hand man of
Admiral Won Tirpitz until his retire.
ment last November.
Shaken by Resignation.
The Tages Zeitung, which has been
one of the strongest supporters of Ad-
miral Won Tirpitz. says that it is ''shak-
en- by the news of the admiraTs resig-
nation. and does not at present feel it,
self in a condition to make a comment
thereon.
The Morgenpost says:
There will be universal regret that
circumstances made the retirement of
the grand admiral necessary. The rea
sons for this and the inner relations of
affairs with one another cannot now
be discussed. but it will be regretted
that there was no other way OUT
Compliment Won Tirpitz.
All the newspapers pay high compli-
ment to the career of Admiral Won Tir-
pitt. the Berliner Tageblatt terming him
"one of the few strong men of the post
Bismarckian era"
The new admiral, Admiral Won Capelle.
assisted in working out the feet plans
Of Admiral Won Tirpitz. and he is thor
oughly familiar with the executive and
administrative work of the imperial
navy. He is just past sixty years OF
age. He entered the navy in 1872. and
became an admiral in 1913. His retire
ment last November was explained as
being due to serious considerations of
health. He was ennobled in 1912