The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-08

greater than that which followed the
| Irst declarations OF war in Aug,s+
tsls . me people, who before had az.
cepted everything their government
| sAIa' began to think for Themselves
C"e hesrd almost as much criticism,
as praise OF the Lusttania incfden,
For the first time the ouarreI Whit
nsd been nourished between tho
foreign office and the admiralty be-
cdtne nation wide and forces through-
OUT Germany lined UP with one side
" INC other But the navy depart
fnent was the cleyerer of the two Tha
80 bureau sent out inspired stories
mat the submarf1es were caustn o
England loss of a. million doIIars
week They said that every veeL tho
a was launching two U-beats
1t was stated that reliable renortu n
Ho!nlFal Won Tirpitx proved the high
ION taken by the submarines In two
| weeks struck terror to the hear.s ~
English shipowners The nawsna
printed under great headlines, Toll
OF Our Tireless U-Boats" the nan,as
ana Tonnage of ships lost The press
bureau pointed to the rise in food
~, ices IN Great Britain and France
ne PUBIC was made to feel a person.
" pride In submarine exploits And
a
writer's brought up the old issue Of
American arms and ammunitIon tn
'urther embitter the people.
nus the fret note which President
wilson wrote in the Lusitnnia case moi
""iy Drought the quarrel between tho
navy and foreign once to a climax
put II gave German people the first
opportunity they had had seriously 10
ulscuss questions OF policy and right
IN the Rhine valley where the am
unuhltion interests dominated every
phHse or Hfe the navy found its
9toiIcHest supporters. In educational
SIfciee' IN shipping centers, such es
ram ourl; and Bremen. in the flnan-
cial districts of Frankfort and Rarin
the foreign Office received it's sunnort
rress aud reichstag were divided
supporting the foreign office were the
t.okal Anzef8er the Berlner Tagebla,t.
me |oFofne Gazette, the FTankfurter
AeItung, the Hamburger Frsmdenbla+t
and the Fcrwaerts.
The navy had the support of Count
heVentlow, naval critic OF the
Dosssche Tagesxeitung: the ,raegltche
hnhdschau tho Vossische Zeitung. the
" orgen Post, the r. T. am Militia. the
Muenchener Neueste Nachrichten, the
Hneihsche Westfaelische Zeitung and
'''S &otHpt4C organ, the Keel
nischc Volks ZeittIng
Government officials were also diy1d
ed Chancellor Won Bethmann- Roil- /
veg leo the party which demanded I
an agreement With the United States /
re was supported by Won Jagow.
AlmThermanr, DIR. Karl Helfrertcb
secretary OF the treasury: Doctor Solf.
The Colonial minister: DR.. Siesfried
Heckscher vice chairman OF the
reichstas committee on foreign rela-
lions, ana Philip Schneidemann lead
or o. the majority of the Socialists In
the rstchstag
I1rpiA Leads Opposition.
The oppoaition vas led by Grand
AGInira, won Tirpitz He was sun
ported by General Won Falkenhayn.
rield Marshal Won Mackensen and all
army generals; Admirals Won pohl
and non BaehmaHH;; Ma Jer f3asser=
mann, leader OF the national liberal
party In the reichstag; DIR. Gustav
stressemann, member OF the reichstag
and director or the North German
lloyd Steamship com pany. and Won
feydebra nd. the so -called "Uncrown-
"a King OF Prussia" because of his
control Of the Prussian diet
With these forces against each other
ne internal fight continued more bit.
or than ever. President Wilson kept
insisting upon Icfnite promises from
Germany. but the Admiralty still had
he upper hand. There MAS nothing
or the foreign Office to do except TO
aake the best possible excuses and de-