The Alaska daily empire., 1917-05-14
BRITISH CATCH MESSAGE FROM
 v0N HINDENbURC
German General Scoffing at Entrance of the United States into
 Present Conflict

LONDON. May 14.--Ticld Marshal Von Hindenburg recently gave to the correspondent uf the Barcelona Van guaria "an interview" which created a storm of discussion in Switzerland. A delayed cable message from Berne disclosed this fact. The interview has never been published in full.
 According to the London Daily Tel egraph, the British admiralty inter- cepted the Hindenburg message sent by the German government to it's wireless stations. Won ITindenburg said:
 Tn deciding on unrestricted U-bjat warfare, notwithstanding the possi. bilities of America coming to the as sistance of the Entente Powers, we deemed such assistance was of no weight. I certainly admit that the financial assistance of the United States should be booked as an addi- tional asset for our enemies. but in this way, contrary to what has been the case in other wars, money has proved not to be the most important matter for the conduct of military operations.
 U. S. Did Best Before
 The American supply of war ma terial to the Entente Powers, has already reached such a magni tude that any further increase ap- pears to be hardly possible, and now it is proposed to raise an army of ho1 ,,,iI1 men.
 "To equip such an army and at the same time to supply the Entente on the present scale appears to be impossible. The material assistance given the Entente cannot be very great within any measurable time, and it is the task of our U-boats to diminish it.
 "If the British fleet. with the help of the French, Russian, Italian and Japanese navies, has hitherto been unable to overcome the U-boat dan ger the American fleet will not sue ceed either.
 "The Entente has no weapon against the U-boats. The sea barrier grows with increasing effectiveness. The more ships there are on the ocean the greater will be the U-boats' booty.
 Even with the most intense work and with the greatest support from the Entente countries in the sending to America of officers to give in structions, no American expedition ary corps of any considerable strength can be expected to be ready for dispatch to Europe for at least year. On the other hand this year according to the statement of the Entente leaders is to bring the final decision
 Germany Is Prepared
 Moreover, we, too, have taken our measures. Our eastern front has been so consolidated and is now garrisoned by such mass of men that General Brusiloff, even with the most ruthless sacrifices of men, can achieve no success Even the craziest optimist in the Entente camp cannot today deny that the recent events in Russia will promote our plans.
 Last year we required our strate- getic army reserve to repulse Brusi- loff's interruption, and the western front was thrown upon it's own limit ed resources. Nevertheless, the An glo-French attack was repulsed. To- day things are fundamentally differ ent.
 "The Western front has become so strong that we can withstand ev- cry attack. With the absolute secur- 1 ity on all our fronts, we have today at our free disposal an army reserve of strength and preparedness which have not been equalled at any | other time during the war, ready for defense or attack at any point we i may choose.
 Nothing which happens on any front. in the sea or in the air, should | be regarded as an isolated phenom- enon. Everything is part of one great plan. In this sense our army | and navy have become one.