Evening star., 1918-01-12
'TIRP|1z SEEMS READY
TO surrender BELGIUM
Would Keep Flanders Coast, How
ever-Germanys Depends on
U-Boats to Beat America.
By tho Associated Preaa.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. January 12.-A dispatch to
the Central News from Amsterdam says
that Admiral Won Tirpitx. former Ger
man minister of marine, and tho fore
most advocate Of Germany's submarine
warfare, declared that while the Ger
mans must keep tho Flanders coast the
annexation Of Belgium to Germany was
not necessary and that a solution of
this problem could be found
Regarding the political situation Ad-
miral Won Tirpitz Is reported as having
. said that all sorts Of things might be
possible. but that he did not think they
would go SO far as an agreement on an
armistice by which the operations of
submarines could be paralyzed.
Depending on U-Boats.
Germany is depending on her u-boats
to defeat the American menace and
bring about peace, declares the Berlin
Tageblatt. copy OF which has been
received here.
The entire entente hopes" says this
newspaper, are now based on expected
help from the United States. Whether
the Americans will be able to pro-
vide a fighting army in numbers suffi-
Is
whether they will be able to furnish
sufficient ships for the transport Of
the army and whether they will then
be able to provide the necessary sup
plies of food and war material are
questions upon which opinion is divid-
ed. But there is no doubt that the
efforts the Americans are making
must be taken seriously. The hope Of
an early peace depends almost entirely
on the efficiency Of our submarine
weapon"
Soon to State Terms.
AMSTERDAM. January 1.-THE
In regard to President Wilson's war
aims speech:
I'VE are working out our terms of
peace and Mr.. Wilson will soon become
aware of them"
The newspaper adds that Germany
agrees with Mr.. Wilson on the question
of freedom of the seas, but adds:
MI Wilson is unable to guarantee
II to us. therefore We propose to en-
force it with U-boats.'
Called Words of Wisdom.
The Weser Zeitung, a German radi-
cal newspaper, calls the American
| Presidents speech on the entente al
| lies war aims Wilson's latest words
| Of wisdom" and says:
1T looks as if Germany is to be
| drowned in words since she cannot
! be beaten by arms. Wilson asks for
whom are the representatives of the
central powers speaking at Brest-Li-
tovsk. We are extremely sorry that we
! cannot inform the President We dc
! not know ourselves"
referring to the freedom. of the seas
the newspaper asks whether there were
treaties guaranteeing it prior to 1914
and adds:
of course, but that did not prevent
the entente from making free naviga-
tion dead letter. Future treaties
were they written on the thickest of
donkey skin and signed and sealed
! thirtyfold, would suffer the same fate
Therefore the only safety lies in a
strong German fleet with adequate
bases"
Count Ernst Won Reventlow, chief
| editorial writer of the Tages Zeitung,
says that President Wilson'S message
is likely to prove of valuable service
| throughout Germany in the way of en-
! Tightening public opinion. Count Won
| Reventlow asserts that the President,
with gratifying firmness," has allied
himself with DIR. Won Kuehlmann. the
German foreign secretary. and Count
Czernin. the Austro- Hungarian foreign
| minister. - .y.sr. e.. z-