El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-27
Won T1rpitz Confesses German Military Brains
Proved Inferior To French In Test Of War


seeking TO hold out until help could
come. this time from America
French Strategy Succeeds
Once more IL was the French STRAIT
egg which succeeded LudendorII
colossal offensives of March, OF April
Of May, OF June and Of July. were
contained. and on the 18th Of July the
allies. having at last acquired that su-
nerfOr position which JOrtre mad won
four years before. passed to the Of
fensive and totally demolished me
whole German strategic conception'
while. having the necessary reserves
this time. thev were able in the END
to get an absolute decision
The thing that Won TirDitH
bIurfs out in HIS book r. Of the
utmost importance to the world.
II Is a confession that German
military brains proved themselves
inferior 20 French in the supreme
test of war. The carefully nour-
ished Prussfan legend, extending
from Waterloo through SadOwn
and Sedan, was actually demoi-
fShed at the Marine and Mt the
close Of this last battle the
German ADMIRAL now tells us
that the German hing COM
mand was stunned. intellectu-
aIiv CONQUERED. 1t could conceal
from the German people the truth
that Il had met its match. IL could
hide the fact of the Marne for
four years from all German eyes.
Its own, hut IL could not conceal
the fact from itself.
Moreover. when It tried again at
Verdun in 1916 it was more com
pletely beaten, and the end OF a
campaign extending from February
to November saw it almost in the po-
sition from which II had set out TO
break the heart Of France
Admission Important to world.
To me IL seems of utmost impor-
lance that the world should apprecl-
ate the true meaning Of Won Tirpitz's
admission Prussian militarism was
built on the rock Of victory. Its sole
justification, even TO the German peo-
pie. was the amazing cycle OF sue
cesses which t. had acnleFea- ~ w.
costly, Il was obnoxious, II was brutal,
but Il was TO be endured because II
won battles and conquered provinces,
because II was efficient But the mo-
ment that IL was defeated ana the
fact Of the defeat was unmistakable,
It had no possible justification II
was defeated at the Marine in clear
test under the most favorable possible
circumstances It disclosed itself as
( inferior as a military machine n IN
telligence TO the French and tnat
revelation was one OF the great dis
coveries Of human history II de-
stroyed the whole notion that MILF
tarism, a military caste. a nation or
gained for conquest can inevitably
succeed. Joffre defeated Moltke al
forwards. Petain defeated Falken-
ham. Foch first defeated and then
CONQUERED Ludendorff In the three
great tests German strategy failed
and in the end Germany lost the war
and was compelled TO sign the most
disastrous and humiliatinE peace
since that which followed Jena
Marine Truly Decisive Conflict.
Thus the Marine was and viii re-
main one OF the greatest deliverances.
one OF the truly decisive conflicts Of
world history, and when the truth
which TirpitZ testifies TO at last
reaches the German mind then there
will be hope OF a new era in Europe.
Today the German leaders are making
every effort to establish the legend
that Il was the civilian collapse In the
summer and autumn Of 1918 which
dragged down the military with Il.
but Tiruitz discloses the actual truth.
that IT was the military which failed
and failed not IN ISIS, but in 1914
when the public was not only unsha-
ken. but unconscious Of failure
Copyright, 1913. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.