Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-05
Won TIRPITz
BARES BERLIN
WAR SECRETS
Herald and Examiner to
Print Confessions of
U-BOat Admiral.
Special Gable. D4spateA.

COLfICSSIf1fl SN04AkAR@L y Oh 4 u
pity, to whom the aiseradelegzted
the directions of tfIe U-Bcat cam
paign that brought America into the
war, has been Obtained by The Chi-
czgo Herald and Examiner.
Publication of the entire text will
begin next Sunday
This is the greatest newspaper
scoop" of the year. As soon as
the book was suppressed by the
German government, in July, be-
cause of the important war secrets
it revealed, publishers On both sides
OF the Atlantic entered a heated
race to obtain the American rights.
The Herald and Examiner, through
its European connections. was sue
ceSsful But the rights were not OBJ
tanned until the highest advance
payment ever made for a manu-
script was offered and accepted.
WILL BARE WHOLE WAR.
1t is these memoirs of the one
man in Germany who is in posi-
ton to tell what happened behind
the veil" in Berlin. from the begin
ming tc the end OF the war. that The
Herald and Examiner will present
to its readers beginning with next
Sunday
Won Tirpitz, willy counterpart in
life of mythical Neptune, set out to
fulfll his role OF ruier of the seas
amid acclaim from ali Germany and
her allies as Father of U-boat wa
fare"
When the tower OF militaristic
strength began tumbling about the
Kaiser's ears the first of the col
un1ns to fall was that erected By
Won Tirpitz.
Failure of the U-bcat campaign,
followed by the collapse of the en-
tire German naval program, swiftly
changed his title to "Grsve-digger
OF the German navy"
In resentment at the ingratitude
of his people, Won Tirpitz fed to
Switzerland, where. leading the life
Of a hermit, he penned his memoirs.
TELLS INSIDE TRUTHS.
He was not in state OF mind to
deal with his subject with gloved
hands. He hit straight at the mark
with the avowed purpose Of telling
the inside truths OF the war, as
seen from his point of vantage
while he occupied a seat in the
Kaiser's council as member OF the
Imperial General Staff.
In his book he incorporated let
tiers which he had written TO his
wife during the progress OF the
war These letters were frank and
full of confidential information, for
he depended much upon her coun-
sci.
When the memoirs appeared in
July, the chief of the censor's Of
flee in Berlin was among the first
to get a copy A glimpse at these
letters from the admiral to his
wife, and orders promptly were is
sued for the suppression of the
book
TRY TO GET ALL COPIES.
But already a number of copies
were in circulation Frantic efforts
were made to retrieve every copy,
but without complete success.
One volume was obtained in Ber-
lin. To Illustrate the censov's at
tempt at it's recovery, the volume
was sent to London by messenger,
there to be guarded in the London
News Bureau until rights for its
American publication could be pur
chased.
Negotixtions were started with
Admiral Won Tirpitz and his pub
fishers. These. of necessity. were
secretly conducted and consequent /
" slow TO cutrninate in satisfac-
tory arrangement.
Rights finally were obtained and
translation of the book begun. The
English text. fully checked by ex-
pert translators, is now being ca
bled to America from London. This !
is the second time in history that a !
whole book has been forwarded BY
cable. The ST. James version of the /
Bible was cabled to America many
years ago.
1.-The first installmeut will be
printed next Sunday. Succeeding
chapters will appear on Monday and .
every day throughout the week,
with another large instailment on
the following Sunday. 1t will run
for ten weeks in the columns of
The Herald and Examiner. No
other newspaper in this territory
is privileged to publish it.
Readers will do we'll 10 order
their paper in advance, as the press
is limited and newsdealers
will gauge their orders by the de-
mand.l