The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-01

the fact that during the time I was
in Berlin it was possible to buy from
discharged sailors on Under den
Linden a small pamphlet entitled
Won LTirpitz. the Grave Digger of the
Sailors of the German Navy"
Won Tirpitz built fifty-four U-boats
/ for long voyages and forty-seven
U-boats of smaller size, with electric
motors. for work on the Belgium
coast and seventy-nine U-boats for
mine laying. Certain Germans admit
ted to me that Won Tirpitz was able 20
fool the German public concerning
the number Of submarines in possess
sion Of the German navy by the high
mum bering of the vessels. Won TiFpitz
built approximately $1,000 tons OF
U-boats-Capelle, while he was in
power, built Toe, 900. tons--sLndendort
in the fall Of 1917 ordered $4,000 to1s,
and Admiral Scheer ordered owe:
900 U-boats, total tonnage being, ap-
proximately, 100000 tons-yet with
this vast amount of submarine ton
mage created there are some officers
in Germany who: do not believe Ger
many had more than 146 U-boats at
any one time despite the figures that
are published regarding the exact
the service of the German navy.
Regardless of the well-organized
U-boat campaign that the Germans
conducted they were unsuccessful in
their attempt to destroy the allied
shipping because of the wonderful
convoy system established by the
British and later carried out by the
United States. With the entry OF
America into the war and the placing
OF the American submarine destroye-
hotilla at the service of the British
navy, Germany commenced to see the
Handwriting on the wall" and the
censorship in Germany was increased.
so that the millions of German citi-
zens would not be able to know just
exactly how unsuccessful this sUbms-
rt1e campaign was coming out.
British Transported Americans.
Might l mention the fact here that
America owes far more to England
than she does to any other nation be-
cause fthe wonderful work done b.
the British navy and the British mer-
chant marine. The British navy and
the British merchant marine and
American man power. plus the
strategy of Marshal Foch on the
western front, brought Germany to
her knees. American man power
alone did not win the war, and when
you stop to realize that from the be
ginning OF the last German offensive
in March, 1918. until the signing of
the armiStiCe on November II, Of the
same year, moro than 81 per cent Of
the American troops in France were
transported by the British merchant
marine, you will Immediately see that
without the British merchant marine.
successfully conveyed by the British
navy and American dcstroycrs. tina
regardless of how many million
troops America had trained and made
ready for battle, and regardless of
the amount of artillery and ammTni-
ton that she had ready for service on
the western front. and regardless of
all OF the food supplies that she had,
we would have been poWcrlcss with
out merchant marine at our service.
The chances arc that England and
France would not have been able to
withstand the smashing attacks de-
iivered by the troops Of Ludendorf in
his offensive in the spring Of 1915. and
as a result America would have had
TO sit by and remain on a war bass
for the next ten TO fifteen years in
for attacks by Germany
upon America itself.
Infant Mortality High.
There is no doubt that the food sit
uation in Germany has increased the
infant mortality. Most of the deaths
have been among iIlegitimate children
in Germany-in 1918. there were 2OO.-
300 ilIegitimate children in Germany
and of these so per cent died through
lack OF nourishment and proper
A litre of milk Is all that the Ger
mans are allowed a day, and all the
for small childre nwas made
put of paper. as there was no wooden
or cotton or linen TO be had. believe
that Germany is the first country to
recognize unmarried mothers and to
their children. 1t was
an honor by German wom-
en- to have children, whether they
were married or not. At present