The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-01
VON TIRPITZ STORY
Of GERMAN DEFEAT



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GerwAnys wsF with Russia was one
Ell our cardinal mistakes. Our policy
Aheula have been continually, after the
outbreak Of that unhappy event, 10 try
tor . speedy conclusion Of peace With
re esar while he vas stu on his
tsrops before 4 was too Late Thie
sneulc have been an essential object %
German dlploMaey as well a. an OBJ
lseuve 81 the German armies In the
field ana tie &c Z
81 vhieh were working for victory.
believe now that Che possibility Of
az early aud Victorious peace with Rus
This conclusion, OF course. Is rendered
more difficult by the fact that turkey
came in on our side, and the nonfuf.
tll!ment Of AMdenbuIK's plan Of cam
pAigH IN 1915, which Sgai so brilliant
* But " spite, q an this, an accept.
with Russia In 1915, when the ear be-
SsR TO feel his throne trembling be-
Meath him, and sent President Won
stueFmer, Of his council OF ministers,
10 make peace with us.
Fer Ten wears previously-and this in.
rludes the time when England had
made q settlement with Russia in 1907
II retained strongly the conviction
that ezard0m held no serious threat Oh
the future Of Germany Nicholas did
not want war with us. He said TO me
10 one OF the last conversations ha6
WITH him, v giys you my assurance
mat shall never make war on Ger.
H'any," And ] am sure this was hts
sentiment, even IN l9lt,
Kaiser's Diplomats Blundsred
viii not enter upon a discussion Of
these bluRders Of diplomacy which pre-
vented US being able 10 stem the tide
o. ,nHuehee OF the Fetrograd war par
esar and the Serbian question In July,
1914, when our ultimatums wera drlVs
ms the two great empires to the polnt
answer for that.
After The defeat Of the Russiaa fleet
Russo. ispsnsss wsr, ott Fort Arthur,
and In he straits Of Tehusims, fsrr
which The Russians had 10 thank the
English Just as much as the Japanese,
the trend Of Russian international pol.
ley began TO turn away from Germany
toward the English.
oait tfs q dairarf 'qEo em sRaR e.
planned this to Admiral Won Hiptas, our
naval sttache At the czars court, In
words thoroughly lscteTistic and de-
se[iptVs Of Che Russian people He
AalQ 70 Won hlnAes
"A Russian gives q kick 70 anybody
he regards such a person as his lackey.
But he will kiss the hem OF The robe
OF anyone who thrashes hint
During the Russo japanese war Ger
many tried to effect an allisnee with
Russls, at the suggestion Of the kaiser
great continental coalition to dominate
the world, When he told me about 1t
was dubious, especially IS the EN-.
peror hoped TO brins France In as q
party TO It. However Il would have
failed alywayi for Russia was upre-
! doubted at that time whether an
alliance with France would ever result
IN the armies Of France being modified
for us. especially when II was made
with a Germ m pistol pointed at her
cad, with the offer Of an alliance as
an alternative.
Later on / was informed by Frisd-
rich Won Holstein. head Of the political
department Of the German foreign Of
flee, and g most eminent disciple aud
survivor Of BsmaTcks, that Russia
herself had turned dawn the kaisers
project. u was Holstein however who
got kiauchau for us In China and
sowsd the seed OF the German interests
In the Far East,
! suspect that the Russian ministers
at that time made good use Of the Ger
man offer In their dealings with the
western powers, and turned Il to ac-
count for themselves. But Gear Nich-
olas himself was well disposed toward
Germany The German public had a
false picture Of the czar as Indeed It
had Of many personalities and political
circumstances
The tczar was an honest and person.
ally fearless man, with muscles Of
steel. His Instructive autoeratic dig
nifty was coupled with a correct habit
of straightway referring all political
were concerned HIS Utmost longing
was to disappear into the quiet OF q
bourgeois life This was why he loved
the Wolfsgaften in Hesse, q retreat
which was a favorits Of his and Of the
czarMa, When he was there he liked
nothing better than TO be spared any
visitors.
How Kaiser Met Czar.
For this reason also he liked to mix
with the German fleet where, released
from the restraint Of his position, he
felt and acted like a man among men
and conducted himself in frank and
agreeable manner toward us, Among
his own people the czar II seemed 10
me, was more than half o prisoner,
On the occasion of the historic meet
ing between the emperor and the cxaF
when both were cruising In their yachts |
off Swlnemund, In 1907, the German |