Arizona republican., 1921-02-18
Won TIRPITZ SAYS.
ENGLAND READY TO.
SACRIFICE AMERICA
FOR WORLD POWER
GERMAN NAVAL AUTHORITY SAYS u. S.
NAVY MUST BE STRONG ENOUGH TO
PROTECT COMMERCE AND OFFSET
MENACE LURKING IN PACIFIC
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SAINT BLASIEN, Baden, Feb. 16-
Admiral Won Tirpitz, German naval au-
thority. in an interview today. dis
cussed the American naval program
and it's reference to the prospective re-
lations of the United States with Great
Britain and japan.
The United States is about to build
n great fleet" he said "As the coun-
try borders on both the Atlantic and
Pacific. and>lacks outlying naval bases,
America will presumably give special
attention to the radius of action of her
ships. That holds good equally for
battle ships and battle cruisers and
submarines and aircraft. In creating
a navy Americans should remember
that the great decision lies not with
coast defenses but on the sea. The
admiral contrasted Americas position
with that of Germany few years ago,
and said:
Americas great industrial growth
and the consequent increase of her mer-
chant marine requires increase OF the
navy and 1t is my belief America Will
not make the mistake Germany did of
trusting the life and prosperity of its
commerce and industry merely to the
brotherly feeling of the English. 1t is
all very well TO regard the brother
hoods of nations as distant aim worth
striving for, but meantime providence
has ordained rivalry to keep alive
the impulse for national advancement.
The United States will be forced to
give their international trade solid
protection, either through their own
power or through gaining political
friends.
while England, for the moment has
only to consider Americas CONNER
cial rivalry, yet the United States must
contemplate. the natural development OF
t..@~ aa.fer In ftar
CO, for decision and must inevitably
face the economic, military and polit-
ical hostility of Japan. France is sc
completely. dependent on England thai
for a long time she cannot be polit-
ical asset for the United States as she
was in revolutionary days.
when and in what manner the issue
between the United States and Japan
win be decided cannot be foreseen. In
the interest of the world. war will be
avoided, but behind that conflict vii
always be a growing conflict between
England and America. America Il
prone to under estimate England
power. IL is not America but Eng
land, with her numerous outposts ant
with her bridgeheads advanced agains
other countries-even against the Unit
ed States-that rules the waves AM
the world Such would be the case
though in a less degree, when Amer
lea owns a strong navy. In a certal
way the position of the United state
will be the same as Germany's befor
the war.
ut must be further considered tha
England has gained supremacy in Eu
rope: that her power covers all Afric'
Mesopotama and India, and that sh
holds the keys to the Mediterranean, 6
Constantinople, the Suez canal and Cir
raitar. This control counterbalance
the compactness of Americas terri
tory
He referred rather caustically to tf
British political foresight and declare
that regardless of England's treat
with Japan and friendship with Amer
ica, she would turn where her politics
interests lay in case of aAconflict b'
tween Japan and the United States
THE English would do as they ha'
successfully done for centuries wit
the result that the continent or FL
rope is now ruined, while England.
always, stands there lord of the world
he. concluded.