Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-14

is a far cry from the smoke signals Of
the Indian to the story Of this world
girdling radio station.
Where was it? Who built it? Those
are questions that will be answered later
on.
when It comes to hunting, even Gle
menceau, the tiger of France, hunting
the tigers of India, got fewer thrills than
any COB of Uncle Sans Navy on board
a destroyer chasing submarines. Lum-
bering along through the jungle on an
elephant for big cat is tame work COM
pared with cutting the waves at forty
miles an hour IN pursuit of foe whose
presence is known to you only by the
vibrations which the water carries from
his propeller.
We shall go on such a hunt before my
story is ended, and / will tell you how
the presence of the submarine in ada
cent waters was detected, and how we
were able often to distinguish one type
of vessel from another though both were
beneath the waves.
There will be many interesting per-
sonalities In this narrative, and l shall
attempt to give closeup glimpses Of men
who were conspicuous In the life of Wash
ington and of European capitals. Joffre,
>IIoyd George, Albert of Belgium, Clemen-
de6u, George of England, the Prince OK
Wales, Lord Northcliffe, Lord Reading,
Admirals eBatty, Jelncoe and De Bon /;
Marconi and the Prince Udine are among
those who moved in and out of the pic
ture. And spea king Of Prince Udine. j
must not forget to tell you how he caught
the measles.
DAPPER INDIVIDUAL
PUTS IN APPEARANCE.
But now to get back to the dapper lit
tie individual who presented himself at
the office of the Secretary of State on
Wednesday, Jan. 81, 1917. about o'clock
in the afternoon.
This gentleman came with a message
for Secretary Lansing which had been
been waiting delivery for twelve days
That message made Americas entry into
the war inevitable and sealed the doom
of kaiserism. It was conveyed by Count
Won Bernstorff and it announced the be-
ginning of unrestricted U-boat warfare
by Germany on the morning of the off
lowing day.
We know now that Won Bernstorff re-
ceived Germany's official declaration of
merciless submarine warfare on Jan. 10.
On that day the Berlin foreign office ad-
vised him in code Of the policy which
had been decided upon.
On the same day Zimmerman, the Ger
.S1han foreign minister, dispatched to Mex
leo his famous proposal that Carranza's
country should make an alliance with
Japan. launch a war against the United
States and recover the lost territory"
of New Mexico, Arizona and Texas I
shall have more to say about that again.
SECRETS OF GERMANS
ARE REVEALED. =
Why did Bernstorff withhold the an
nouncement until the eleventh hour
Doubtless under specific orders from his
government and because Germany, hav-
ing decided to abandon all restraint and
run all risks, wanted to gain for her
new policy the full advantage Of sur
prise "A premature announcement would
have been warning to her victims and
occasion for delay In execution. 1t would
have opened the way for negotiations.
and these Germany desired to avoid.
This view is fully sustained by a secret
document, unknown then to the American
Government, or to any Of its allies, but
discovered months after the armistice.
1t is dated Berlin, Dec. %, 1916r'-a
little more than month before the date
on which unrestricted U-boat warfare
began-and is addressed to "B-35S40- l. {"
1t is marked strictly secret"
Admiral Won Holtzendorff, chief Of the
German admiralty, was it's author
This document named Feb / az the
Gate for turning the U-boats loose IN
der orders to spare nobody.
It declared England would be starved
In five months-or by July 1.
1t declared the allies would be forced to
surrender by Aug. L
These exact dates were given. The first
cate is the only one which stood the test
of events.
SEES ENTRANCE OF
q. 6. IN CONFLICT.
The probable entrance Of the United
States as belligerent was foreseeen, and
Won Holtzendorf thus expressed himself
las TO the influence she would be likely
Ve exercise upon the trend Of the war"
AS regards tonnage, this influence
would be negligible. 1t is not to be ex-
pected that more than a small fraction Of
the tonnage Of the central powers lying In
America and many other neutral ha-bors
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