New-York tribune., 1922-02-26

800. entitled "Syrthesis Of Submarine
Wsrfare--Characteristics OF the Ger
rasn Submarine Warfare" IN that a.
-icle 1t is stated:
For our enemies submarines repre-
sented indeed, or at lesst they though
%. the new engine. the technical anc
material upsett;ng, which rendered 90
solete the old teachings. Ths
endisclcsed too, last creation OF tht
human mind. must sweep away moi
alone ancient methods but also ancient
principles Cruiser warfare ex
-lusively revealed itself powcrless II
re days Of sailing vessels, it failed
luring the epoch OF surface motor
ships very well. but this Will not be SC
Il the submarines are brought into
play. With these everything changes
'ew times have arrived. The eubms-
rine is future. is salvation (psge 23).
The Germans reason thus. A rev
cruiser warfare very easy 10 carry on,
having nothing in common with the old
appears as easily realizable. The old
theories fall 70 pieces before the new
engine Principles themselves lose
their inyiolable character and are in
paired. What was formerly destined
% failure becomes child play. thanks to
the submarines. After some centuries o.
waiting. thanks TO the ingenuity Of
mou the instrument is held at last, the
system. the device. to say it all, which
viii overthrow, this time finally, the
English naval power" (rage "a.
Lord Lees Quotations
Omitted Important Words
As shown by the communiqus pub
ished in the press Of December 81
1921, this statement by French officer
Of The German conception of the real
value Of the submarine was dealt with
by Lord Lee Of Fareham, First Lord OF
the British Admiralty, at the Washing
ton arms conference on December 80,
1927, in the following manner:
Taking out Of its context the last
sentence Of the paragraph on page "a
nc quoted it as an expression Of Com
nsnder Castex's own opinion without
mentioning the Introductory words
THE Germans reason thus" nor the
words For our enemies the subma-
rines represented indeed, or at least
they thought So" which constitute the
introduction Of similar paragraph on
the previous page, and he also omitted
al reference 10 the subtitle "Charac-
.eristics Of German Submarine War
sare"
Lord Lee then made the following
remarks:
"I have quoted this because, as Z
say, they are the utterances of & re-
spoHsible member Of the French naval
staff who st the time OF writing was
II high position and was the actual
head of bureau. These things are
known TO our naval staff, of course;
indeed. they were published TO the
world under the authority Of the
French naval statf
Nov, this officer who is appointed
principal lecturer to the senior officers
course, Will, no doubt, unless charre
Of policy takes place, be pouring what
ne regard as this infamy and this
poison INTO the ears Of the serving off. :
GERS Of the French navy.
That IS the justification for what Y
can only describe as the apprehensions
and even The. bitterness that we must
-eel IN the thought that under any con-
ceivable circumstances our present al.
lies our late comrades In arms. IN The
sreatest war the world Las ever known
should contemrlato the possibility CT
warfare Of that kind"
One month later, on January 81 1902
Lord Lees statements being unretr,et.
ed, the French Ambassador a addressed
the arms conference aod, according to
ahe official communique, stated:
quotation given by LORD Lee
began by three words indispen sable
Tor the understanding thereof. and thew
were This Is the way the Germans
are reasoning. Wat ne was citing
was the point OF view Of the Germans
not the point OF view Of the French.
The mistake is. the more difficult ~
understand that not once bu. twice
commander Castex had taken the same
2feoautio>, saying al the precedioe
page: For our ersmies these st;ns
oio represent, o. at least 5hev thought
So the new engine, the technical and
material upse5ting that was eoine to
make every old teaching obsolete
more than that, the very title Of the
As''cle leaves no doubts as to its npr-
pose. For rs complete form, wiies
naa not been quoted, reads: ssynthex;s
= Submarine Worfare-Chsracteris.
YES o. the German Submarine Wsy-
1sre. II. therefore, one wants. so sc-
count Of these lines of Commando
Osstex' to be anxious about sometime
I must be about the German enemies
and not the French friends o. crea,
Britain.
"Third-Captain Cas,ex has been ,s
ported as approving Of the infamous
nse OF submarines German fashion r
an at loss 10 understand how this
nay have been stated. since in The
Fench the ofice- c'szrly and per
expressed himself 70 the re-
7efse- After having said that the fact
hey used the submarines could net
'e olaneo as such on the Germans.