WHITEWASH BOOK.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 10, 13 January 1926, Page 7

WHITEWASH BOOK.

GERMANY AND THE WAR YON TIRPITZ, INSTIGATOR. SNEERS OF THE KAISER. PREMONITIONS OF DEFEAT. 6 WARNINGS OF YON MOLTKE. c 8 my Cable.— Press Association.—Copyright.) . . 1 (Received 11 a.m.) , LONDON, January 12. c The "Daily Mail" says that the latest jjs volumes covering the years 1908 to ' 1911 of. the German Foreign Office's * "Whitewash Book," which now extends E to 39■■ volumes, arc designed to explain Germany's attitude in the Great War. ' It is revealed that Admiral yon Tirpitz ( if'aß mainly responsible for the war * because he continually secretly pressed * for the building of ail types of battleships in advance of the official pro- J gramme, using private yards, by which '■ means he even hoodwinked the Kaiser. Meanwhile Count Metternich, German E Ambassador in London, was repeatedly ■writing to Berlin and declaring that GeTman naval armaments were greatly alarming Britain, and pointing out that an' Anglo-German war would be inevitable unless Germany ceased arming. , The Kaiser, sneering at Count Metternich, said: "He is only fit for a lunatic ' aeylum." Later Wilhelm became furiously angry "with Count Metternich because the latter failed to prevent Britain laying down additional ships. General yon Moltke, Chief of the Gen- J eral Staff, urged the cessation of naval * arming because he contended the Ger- j mans had no chance of defeating ' England.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) ? ■ —■ — E