ADMIRAL YON TIRPITZ.
Admiral yon Tirpitz, the head of the German Navy, started Germany on the path of navalism in 1898. He has little use for society, and has never regarded social graces a*, "desirable attributes of men who expect to fight the Kaiser's battles on sea." His rise has been rapid. At twenty he was a lieutenant, and twenty years after entering the navy he was flying the pennant of a rear-admiral. He_ first attracted the attention of the Kaiser by reorganising, or rather by creating, the German torpedo fleet. He was also instrumental in establishing the German outpost of Kiao-chau, a colony that has been directly under his jurisdiction as Minister of Marine.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 150, 26 June 1915, Page 16
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115ADMIRAL YON TIRPITZ. Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 150, 26 June 1915, Page 16
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