GERMAN VIEW OF THE WAR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19218, 6 January 1926, Page 9

GERMAN VIEW OF THE WAR.

ARTICLE BY VON TIRPITZ. I I REASON FOR LONG DURATION, j "FAULT OF THE ALLIES." * REFERENCES TO JUTLAND. Br Telesrranli-—Press Association-— Copyreht, j •\ »r!<? >T 7j. LOVDOV. .Tan. I j A special nrt'cle denlim? with the Great : War. bv Admiral Von Timitz. who was Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy dnrintr the war. has been published by i the T>ailv Errress. Admiral Von Timitz declares that the j duration ot' the war was the fault of the j Allies, who wre seeking a military derision when they must bare realised that i Germanv. as regards land warfare, was j not onlv able to hold her own. but was : also capable of inflicting severe punish- j ment. Numerically, says the writer, Germany j was superior to her adversaries, and her j <=Tsoremncv was increasing every year. I Therefore the Allies should have at- i temnted oeace bv conciliation, they being j aware that Germany was prepared to i negotiate on 3 basis which would have j left every nation the right of existence. Such a peace in 1915 would have been | of infinite advantage to Europe ami Ens- | land. If this had been effected there | would not have been debts which cannot J he onid. either bv the 'victors or the van- j i finished, no danger of bolshevism. no mil- j I Hons ot people without work, and no ; "Dawes Plan, which was certain finally to j onllanse. Neither would America be j dominating the world, or the coloured nations be menacing European civilisation, i Critic'sm of the Allies. The Allied brains before the war. and move so in war t'me. were centred in London, said Admiral Von Tirnitz. The struggle became more and more one between Entrlnnd anrl Germany, i British statesmen did not foresee that ! the complete disintegration of Germany ! would carry the victors into tho abyss. ' They did not realise that their own in--1 tarests demanded a short war and a just j peace bv conciliation. | It was plain to everyone in 1915 that I a short decision on land was impossible, ' but the annihilation of the German ! fleet was not an absolutely boneless task. ! It was difficult to tell why Britain did not force a battle with every single ship | at, her eommand. having the additional ; advantage associated with an attacking I force.

Admiral "Von Tirpitz declares that tho tattles of Coronel and the Falkland? constituted a warning to Britain not to under-estimate the fighting qualities of the German fleet, whereas the battle of Jutland, he claims, effectively proved German superiority. History would decide whether Britain was right in favouring a war of attrition in preference to risking the fleet in a contest in which the result was doubtful. Jutland and Jellicoe. When the German fleet emerged in | 1916 on the occasion of the battle of Jutland it had another purpose. The battle resulted as a merest chance and was a surprise to both sides. He describes in detail the movements of tho fleets at Jutland. Admiral Von TTrpitz rejects the opinion that Lord Jellicoe acted correctly at Jutland, in view of the tremendous numerical superiority of the British fleet, and the absolute confidence of the average Englishman in its material and personal | ascendancy. This ihesitating naval : strategy would be difficult to explain, i The article concludes :: " The imminent I collapse of Europe has been staved off by | the Locarno Pact; nevertheless the work | remaining to be done is colossal."