ADMIRAL VON TIRPITZ.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16546, 22 September 1919, Page 3

ADMIRAL VON TIRPITZ.

TALKS OP MIGHT-HAVE-BEENS,

By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright,

(Received Sept. 22, 11 a.m.)

; LONDON, Sept. 21. Further extracts from Admiral von Tirpitz’s book have been published'. He declares that fear of America caused Germany’s feeble statesmen, headed by the Kaiser, to vacillate in the decision as to adopting unrestricted submarining, which alone could have saved Germany. Ho pays a tribute to the British defence, which exceeded all the German expectations. . He says: “Our submarines m 1916 were like' a pack of wolves among sheep, but in 1917 they had to fight regular battles with merchantmen.” Von Tirpitz adds that such a number of American troops were raised and transhipped that it took us all, including the army administration, by surjjriso. He asserts that the commander of the submarine which torpedoed the Lusitania was unaware of the vessel's identity, as he attacked the liner from a forward position. Ho concludes by condemning the inexplicable abandonment of the submarine campaign in October, 1918, just when the construction of submarines had considerably increased, as the army and navy could have held on till the spring of 1919 and obtained real grounds for "negotiating peace. Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.