GERMAN BOMBAST.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 5 January 1926, Page 5

GERMAN BOMBAST.

ADMIHAL TIRPITZ’S VIEWS.

(Received Tuesday, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, Monday

The Daily Express features an extraordinary special article from the pen of Admiral von Tirpitz, in which he declares that the duration of the war was the fault of the Allies, who were seeking a military decision when they must have realised that Germany, as regards land warfare, was not only able to hold her own but capable of inflicting severe punishment. Numerically, she was superior to her adversary Allies, and her supremacy was increasing yearly, therefore the Allies should have attempted a peace by conciliation, being aware that Germany was prepared to negotiate oil that basis, which would have left every nation the right of existence. Such a peace in 1915 would have been of infinite advantage to Europe and England. There would not have i been debts, which cannot be paid either by victor or vanquished, no danger of Bolshevism, no millions of workless and no Dawes plan which is certain finally to collapse. America would not be dominating the world, and the coloured nations would not be menacing European civilisation"., Allied brains, before the war, and more so in war time, were centred in London, and the struggle became more and more between England and Germany. British statesmen did not foresee that complete 'disintegration. of Germany would carry the victors into an abyss. They did not realise that their own interests demanded a shortwar and a just peace by conciliation It was plain to everyone in 1910 that a short decision on land was impossible but the annihilation of the German fleet was not absolutely hopeless. It is difficult to tell why Britain did not force a battle with every single ship at her command, having the additional advantage associated with an attacking force. Admiral Tirpitz proceeds to declare that the battles of Coronel and the. Falkland Islands constitute, a warning to Britain not to under-estimate the fiediting qualities of the German fleet, whereas the Jutland, battle effectively proved German superiority? History will decide whether Britain was right in favouring a war of attrition in preference to risking her fleet in which the result was doubtful. When the German fleet emerged in 1916 it had another purpose.; the, battle resulted as a merest chance and was a surprise to both sides.. He proceeds to describe in detail the movements. He repeats the opinion that Admiral Jellieoe, acted correctly in view of the tremendous numerical superiority of the British fleet and absolute confidence of the average Englishman in its material and personal ascendancy, hesitating na\ al strategy would be difficult to explain. He concludes, “The imminent collapse of Europe has been staved off by the Locarno Pact, nevertheless, the work remaining to be done is colossal.-’ _Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.