Show NO CHAllENGE Ii Lo TO SEA POWEi I London Lonon Dec 23 n. That the GerI Ger Gen tri If I nay navy was not built to Challen challenge e G Oil Britain's supremacy on the high a aIs cila ci cr Is assert asserted cd by Captain far tor la lais head of oC the German admiralty's p pi is bureau in a series cries of oC articles I The Tasks fasl s ot ort off the German Gelman r. a PD PDt t t c orld War Yar punted In many 1 l f fing In ing German on o No 1 14 1 and 1 15 Nevertheless Ne the wr wr au su 3 5 s. s if the British fleet w wants a a. t tat tat at arms the Germans are arc n willing will allow the British a superiority 20 O per cent in units except in incase incase in J case caso of at Bri British Ush ships carrying th the dj 1 Y gest gu Runs ns it In his hs first article Captain Holl HoB The sa says s in part The role of the German home homa f t the war was dictated b by general g strategic politico i situation r. r b. b b by the tho geography of oC the theatre wat a modern fleet can remain o 0 1 for 01 a limited time awa from its ba 11 Outside the Baltic Baltie an and the tho North y Ii there was no such base for Cor or the Gj J I Iman man fleet To dispute tho O of time the English fleet In the Baltic itc tc I orth seas was therefore In Indicated t 1 the main task In the North sea the English f ti Itc 10 by lu no means enjo enjoys enjo's s the undisputed fo L 0 of which it boasts It h has has' 9 J. J b. b Pill the English co cc been able to prevent pie from Crom being effectively bombarded l' l many occasions by German high hh JA forces or to prevent English n m tn l forces from being Leing destroyed on occasions Immediately ly off ocr the Eng poi ports ts and anti il cr mouths mouths' Quite rec ree ly Iy German destroyers advanced In channel as far as Dover Do and t tl J achieved d considerable successes eral battleships have havo been destro b by mines strewn b bj by German forces fOrces' It English Eng ports Thus Lor Lord went to th bottom Captain Hollweg then repeats repents Gorman German account of the tho battle of ot J J J. t lan land and ad adds acids s Jr As for the ar argument that the E ElIsh H lIsh h fleet has proved pro its superb I aJ ship against ship the German flee cry ready to risk the attempt of ti fi fig Ing experimentally ship against s squadron against squadron Ap Ai Ap- Ap from the larger British guns un she shebe shebe fJ be Ia g-Ia glad to give gl the great grea t English Jong f fa fIa tJ fI tl a superiority of 20 O per cent in un uni In ln his second article Captain H I weg discusses the unfairness of ot h hil geographical position of the Isles an and asks whether the Germ il LCm C n be expected to be bo so stupid r to go O out and wait with t supplies of fuel until the superior E Ei lish Ush fleet does docs them the honor il 11 ilor I of or weakening them by 03 the ja of small warfare an and then of at shoot shoo rl them down without risk at long raT rai b by superior power or of number numbers guns gun f fHe He goes on Under n er tho the English I Itom torn tom of oC saving savIng- her naval na forces German fleet remains un weakened q qin in this fact there seems to lie a gr English miscalculation miscalculation- Beyond oceans new and mighty mIght fleets are a a. a ai T Ir go during luring the war var and by their v v. v existence they will dispute the nil na naf supremacy of England in the nor wor worl worlIn In his third article Captain Holl oIl makes n. n final appeal for greater Bi Br c Ish activity saying saying- The German fleet has not elair to set aside English world In tho the war vai It never said that It co 1 easily destroy tho the English fleet W WIs h Is twice as strong as itself It 1 wan wanto LL to be le an and is a permanent and se sevi se risk for the enem enemy Tho rho English fl Cl J Jdell k kt dell U avoids 01 ds the decisive va batt t 4 1 s 1 ft |