Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-09-05 | Page 10 | Von Tirpitz Gone?

VON rZ GONE REPORTS REPORTS of the retirement of Admiral Adit Ad Ad- it mimi miral von yon chief of the German na navy mivy arc aro likely to be much more interesting interesting- than substantial Irritated Irritated Ir Ir- Irritated Ir- Ir monarch arc ore given to completing completing com coin the disappearance of an idea with the disappearance of of its author but in ill the case of Von Yon Emperor Emperor Emperor Em Em- William will probably bo be less sudden than circumspect The chief of the tile German Admiralty represents s much more than the thc cruel submarine I policy whose whoso abandonment under pressure from front the United States in inspired inspired inspired in- in the tho rumors of his retirement Admiral Almiral von on might properly be he called the tho father of the tho German na navy if anybody in Germany can cnn be said to father anything in which the Kaiser has thrust an imperial finger fing It t was he whom tho Emperor selected for the job when hen he wrung from a n reluctant Reichstag the funds to la laythe lay the tho foundations for German Gennan sea power po Having Ha begun un his nautical career as asa asa a n. sailor before the mast and ascended through the tho various arious grades until ho gained command of a n squadron Von Yon possessed the qualities and the experience the tho Kaiser Kniser considered essential es es- es- es to the task Ho has hns deserved eser well of Gennan Germany and monarchies are not like liko republics bitten with rith tho the sin of ot ingratitude Man Many fascinating stories have o been published concerning a supposed controversy controversy con con- tro-ersy tro between the German admiralty admi almi- ralty rally and the German foreign n office I as to the tho adv advisability of continuing tho objectionable submarine submarino warfare that threatened complications with the United States Chancellor von yon Bethman Hollweg is credited with urging the Kaiser to accede to American Amer Amer- Amerlean lean ican wishes and Yon Von with advocating advocating advocating ad ad- non compliance Many J of these rumors arc are doubtless true since the diplomats of a n. nation are ale rarely able to agree with rith its fighting fighting- men menon menon menon on questions of policy but they thoy donot do donot donot not necessarily support the rumor that Y Von tz took his defeat so seriously seri seri- son son- oisly as to retire