Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-08-04 | Page 35 | Was Dismissed for Boasting

WAS IWAS DISMISSED DISMISSED DISMISSED- FOR FOI BOASTING Said Boats U-Boats Would Wipe Out Whole British Fleet fly Dr i f-i Service Berne Derne via Ia Paris Au Aug 3 For Fat For th the first time In tho war a high German officer has been dismissed because oj of oja a a. bO boast Ho Is Admiral von van Holtzen- Holtzen dorff who is succeeded by Admiral Reinhold von Scheer as chief of the thi German naval staff wai wal reported a n few days das ago aco to have a asserted as asserted as- as in an Interview that the whole British fleet will be wiped out by the U boat Only vague tle hints of the Interview have come through from Berlin Ha n. was promptly relieved of oC his office be because because be be- cau cause e prophecies of ot that nature are an definitely taboo owing to the sad ud ex experiences cx- cx with the tho n predictions predictions of ot if starving England In eu ill months 01 Ot because tho ho admiral revealed revealed re reo re- re a plan pan which the German rural nUll staff may be bo name namely to eDd the whole boat U-boat fleet a against U th- th British navy In a desperate gamble to is break the bloc blockade S Reports that was dl dis dismissed dismissed missed because he admitted tho the impossibility of sinking American transport are arc not credited because Admiral V vor Capelle himself tho the marine minister minis j ter has admitted t that at In the a