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Show I Warn Germans I o! Dangers of I Break With U. S. i , H Tells How the United States Could IH Help Allies. Note Delayed Hl a Few Days H , Berlin, July G. Admiral Oscar voij H! i Truppcl, nt oiio time governor of Kino Hf' Chow, the Qormnn concession In tlio H Chinese provlnco of Shantung, cap- Hl turcd In November by the Japanese, H) ' contributes nn artlclo today to for Ht Tag, warning his compatriots not to H '' underestimate tlio danger of a breach H - -Kith tho United States and nsklng Hlh,S them to weigh seriously tlio question Hj M whether tlio value of Germany's sub- HrHj marine warfaro ngalnst British com- 1 ( raerco is great enough to justify a Hr ' ' continuanco of Its present form at tlio Hl cxpenso of a rupture with tho trans- H Atlantic nation. H' , Tho artlclo Is rcmarkablo not only Hl ' for its opon statement regarding tho H, I wldo reaching effects which tlio par- H! ( tlclpatlon of America In tho hostlll- JH ' tics might cxcrclso on tho futtiro H' courso of tho war effects which Ad- B mlral von Truppcl says aro greatly H' , underestimated in Germany but nlso H 'I as a contribution from naval olllc- : j H Campaign Intense H I All tho navnl publicists of Germany Hj hitherto heard from have been do- Hj) voting their energies to accelerating H public opinion against any modlllca- B tlon of tho submarltio campaign nnd H endeavoring to provont or to limit H' concessions to American demands In H the forthcoming German noto to H Washington. H ' The campaign between tho ndvo- H cates and tho opponents of a compro- B' niiso still Is intenso and delivery of the note, which a few days ago was Bb ' scheduled for Monday or Tuesday, Bb probably will bo delayed several BIBB BI-BB It is hoped by thoso who favor a, B compromlso that these days of addl-BB addl-BB tlonal consideration will prodaco a BV change in tliu att tudo of tho naval BM party whoso views thus far havo been Bj opposed to any noto of a character BB outlined previously In theso dispatch- BB BB This was to tho effect that In all BB probability tho reply will embody Bm proposals to oxempt ships employed BB wholly or principally In passenger BB traffic from submarlno attacks though BB making them subject to stoppagoand BB examination. Tho naval party, how- BB over, has been bringing heavy pres- BB sure to bear upon 'tho m'nlstors en- gaged in consideration of tho answer. an-swer. What United States Could Do Admiral von Truppcl In his article In Dor Tag writes: "A German American war or even a rupture of diplomatic relations the effect of which would bo virtually as great, would Injure German prospects more seriously than many believe. Though America at first would bo able to contrlbuto 1 ttlo to tho military strength of tho cntcnto allies except by nn acceleration of tho munitions supply, it could in time cooperato with considerable land nnd sea forces and with first class submarines and aeroplanes aero-planes in tho complcto Isolation of Germany. It could oxcrclso such prcssuro upon tho few remaining neutral neu-tral countries thnt theso would probably prob-ably bo arrayed actively or pass'vely In tho ranks of our enemies." Admiral von Truppcl discounts tho I stories of earlier existing American ngrcoments with Groat Iirltaln against Germany, explaining that this Is most improbable owing to Ameri-1 can diplomatic traditions. Hut It Is undeniable," ho says, "In splto of President Wilson's unquestionable do-. slro to reach n peaceful solution of tho problems that the sympathies of a majority of Americans aro on tho sldo of England nnd that only a spark might bo necessary under certain condlt'ons to kindle this feeling Into a hostllo outbreak." Krne of Problem Tho kernel of tho problem from a German standpoint, concludes Admiral Ad-miral von Truppcl, Is contained in this question: "Can wo hopo, so far ns wo nro ablo to foresee, to forco England to Its knees through submarine warfaro against her commerco? "If -1110 nnswor la ncgatlvo our submarines sub-marines can And better employment ngalnst hostllo warships, particularly In tho hunting grounds of tho Mediterranean, Medi-terranean, tho Dardanelles and tho Suez caunl. Submarlno wnrfaro ngalnst merchantmen In that caso could bo modified or abandoned to obtain n moro favorablo neutrality from and tho friendship of America, which would bo of great value to Germany aftor tho war. "If tho answer Is In tho affirmative then tho law of self preservation would Justify us in tho situation that England has forced upon us in us'ng to tho fullest extent our superiority In submarines, nnd wo can calmly accept ac-cept nil, tho consequences of Jt." Tho Krouz Zeltung In Its weekly review, says that limitation upon submarlno sub-marlno operntlons would causo wldo spread and deep agitation nmong tho German people It Is probablo, how-over, how-over, the newspaper adds that in tho forthcoming noto to Amer'ca a forrj will ho found which will offer a prospect pros-pect of settling tho question so far ns passengers rrro concerned. |