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Show lj. S.lN WAR i MINORMATTER Prussian Minister Dismisses American Participation as of Little Moment. PREPARED TO RESIST Germans Lacked Big Guns in the Battle of the Somme. LONDON, March 26, 8;33 a m The possibility of American . participation in the war on the side" of the allies was dismissed as a minor matter by General von Stem, Prussian minister of war. in an interview with the Berlin Ber-lin correspondent of the Budapest newspaper. A Zest, according to a Ber- Ilin dispatch to Reuters' by way of Amsterdam. Gtanerail von StPin said he did not' know whether the American Beel would support the British fleet, but ihat there could bp no question of an, American continontal army in the near future. He added: "Our military situation on all fronts is good and justifies our best hopes. It appears that the enemy is preparing an offensive, but we shall resist even: la stronger attack, not only at the front bu' also at home What may happen then wo do not know, but come what may, we shall confront ever thing im-perturbahly. im-perturbahly. Our sufferings were great and our sacrifices gigantic, but it is just in these things that th greatness of a nation tlnas its expression." expres-sion." In discussing the battle of the Somme the minister said that the Germans Ger-mans had no lack of supplies, but that their guns, as compared with those of the enemy, were insufficient. WESTERN MAN LEADS ANNAPOLIS, Md.. March 26 F. E i Haebele of California leads the mem j bers of his class, which will be grad ftfr j,g uated next Thursday from the nav.il academy two months in advance of the scheduled time because of the immedi i ate need for officers for the ships ol the navy. This announcement was made at the academy today. G. . Mclver of California Cal-ifornia is among the other star mem bers of his class. |