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Show Germany Stronger Eco- I nomkally and in Raw I Materials Than I Enemies. I FINAL TRIUMPH SURE I Submarines Sinking I Snipping Faster Han Enemy Can Build. I AMSTERDAM, Oct. 13. Admiral von Tirpitz, former minister of the German imperial navy, interviewed by the Brunswick Landes Zeitung, is (quoted as saying: i "We can continue to expect a final triumph over England as long as we I continue to sink vessels faster than ! she constructs them. A submarine war success cannot be expected quickly, however, but if we pursue our aim firmly we shall find after some months that our position for negotia-tions negotia-tions with England will be quite dif- IH Says England Desires Negotiation. jJ "England desires negotiations now while her position is comparatively favorable. The decisive factors are the shipping losses suffered by the entente and by neutrals who expose themselves to our U-boat war. "No definite time can be fixed for our success. Economically 'and as re-gards re-gards raw materials, our position to- IH day is stronger than that of France or Italy. How far England will be able to make her supplies last cannot ;H be predicted. "But the decisive factor is that while we supply four-fifths of our economic needs" from our own pro-ductions, pro-ductions, England has to fetch four-fifths four-fifths of hers from overseas. IH "We are now at the fateful hour of H our existence. Germany cannot main-tain main-tain her position as a world power jH against England unless her position is founded on might." IH |