Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-11-22 | Page 1 | America in War a Disadvantage

AMERICA IN WAR A DISADVANTAGE Admiral Von Tirpitz Points Out," American Magnates to Be Reckoned With." AMSTERDAM, Nov. 22. "America's entry into tho war is disadvantageous to us in moral and many other ways," said Admiral von Tirpitz, former German Ger-man minister of marine, in addressing a meeting of the Fatherland party at Dresden. "Wo ought to have reckoned with the fact that the American trust magnates were bound to desire our de-foat. de-foat. "I regret that we did not remain firm in the face of President Wilson's threats If we had done so things probably would have been very different, differ-ent, but now we must take them as they arc. "I Avould point out, however, that from a military viewpoint America's entry into tho war is of littlo significance signifi-cance to us because it is tho tonnage question that is decisive." The admiral expressed regrets that Gormany had been late in using that "powerful economic weapon," the U' boat, but said that, notwithstanding all the counter measures which tho delaj gnvo Britain timo to develop, German would be successful if they stuck tc their guns."