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Show U-BOAT SLAYER ALSOEXPLAiNS BERLTN, Jan. 4 fRy The Associated Asso-ciated Press Admiral Von Tlrpltz. German minister of navy during the j .world war. In an article in tho periodical per-iodical Die Grenzbotem characterizes the reasons for his resigning as outlined out-lined in the late ir von Bethmann-Hollweg's Bethmann-Hollweg's book as a "fairy Story." Von Tlrpltz declares the rral explanation explan-ation lay In the clique which shut him out of the kaiser's councils and cruised the monarch to Hllcht him. Whllei Von TlrpLtz was urging continuance con-tinuance of the submarine warfare the decision was reached to abandon il v. ithout consulting him Embarrassed Embar-rassed by the action which ho considered consid-ered presaged disaster, he eald he decided de-cided to resign The newspaper Vorwnerts. commenting com-menting on the tendency of former j high personages toward explanations, suyn- "Now they nre writing books and letters to prove their innocence, 'W 11-hclm. 11-hclm. his son. Ludendorf f, Helfferlch, Von Tlrpltz Only the damnable people peo-ple were guilty of not holding out and for tho famous knife thrust In the back." 00 |