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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1919
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GERMANY HAD 810
U-BOATS
WAR
Admiral von Cappello Tells Why
More Submarines Wo'ro
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SKAGERRACK BATTLE HURT
IJy the Axsnrlntal IVcm
TJorlln. Nov. 12. Vie" Admiral
Kdunnl von Cnprllc. former mlnlstrr of
flic nav.v. wns bnmbnnlrrt with qtirtlniiii
111 to why mote submarines were not
built, nn nsto linvr- made the submarine
campaign siirrrssful.
Ilrcklrrs nt the national assembly
tibeommlttre'n investigation into the.
wnr, having failed (n pet much infor
mation as to why the submarine rnm
pnljrn was not avoided, changed their
taeties to questioning the former min
ister of the nnvy on submarine con
struction. The admiral replied succinctly in an
endeavor to show why submarine con
struction wns retarded ih tftlO, and
why it jumped Enormously In 1!U7 and
1018.
Count von Hernstorff gauged the ses
sion correctly when he nsked the corre
spondent:, '"Arc you roIiir to nttend
the performance this afternoon?"
8(0 IJ-Hoats Hullt
A summary of his contribution to
TJ-boat construction was read by Von
Capelle at the start of the sessiou.
"Klglit hundred and ten submarines
were built before and duriliR the war."
Raid the Jumier minister of the navy.
"Of these forty-five were constructed
before the wnc. ISO were built during
the administration of Admiral von Tir-
pltz and 570 were built by mc in the
two and a half years I wns In office.
"f took office in April. 1010, ijnd
In the nine months remaining In thnt
year I ordered built ninety U-boats. In
1017 I ordered I'OO: and In the nine
months 1 wan in office in 1018 I or
dered 220."
It was here bis questioning began.
"Why wan there such n discrepancy
between 1010 and the two following
years?" demanded Herr (iothcln.
Von Capelle replied sharply! "There
are n number of reasons why ho small
a number wns ordered In 1010 -llrKt.
the Itelchstag took nn overwhelming
stand against the submarine, mid I
could not start to build, because I saw
myself In opposition to the government:
second, I bad been out of the naval
service and was unawnrc of the tech
nical Improvement in U-bont building
and had to give Intimate study to the
subject : and third, the Rkagcrrak bat
tle caused serious damages to our
boats. Their repair held up the con
struction of other boats.,"
Mines Made U-Itoat Work Difficult
Germany had decided to live up to
international law and not sink mer
chantmen without wnrnlntr. continued
Von Capelle, but he said he thought that
in the rail of llll'i the admiralty nan
Issued n second order to attack Urltish
ships because England, "poisoned
against us, had made the work of I
boats very difficult bv mines which cov
ered the entire North sen. There was
n demand for mine searchers, torpedo
boats and motorboats, which further re
duced l.'-boat construction, he added.
Admiral von Capelle nsserted he had
been consulted thrco times wltb regnrd
to submarine construction by Dr. von
llethmaiin-Uollwi'g, the first time when
Herr Struve (a member of the Uelchs
stag) had presented to the chancellor
n memorandum uiging increased U-boat
construction. vhich had been signed by
Ocorgc Gotheln (another Ileichstng
member) ; the secoud time when in
lfllt the chnncellor wrote, saying U
boat construction must not be left out
"of considering, showing Von Capelle
said, that the chaiiccllor counted on n
long wnr, and, third, when Von Itcth-.
mnnn-Hollwcg' telegraphed that Deputy
Fischbeck bad expressed doubts
whether Germany had enough U-boats,
whereupon Von Capelle said he visited
the chancellor and assured him that
everything was going well.
UNA DICH
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01 LLOYD GEORG
Nitti Assicurato cho la Questiono
Adriatica Sara' Risolta con
I'Onoro d' Italia
Pul)llh-i! nnd retributed Under
, , PKRMIT NO. 341.
Authorized by the net nf October (1.
on nip nt the 1'ostofTlco of Phlla-
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dctphla, Pa.
A. s. uuni.nso.v.
Postmaster General.
.? n.I'!., .'- "nvombrc. Krnncesco
Mttl. l'residente del Conslgllo del Mi.
nistrl d'ltnlia. ha rlcevuto dal 1'rlmo
.Mlnistro d'lnghilterrn I.lovil (Jeorgc
l'nssicurniione cbc una slstemazione
dclla qucstlonc Adriatica arn rag
glunta con onorc per l'ltalta c kll In
teressi dl tuttl gli Allcatl. Cle' sc
condo unn Intervlntn concessa dall'Co.
Nitti c pubblicata dalla Prcsse dc Paris,
rapprescntante l'unlonc del glornall dl
t'arlgl.
Nitti ha delto ehc egll consldero I
plan! per in soluzlonc del problema dl
Kiume. preparntl dal Mlnistro Tlttoni,
eccesslvamcnte. mocicrau in carattcrc.
Itoma, 11 novembre. "II Ilelgin
dopo "aver sofferto I terror! della in
yaslone, conoscc oggl gli orrorl dclln
I'ngratitudlne. IItnlia e' ancbe vlt
tliha delta ingratitudinc degll unomini."
Cosi' dlssc Onbriele D'Annunilo al
pootn belga T,eo KocbnlUniky cbc para
KOiit)' D'Annunxio nella sua en I inn risn
luta alia "passlonc per il sacrlficio agll
ideall cbe nnlmarnno I santi, 1 perfee I
ed i martlrl da Son Francesco d'Assise
a Oulseppe Mnzzlni, 11 grandc patriota
Itiillnno e rlvnltizlnnarlo."
D'Annunzlo dlsse pure: "I,n situa
alone n Flume cambln' profondamentc
dopo 11 rlfiuto degll Stat l Unlti nl pro-
getto del Minlstro drgll Kstcri Tlttoni,
II l'residente Wilson rigctto' la solu
alone proposta dall'Italia, la quale era
insufficiente ed intcramento dlsap
provata da mc. Invece il l'residente
Wilson replica con nuovc rostrixion I.
Solo la malnttla cbc lo ha colpito puo'
splrgare, se non giustlllcnre, la sun
accanlta opnoslonc senra precedcntl.
"In seguito a clo' questo e' II dilem
ma: se 1 Italia c' dlsposta a xnttninet
ters 1, ncccttando le comthslonl del
l'residente Wilson, clo' cqulvalerebbe it
dlveiiire servn o nf sulcldlo dl una
grando polcnzn, o II Covcrno Itallano
rlnunzl al mandato affidatoglt n dlcblarl
alia Confcrenza dcllo l'ace: Nol non
possiamo ottcnere l'nbbandono dl Flume
da parte dcllo trupnc cho l'banno occu
pata, o provalc, Invece, vol stcssl di
slstemare le cose qui'.
"Itigunrdo a mc ha dctto D'An
nunzlo la soluzione c' molto scm
plice, lo dovro' rlmancrc qui' con I
mlel compagnl, con Flume, solo contro
1'intero universo. Nol acccttlamo le
responsnbllita' del nnstro atto. Sc at-
taccatt cl difendcrctno streniiamcntc.
Flume e prouta per II martirio. Nol
combatteremo da soil contro le offese e
lc inglustizlc."
Raid I. W. W. Meeting at Portland
Portland, Ore., Nov. 12. Police last
night raided I. W. W. headquarters
here and took forty men, who were at'
tending n meeting, to the city jail.
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France to Trade wun nunn.
TtnalK. Hullrerlnnil. Nov. 12. Gt
eral Grazlnnl, tho Frenclt rcprcttei. "d
tlvc on the interallied military ,' Jj
mission to Jiuunpesi, nan inmniini)
Hungarian uovcrnmem inui mo j?n
flntrnpnm.1,1 lina ilnMnfPfl reOnened'
Mnm.n...n liAliriinH VrflllPIt Htlfl ITtl
gary, according to n Iliidapcst dlspatj
to inn uazcuc oi a riinmori.
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