On Friday week in the Reichstag Grand-Admiral von Tirpitz explained
that it was necessary for Germany to have more ships to show the flag abroad. All Germans who live abroad, he said, would confirm his statement. They were grateful for what ships had been sent, but not nearly enough had been done. He added that to have more ships for this purpose was not only an economic and political but also e military necessity. In Haiti there were no German blue- jackets available during a crisis, and cadets had to be armed and landed, meanwhile being taken away from their proper duties. Grand-Admiral von irpitz has practically adopted the demands of the Navy League, and thus returns to the position from which he was forced to retreat in 1912. The Times correspondent assumes that the framework of the Navy Law will be stretched or that a new Law will be introduced.
