Admiral Scheer's Story Admiral Scheer, who commanded the Germain High Seas Fleet for a considerable mart of the war, writes as follows in his memoirs, soon to be published, on the submarine campaign:
On recetst of the American Note on the Sussex affair our Government decided to yield and the Admiralty Staff thereupon communicated orders that the submarine war was to ba conducted thenceforth 1m accordance with prize law. These orders reached the fleet by wireless while it was preparing to bombard Lowestoft. As nothing could be effected in the boun waters around England by a_ sub. marine war conducted according to prize Jaw, and as this must expose the boats to the greatest dangers, I recalled all submarines by wireless from their stations and reported that the submarine trade war against England had thus ceased.
On April 30 (1916) I received confirmation from the Admiralty Staff that his Majesty had agreed to the interruption of sul marine commercial war—and directed that the submarines should pursue purely military aims, A resumption of the submarine commercial war would be ordered if the whole political and military situation justified it, Having the submarine boats at my disposal for military purposes gave me the desired opparinnity to extend the operations of the fleet, and it is due to this circumstance that the ficer was enabled to fight its battle against the Dnglish" Fleet off Skagerack, A Worp in Tae Kaiser's Ean:
The moral impression made by the battle on neutrals created, in my opinion, the most favourable atmosphere for carrying on our war against England with all possible means and for resuming the economic war with the utmost severity, and I took the opportunity submit miy views to the Kaiser when he visited the fleet at Wilhelmshaven on June 5.
Already in May endeavours hed again been made by the Admiralty Staff to persuade the commander of the Fleet to resume submarine war in accordance with prize law to ensure at least some damage being done to England, but action against armed steamers hod again besa dropped I had not agreed. Soon after the battle in June the Admiralty Stefi once more brought forward the idea and requested me on June 20 to define my attitude in order that the matter might be brought before the Kaiser. My reply was that in view of the situation I advocated an unrestricted—submarine mercantile war in form of
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