The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-09-26
FOREIGN ATTACHES,
-...sssuting the Military and
Naval Establishments
kfT NAY IN OUR YARD ANY MORE
!, eovernm.nts Shut the Gates
wA.u They Have ANY Pretty Game
coing On, So We Are Going
to Do Likewise.

W.ulsGroS, Sept. sL--A morning
..rsays: A good deal of quiet talk
Ken occasioned about army and
!, headquarters because the United
80 has tinally decided that military
"a naval officers, attaches to the le'
.ton here, shall not be permitted to
every new thing the genius and
alof our own officers have evolved,
-sIeh foreign uati6ns might want, un-
I. ,he business can be made recip-
!, and the American officers at
L,,ix Berlin and London be allowed
expoit similar secrets Of the engi-
sr and ordnance bureaus of those
ounlries.
4. American naval officer was not
,s,mitted to be present at the late
I.nl naneuvers Of Germany a fort
nm ago, though he had been per-
sj,lly invited by the commander Of
M d the vessels taking part to be a
vusst Il came to the knowledge of
Ptnse Henry, Emperor Williams
,,OiAer the real head of the German
hsvy that this invitation had been is.
aei He at once directed the officer
b countermand it, giving as reason
MAI certain naval experiments and
,sIs we're to be made, that no foreigner
uast be permitted to witness, aud the
Insricau did not witness them.
heretofore the experiments at In
= han Head where all our heavy guns
Ire tested, have been of the deepest
interest to military foreigners. They
usr able to report, for instance, that
he Americans were making a higher
dass Of ordnance; that our six-inch
rae or lOO-pouuder, was higher pow
rd than any similar gun built In
Euupe, and much other valuable
kbnmition was sent home. IL has
pms to tho knowledge of the
ny department. that an important
psast discovery relating to the torpedo
Ielrgers was in possession OF one OF
he great continental powers. This
ame power, when asked to permit the
gfsr representing one of our services
us court to be present at an impor.
bat experiment. with high explosives,
hty and rather discourteously re-
ned This matter came TO the presi.
dents notice. lie at once directed that
ualions should not receive American
rurtiaies that would not extend them,
nd to This rule there must be no excep-
Won Hereafter foreign officers will
sol be permitted to witness delicate
Experimental tests in ordnance or at
NC torpedo station, or in fact see or
thow anything belonging to the
United States solely in ordnance. gun
'sfy, iorpedoes and their dostroyers
'ad submarine mines. Particularly |
sll the gentlemen not be permitted |
. know where the new riflcd mortars
n@ used in defending New York har-
w Will be placed, nor anything
ne improvement just com pleted, |
nd very important, relating to the
We Of dynamite in shells for heavy |
rna These are the main exceptions |
"'he usual rule of allowing foreign
'@'efs 10 see everything, but there are
"ne'S In some instances, the matter
III exchanging secrets will de-
Fna upon military reciprocity;
L others, and especially as re-
l'las the experimental tests relating
Y, Y 'Ae use Of high explosives in projec-
ass' no exception can be made. Even
a'''la' with whom we are upon the
~s' friendly terms, can not be per-
r 4''sd 10 know what our experts have
'A,''ered ! relative to the power, use
~ capacity of certain explosives, In
J .11e Instances discovered and perfect
WY american experts alone.