The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-11
He Has Taken Krupp
Scandals Much to
Heart.
PROVES HARD BLOW
TO TRUE PATRIOTS
His Joy in Forthcoming Mar.
riage of Daughter and His Own
Jubilee in June Have Been
Spoiled by Denouement
Which Shocks En-
tire Nation.
BY FREpEu1oK WERNER

Berlin. May lot is impossible not
to sympathze with tho Kaiser dur,np
the present Krupp scandals, which
every ono knows are far worse than
even the soc,alistic papers have fopnd
1t wise to make public
With all his shortcomings tb.ra =;
in all Germany no more sympathetic
or straightforward man than the Ka,-
ser, whose chief fault Is his imnp,-
siveness No man Is more senett,v.
as 10 German honor, no man has dons
more to Keep Germanys esoutcheon
spotless, and the revelations made Nv
DIR. Liebknecht. son OF the famous
Socialist leader. in the Reichstag. have
spoiled the JOY with which the Ka-
ser looked forward. frat to the we'd
dinG of his daughter. which marks
the ending of the long feud between
the Euelphs and the Hohenzollerns.
and also to his forthcoming Jubilee
in June.
1T would be hard to imagine hard
CT blow to the Kaiser than the in
disputable fact that the house of
Krupp. whose founder he personally
berricnded, and whose members lie has
honored all occasions. have thrown
N'''t' ~ VIZ 'hN idiE HdIne WnlCn Ger
mans nave always had In all their
business dealings. To n man like the
Kaiser, who Is first OF all 4 sinccre
and enthusiastic patriot, crimes such
as these, of which the Krupps stand
! convicted in the eyes OF the world In
spite or the War Minister'S first faint
attempt TO cover them up. are beyond
understanding, and M his inmost heart
ne knows that DIR. Liebnecht spoke the
! truth when he said that this was Cor
manys Panama scandal. which sur
! passes that OF France, because of the
| incredible callousness and pcrfidv of
the prominent German capitalists, who
Planned TO provoke a world war that
| their own business might flourish
The only consolation the Kaiser has
| Is that he knows that the man TO
| whom he contided the war ministry Is
absolutely blameless in the matter. and
! very touching scene Is said to have
| taken place In the palace when Cen
| eral Won Heerinsen, broken-hearted
/ man, rendered his resignation. and the
/ Kaiser. moved almost to tears, asked him
| to remain in Office until the fate of the
army bin was settled in the Reich
| stag.
Ano- her consolation IRE tho many
sisns of the sincerest sympathy which
the Kaiser Is continually receiving
from all classes OF his subjects even
the Socialists, who recognize In their
Kaiser the most sincere ideal!st al
though his ideas are opposing their
own.
Good May Come of II.
To great many people in Germany
| i begins to dawn that good may etill
come from the Krupp scandals. They
will give the word "patriotism, q new
sense. since the people who have hlth-
erto posed as the greatest patriots now
stand revealed as swindlers and money
81 aEbers without the trace OF feeling
of conscience.
l do not know. OF course. how many
details of this grave scandal have
become known in Germany. but II Is
certain that IN Dortmund there exis;s
or existed. special Marine Intelli-
gence Bureau. All the firms affiliated
with this bureau made full reports
10 the bureau regarding their esti-
mates. The estimates were discussed,
| and it was decided which firm would
execute the order. When this had
been fixed up, all the rival firms made
fictitious estimates and were rewarded
b? Il - per cent 60 -us::.ss on, whic., the
successful firm paid out Of additional
profit. Vorwarts has published fac
SMILES. of the documents used by the
firm, and no attempt has oecn made
to comrades the statements
1t will take the armament firm, n
long time to recover from the blow.
for the mockery OF the armament
craze has been mercileBsly exposed, and
then they will probably have to turn
their mind to producing machinery
and other articles. for there is n grow
ing conviction that tho government
ought to undertake the manufac ture
OF all ornaments and eliminate the
elements OF private profit, and this,
II is felt Is only a step further to-
wards the establishing OF universal
| peace and arbitration.