Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-07
WAR CHEST
WELL FILLED
Kaiser Has Stored IN Julius Tower The
Identical 10000 900 Marks Paid by
France as Indemnity 10 Germany After
War.0f 1870.

From the New York SUM-
tn German government has l.0.AnO.
rnn marks tabuut $40 Onl.nnnl stored
awaN ia its war chest in the famous
Julius Tower AZ Spandau. an island nj
the confluence Of the Spree and IIavcl
rivers. Ii il a secret hoard. know i'm
Bledek cr "a the imperial military re-
serve fund of q 00n. O00 sterling" Early
last wear il WAS r,poricl from Berlin.
which j. only eight miles from Spamlau.
that the German war program conicm
plated TRIPPING the treasure. hut ii such
u move waS made il has not been AN
nountcd.
The Iuliu- Tower has been Shroulrd
IA mystery. N was first used hy Fred
rick the Great AN the PruSSian war
chest AMI then turned over a. the en-
pre- for The storage W the %iD.t00 nnO
which WAS a part uf the billion dollar
indemnity paid by Frame after the
IrancoGerma war. Although il has
been estimated that the money would IT,
exhausted In i day and i half ~ ease,
~ actual war. the fund has been rrScrv.
al for the expenses of Il quick muhiliza-
ton ot the Gvrman army. a. Iay for
horses and supplies already contracted
,or An emergency
The tovcr IF Spaudam stand IN the
midSi ~ 4 citadel surrounded - bar
racks and Officers quarters. not far from
he great German a~fSrnalS and manu-
factories IF war implements. II j. cyl
indIiral. built of heavy. massive mason
rN. about ~ feet high and almost a.
thick. The tower is guarded hv three
i,rl doors ~ its only entrance. each
opened hN 4 system Of simultaneous KEYS
h'ld H. different persons. The Chan.
fellcr IF The empire holds one sci and
he president Of the committee for debts
~ tn empire another. The treasure IS
projected IN constantly changing scn-
tries. under 4 guardian who Was made
cnraior Nv a decree ia 1871.
The treasure itself. made M of ~
frame gold pieces. the same that wa
paid BY the French j. stored in bags in
= dozen small cabinets huili la the walls
~ various levels reached hy i spiral
stairway. The guard j. usually made M
"a - men. eight ~ thtm on duty con
%sianilt. changing every two hours. 4
patrol Is made about the base of the
tower. inside and ON top. Once "A wear
The gold ~ weighed in hulk for an nni
NhfhAA- AHN HIitNHN ~ AHf lfti~Nft
never change.
There WAS one attempt m robbery ON
the nart OF "A drunken cuhbler who unt
into the tower IN some mysterious fash
ion. but fell when h. was half way M
the staircase ami broke hi. neck. Dnl,
one American has been known to have
had = glimpse ~ the interior ~ the .IuI
lns Tower. lie was Rob M W. Poin
hNtrr. At Los Ang.leS. roinhrxter ne
'"r'ling ~ the story. asked the sentinel
Z" srr the commander and then slipped
into the tuwtr When The sentry turned
his back. lie got into serious trouble
with the Spandau authorities for going
leo near the treasure. hat finally con.
WINGED them AZ the Innocence of hi~ pur-
s'o~r The tower has excited great EUR
in>ity on the part al German tourists.
hut >lrhtScer> are not welcomed on the
island of Spanlau.
Other nations have considered ia n
waste Of money for GERMANY IA keep the
treasure stored at Spandan because il
was known that ID could last ONLY about
"a DAY AMI u halt VI used in ease uf war.
u was often said that ii German, had
invested the money IA y per cent. she
could have increased the principal -
that the aggregate fund might last -
long a. "A week i'm time ~ war.