Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-06-24
GERMANY IS FAR
FR0M1HE END OF
HER RESOURCES
Allies viii Have Long Wait II
They Hope to Starve =
Her Out.
STAFF OFFICER GIVES FACTS
Chemists Promise Surprise a. Great
% the 42s and suhmarines-Wom.
On Are Taking an Important
Part In the War.
py COUNT MoUAlk De BEAUFORT

BY COUNT MoUAik DE BEAUFORT
International News Service Correspondent.
Berlin.-"The man who keeps Ger.
many eating and shooting" thus
was DR.. Walther Rathenau, the son
of the founder of the A. D. G. (Allege.
meme Electricitaets Gesellschaft), de-
scribed to me. Doctor Rathenau Is
chief of the raw material department
Of the German war ONCE. 4
Doctor Rathenau' speaks perfect
English, and most of the conversation
was carried on in that language.
OF course, the subjects nearest to
my heart were copper, rubber and
petrol. l had found in previous con.
versations-or / should better say
"attempted Conversations" because !
never got very far on these subjects
that they were extremely delicate
topics, and it vas pointed out to me
on different occasions that it would be
more "tactful' not to touch on them.
The moment you bring up the matter
of Germans supply of raw material,
Eyes, it's a very nice day, isn't it," or.
as the case might be, isn't this
wretched weather." Il
Doctor Rathenau looked at me for a
moment out of the corner of his eyes,
then got up, and from a drawer of his
desk-the interview took place at the
war ofice-took out a fair.sized book
and, holding it up before my eyes,
gave me the opportunity to see some.
thing about "Rohstoffe in Deutsch.
land (raw material in Germany. My
heart began to beat faster. AT last"
I thought, well get some real au-
thentic figures; fine story" But the,
truth of the saying that there is many
a slip 'twixt a story in the war office
and the same in the paper came true
once more. EotgtjttiA ..7i#htGd /
Deep Secrets Of War.
"This," said Doctor Rathenau, while
patting the wretched little volume tan.
talizingly, contains everything about
every grain 81, raw material in this
country, the means and Methods Of
and obtaining more; in
short, all you, would like to know
about it.; but those are deep Sc
clryetts. of war. and. therefore !, cannot
SHOW it to YOU q further than on
the outside" VIII
That vas; almost worse than he
usual replies l had received: No
amount of diplomacy, arguments.
or promises could persuade.
the polite doctor to part With the IT.
tie volume, not even for a minute. S}t
"All l can tell you" he said, lis that
II our enemies are waiting till we are
starved out, till we are short Of cop
per, we'll, they'll have a jolly long
watt,
Then the subject was changed.
don't you 60 and take some OF
the menus in Jul large restaurants,
have Photographic copies taken Of
them and verified by your consuls?
Send those abroad, and let people
Judge for themselves how badly We
are starving" ~
"But, as you we're saying, copper"
"You are very insistent," he fired
back, but Ill}try to help you a little
and 1 assure you you are the firstwiths
whom l have discussed this subjects
ct all. II you take the yearly stats.
tics you will, find that Germany during
five years has imported an
average of over 100000 tons of copper'
a year. With our own productions at
Mansfield, our total supply amounted
close to 100000 tons. Our exports of
electrical goods, machinery, etc, in
which copper has been used, did not ex'
coed 100000 tons a year, SO nearly
100000 tons Of copper has remained
In the country.
Can Recover Muoh Copper.
much Of this has been combined
with other metals, but we have ex'
perimented and our chemical develop.
ments have reached such q stage Of
perfection that over rs per cent can
be reduced again to pure copper. For
one, we have thousands Of tons of tele.
graph wires which can be substituted
with lines Of other metal. Then go
into some of the German kitchens.
There is hardly a house where you
will not ind a certain number Of cop
per pots and pans in shining glory.
Look at the amount of copper that
Is used in every house, every hotel,
every building. Our mines at Mans.
field have turned out close to 10000
tons a year, but we have been able to
increase the output by At least so pee
cent. Besides, there are one or two
sources which our enemies have not
figured on. One Of them is the Won
derful state Of development our chem.
istry has reached. The best brains in
the land are working on a new prod,
uct that may give the world in gem
eral, and Dur enemies in particular,
another surprise, as did our AS and
our submarines. No, we are not at
the end Of u resources yet. not by
1 long way. Germany cannot be de.
gtroyed."
EgnS.xn, usAh ~,