The Washington times., 1915-07-04
KRUPPS BIG USER OF
CLEVELAND MACHINE
German Gun Works at Essen
Largest Purchaser Of Shell.
Making Machine.

NEW YORK. July 4,The Krupp
gun works at Essen, Germany, are the
ARREST users of the Cleveland auto
matte machine which has been called
py German interests device for the
shells"
This Is the statement Of Mason Brit
ton. manager OF the American Ma
cninist, a journal which has been at
lacked by German press bureau for
shell-making machine.
Inc advertisement which has been
"pdely attacked. was not published as
result or an oversight as has been
rsported, but was written by ]. p.
OF the Cleveland Cachine Company
nimseif. and ordered published by Mr..
Brophy after due delfberation and after
the advisability Of changing its Ian
suaee before publication had been
called to his attention.
Wanted Language Changed.
This advisability. Mr. Britton ex-
piained. had been suggested by him
TO Mr. Brophy after Protesting rep
sresentations against the advertisement
nad peen made In the office OF The
resented himself as connected with the
Hamburg-American Line and ne coming
from Dr.; Bernard Dernbrug, till recent
~ considered the unofficial mouthpiece
OF the German Kaiser In this country.
IN view Of these protests that were
being made, Mr. Britton says he
thought II best to write to Mr.,
trophy about them, and reminded
him that there were Germans in
telling him I thought that in mstioe
7" him L should put the matter up
"All Make Similar Shells"
Under the date Of April % Mr..
Brorhy wrote in reply:
When I received your special de-
livery letter YESTERDAY morning
was about to GO ont for an auto
ride, and I hurriedlv phoned the
wire I sent you stating that I
would consider changing the ad-
yIertisement in question. After
my mind that will make no
change. II Is simply nonsensical r.
to do so. What is said about the
destructiveness OF this kind OF
kind Of shell. The fact is, I am under
the impression that they all make
shel1s similar to this. and why
any German In your employ should
take any exceptions Is beyond my
comprehension. AS you saw In your
letter. tho whole rroposition all
the way through Is disgusting
In yesterdays Cleveland Plain
Deal er there was forty times as
much said about shells similar to
all the destructiveness In connec-
tion with them-two whole pages
OF the naper contained this kind
OF article-and the idea Of max
like ours. which mentions no par
ticular government, is. In my esti-
nation. overstepping what 7 would
call good common sense. For this
reason you may go right ahead
II was sent to you. I wish TO
thank you for. 50 promptly calling
my attention to this matter.
Says Copies Were Altered.
"Thereupon," said Mr.. Britton, II
let the ad. 60, and it was published in
our issue OF May 6. On May 8. how
ever. Germans began to como to our Of
fee. buying up advance copies of the
press bureau began sending out clip
pings Of the advertisement to every
newspaper In the United States. But
they did 1t In such way as to give an
ptrport of the advertisement"
Mr.. Britton insisted that the Amer-
can Machinist Is not at all interested in
helping the allies. but simply In giving
Information TO It's readers. the machine
trade, and that. with that in view.
wherever It could help its advertisers
who were not busy to get some work, 1t
die SO through its information bureau.
In this way; he said. It had been able
orders in the last few months. In
quiries for American sources where
war machinery could be obtained, he
said, had been received by 1t from Eng
land. France, Russia. Spain. and from
Germany as we'll. and had been an
wered by 1t in each case. IN order to
help guide the business to its adver-
tisers in the machine industry.
AS a matter of fact" he said. ut
Is interesting to note that the largest
users of the Cleveland automatic ma
are the Krupp gun works at Essen
Germany. where these machines and
similar ones have been used all along
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