The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1915-08-26

poses OF reaching an agreement to
call q general strike Of all auto
!, mobile workers, who ''are very much
dissatisfied with the part they are
playing in the European war, and
! that with the proper handling they
would present mighty protest"
| Some OF the disclosures centre
about the military attache of the
| German embassy at Washington, Cap
tain Won Papen, who took steps to
secure virtual monopoly upon the
available supply of liquid chlorine,
which Is used largely in the new
method Of killing the enemy by as
phyxiation. This captain makes a
I, most memorandum of his activities,
| outlining talk with representa-
tive of the Goldschmidt DEFINING
| Company, which is one of the three
companies in the United States which
large quantities.
| Capt. Won Papen says the Allies
have been carrying on negotiations
| for three and five-year contracts for
all the available supply, especially
| since the battle of Ypres. They were
operating through Dalbrun Utalian)
but according to Won Papen the Gold
\ schmidt company would not sell
them any because of it's German orr
| gin in ownership. or the other two,
which were American concerns, the
| Castner Chemical Company of Buff
falo, had closed contracts with
France, and is delivering fifty to sew
| enty-five tons monthly.
| The Electro Bleaching Gas Com
| pany of the same place, had not up
TO the time of Capt. Won Papen's re-
port sold any chlorine to the Allies
but the alluring prospects of the
great profits were becoming so great
| that it would not long restrain itself.
| The captain suggests plan for pre-
| venting this, but nothing of the ma
/ ture of the suggestion Is outlined in
the letter.
The New York paper claims to
| have in its possession correspondence
which shows that the German chan
cellor and Ambassador Won Bernstorff
received regular reports of the cru
| sade against the shipments of arms
and ammunition. This movement has
had various forms but so far has had
| no result. In almost every element
| of society these agents have appear
/ ed, says the paper, in the form of
| labor agitators, peace propagandists,
| lecturers, and in certain instances,
| officials of the government have aid
| ed the movement. In the South every
/
against Great Britain on account of
her actions against cotton. Senator
Hitchcock and Congressman Buchan-
an were supposed to be favorable to
| the German idea. A report which
| goes very fully into these details
| contained this significant sentence:
II must refrain from communicating
| the above facts in my report to the
am mbassador. as the matter could be
| too easily compromised thereby Per-
| haps you will find an opportunity to
| inform Count Won Bernstorff ver-
| bally."
The report, which Is signed byiP.
ReiswitZ, tells of an intention to Sc
| cure an option on the Wright aero
| plane plant, and thus by the pur-
chase of their patent rights prevent
| the manufacture of aeroplanes for
the Allies. In the opinion of the
writer $4,000 would acquire such
! control for a period of one year.
Financial agent Albert also receiv-
| ed reports bearing upon the British
embargo and one of them suggested
the promotion of the movement re-
Gently started in Texas in favor of
| influencing the administration at
Washington to cut off the export of
ammunition or Of cotton. Recent ad-
that the suggestion had been work ed
| upon, is the opinion of The World.
After showing it's its issue of Mon
day and Sunday the above outline Of
the German activities in efforts to
create sentiment and prevent the de-
livery OF munitions to the Allies The
World on Tuesday made public for
the first time that Germany itself
has been secretly planning to secure
munitions, although protesting
against the shipment of such to the
enemy counties"
Evidence included in the corre-
spondence which The World shows
that the German government Is fin
ancing a plan to insure for itself the
output Of at least one concern in this
country which manufactures shrap-
mel castings, although the method of
delivery and shipment are not dis
closed The memorandum of the
contract between the Bridgeport Pro-
Jectile Company, of Bridgeport,
Conn, which Is owned by persons
unknown, and Hugo Schmidt, a rep
resentative Of the German govern
ment. 1t was referred to and ap-
proved by DR.. Albert, Capt. Won
Papen and N. X. Lindjeim, by Carl
Heynan. who is said to be an agent
OF tne German government.
The Projectile Company was ne
gotiating contract for all the out
put OF the Aetna smokeless powder
from December 23 and in May secur-
ed offers Of antimony. At no place
in the contract are the parties re-
ferred to by their real names, the
fictitious use of sthe letter A and b
serving as symbols for the principals.
One of the most significant para
graphs in the entire contract is the
statement that by the purchase of
all the powder available in the Unit
ed States up to January /, 1916, all
the prospective contractors for com
plete shrapnel rounds who applied
to the Aetna for powder and were
advised by them that the Bridgeport
Projectile company was the only con-
Germ that. had powder to furnish