The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-25

for three and five-vear contracts for
all the available supply, especially
since the battle of Ypres. They were
operating through Dalbrun Qtallan)
but according to Won Papen the Gold
schmidt company would not sell
them any because of its German orr
gin in ownership. OF the other two,
which were American concerns, the
Castner Chemical Company of Buf-
falo, had closed contracts with
France, and is delivering fifty to sew
enty-fve 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 Am bassador Won Bernstorn
received regular reports Of the cru
sade against the shipments Of arms
and ammu unition 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 propagandlsts,
lecturers, and in certain instances,
officials of the government have aid
ed the movement. In the South every
effort was made to stir up a feeling
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:
81 must refrain from communicating
the above facts in my report to the
an Sassador, as the matter could be
too easily compromised thereby. Per-
haps you will find an opportunity to
inform Count Won Bernstorf YER
bally.'
The report, which is signed by.P.
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 aeroplacss for
the Allies. II 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-
vices from Texas seem to indicate
that the suggestion had been worked
upon, is the opinion of The World.
After showing its 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 fol
| 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 CORE
| 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
Ejectiie 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. vor
Papen and n. R. Lindjeim, by Car
tHeynan, who is said to be az agen'
of the German government.
The Projectile Company was ne
gotiating a contract for all the out
put of the Aetna smokeless powder
from December % 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 the letter A and E
serving as symbols for the principals
One of the most significant para
graphs in the entire contract is the
statement that by the purchase o'
all the powder available in the Unit
| ed States up to January l, 1915, al
the prospective contractors for com
plete shrapnel rounds who applied
20 the Aetna for powder and were
! advised by them that the Bridgeport
| Projectile company was the only con
Germ that had powder to furnish
] (the only other manufacturers-the
| iu iPont company-haying all theiI
| output contracted for into 1915
have applied to the Bridgeport Pro
jectile company for bids on complete
shrapnel rounds, and such requests
have come from representatives Of al
| the allied nations
| This seems to show that the Rus
sian and English governments un
| aware of the ownership of the
| Bridgeport concern or of the control
| over it's output had made offers tc
secure it and were planning to make
i UOud Ao0 Q1OpoSolo. ~his Ivy A0AI
] said that when proposals were re-
! ceived from the governments a coun-
Gil Of war would have to be held to
! discuss whether the company would
! accept orders without IN indemnity
| clause for non-fulfllment, the evi-
dent inference being that the pur-
! chasers were to be left in the lurch
Mr.. Heynan also gives assurances
that the presses necessary in the
| manufacture of such stuff had been
| securely tied up and that as a result
| the Allies had to contract for shrap-
| mel castings to be manufactured from
bar steel by boring instead of forg-
ing, which is said to be an unsatisfac-
| tory method. The factory buildings
of the Bridgeport Projectile COM