Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-11-03
THE WORLD WIDE WAR TRUST.
From Remarks Of Clyde H. Taven-

ner. F$2 ~
Although scarcely believable, it
is the proven fact that British and
German war trusts many years ago
actually set about to represent to
their respective hcme Governments
that their rivals were planning to
buil1 and building great armadas Of
giant fighting craft, which have
sinca been proven absolutely to
have been Pigments OF the imagina-
ton pure and simple. The same char
acter of campaigns has BEEN going
on between France and Germany, be-
tween the countries in the triple al
lance and the triple entente, and it
is yet to be established whether the
United States Of America has not
also been the victim Of a similar
brand Of commercialism, in which
patriotism is the means and profit
the end. 80 b. & 81.
~ Misrepresentation as to the build
ing programs Of Great Britain and
Germany were carried on to such an
extent that the papers became full
ct it, and the suspicion OF the PEG,
pie toward each other grew and nd
grew. It was inevitable that there
could be but one end TO- such pro
ceedings, and that end war.
Specific 4 Information, replete with
details, is available to show just
how the work was carried on.
Briefly, this is the story: Begin
ming in 1906, Mr.. H. H. Mulliner,
managing director OF the Coventry
Ordance Co.. Of England one Of the
great british war trafficking con.
Germs gave himself to-. the work OF
propagating the myth Of, q gigantic
of Krupp's works In par
ticular and German military accelera-
ton in general The Diary Of the
great surrender" which Mr.. Muliin-
er himself afterwards published Zion:
don Times Jan. 3, .1910); contains
these two entries which practically
covered the period OF the; campaign:
May Is, 1906, Mr.. Mulliner first
Informs British Admiralty Of prepare,
tons for enormously increasing the
Germany Navy. (This information
was concealed from the British
nation until March, 1909
March g., 1909, Mr.. Mulhner Civ
ing evidence before the British Cabis
net, proves that the enormous &C
celeratio, in Germany for producing
ornaments, about which he had per-
petually warned the Admiralty, was
an accomplished fact. and that large
quantities Of naval guns and mount
ings were being made with great
rapidity in that country.
It was an underground. campaign,
but subsequent letters and speeches
(Mulliner's communications to Lon
don Times, Aug. 2 and 16, Sept. 81,
Dec. IA aid II, 1909; Jan. l 8, s,
Z, 8. ~ Is and Is, 1910, etc)
indicate that Mr.. Mulliner's "informa-
ton sent first to the war office In
May, 1906, was passed en- to- the
Admiralty was discussed by them
with several outsiders and then
passed from hand to hand so that
hundreds have read 1t"
OF this information it need
only be added that as soon as it
became public it was contradicted
by Messrs. Krupp, through Hon. Ohm
Ley1and, member Of Parliament, In
England, and other correspondents.
After some years it was practically
admitted by the British Government
to have been false. Time has prov
ed it never had any real. basis.
But the "infornation" had its el-
feet, the effect that Managing Di-
rector Mulliner, Of the Coventry Or.
dinance Co., desired that it should
have. The information becoming
public, swept Great Britain Oft its
feet. The people took up and re
peated the war traders slogan; we
want eight, and we won't wait"
meaning hattleShipS, ,. S. IN S
Ten days after Mr.. Mulliner pre-
sented his information" to the SUI
preme governing body of the British
Empire the statement explanatory o.
the navy estimates was made. 1t
showed total Of $170,7e3,622 Tor
19O9-1O, an increase of $13,72O,752;
new construction accounting for an
increase of $6,512,400.
AS a result of the tip Furnished
by the managing director Of the
war munition firm, the British gov.
eminent foretold that Germany would
have II d-eadnaught battleships by
March. 1912 and Leader Balfonr
still more impressed by bhe fake
scare" declared Germany would