Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-20

such as is being used on the battle
fields today. To train men for such
work, to build factories and to make
the necessary machinery also would
take time.
Extensive Campaign Mapped Out.
Gradually the directing men in Ger
many got a complete picture of the
plans of the allies for getting supplies ,
from this country and they mapped an
extensive campaign to thwart these
plans. This scheme entailed the help /
of some OF the ablest men Germany
had in her cause and thousands of
supporters scattered throughout the
country
Except for the heads of the various
lines of work few Of the workers ynew
what else was being done or for whom
they were working. Some did not
know they were working for the Ger
man cause and did not care. They
were content to draw big salaries and
shut their eyes to everything else.
One of the first methods employed
| by German agents was to seek war
orders. The aim was to get the ord
ers. promise delivery at a certain
! time. keep delaying delivery and fin
( ally fail entirely. Another scheme was
to ship inferior material. The plan
was worked in still another way:
namely. German agents got the orders.
! compelled the deposit in q bank of
certain amount OF the price of the con-
tract. thus tying up the allies funds
for time and even using that money
to trade on.
The project of buying up some of
the bigger ammunition plants and
companies that held big war contracts
was preached. Representatives of Ger
many sent brokers to the Remington
Arms company Offering a big price for
the plant Then an effort was made
to buy up the small ammunition plants
throughout the country. But here
Germany was foiled, for all those
plants had been bought up and were
in strong hands. Many dramatic
story will be told after the war of the
efforts made by. German workers to in
fluence wealthy Americans to part
with their holdings in companies hav-
ing war orders.
One project was put up to the Ger
man government by Andrew D. Mel
oy, a banker and associate of Franz
Rintelen. the latter having had charge
Vi a BIedltI part Oh the herman
scheme to cut off the export of war
supplies. Mr.. Meloy made a special
trip to Berlin to lay before officials his
suggestions for outwitting the allies.
IJIs scheme was to stop the manufac-
ture of automobiles, for instance. by
purchasing all the rubber supplies.
That would make it impossible for the
automobile factories to complete their
, contracts.
NIeloy suggested that Germany in
the same manner go into the market
and capture a monopoly in some one
-, thing needed for the completion OF
different lines of articles necessary for
- the equipment of soldiers
=. The suggestion was rejected; at least
, Meloy did not get the hoped for com
mission to go head with the plan
, But in the last year German agents
have been in the market for various
things that would be of material help
to tho allies She has sent out men tc
!, buy up all the glass used for making
prisms. This article comes from Ger
> many and Austria and prsms arc USED
in the manufacture of periscopes fol
: submarines. Likewise Captain vor
: Papen, the military attache of the
u German embassy who was recalled al
the request of the American govern
> ment developed plans for the purchas 81
y of the output of picric acid in the
y United States.
(Next Sunday Mr.. Price will tel
" about the campaign conducted in tht
United States to arouse sentiment il
favor of an embargo on arms)
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