The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-06

had requested him 10 do so. The
statements Of Won Jagow and Mr.
While Ia his autobiography did not
agree with the facts, Germany did
send ammunition 10 Spain, but VIII
helW4trAsee was. using Mr. Whites
book rs proof that the Krupp interests
did not supply our enemy IN 1879.
The latter part Of September I en-
tered koyno, the mportant Russian
fortress, eight days after the army
captured IT. ! was escorted, together
with other corrsSporde from ore
fort to another and shown what the
forty wo-centimeter guns had de
strOved. ] saw 400 machine guns
which were captured End 500 pieces
OF heavy artillery The night before
NJ = dinner party the officers had ar
gued against the United States be-
cause Of the shipment Of supplies TO
Russia. III ey SAID that II the United
states had not aided Russia that coun~
try would not, have been able to re-
sist the Inv aders. did not know the
facts. but accepted their statements,
When ! WAS shown the machine guns,
! cNamIn"d them oUi discovered that
every one 81 the 400 WAS made at Es-
son or Magachurg. Germany. OF the
800 pieces of artillery, every cannon
English ship guns ko.no was fortt-
ted by German artillery. not Amerf-
can.
a few days later ! entered Wilma;
this time | was moving with the ad-
vance column At dinner that night
with General Won Weber, the COM
mander OF the city, the subject OF
American arms and ammunition was
again brought IN. The general said
they had captured from the Russians
an American ma chine gIn. Tie added
that they We're bringing II in from
Smorgon to show The Americans
When it reached us the stamp, writ
ten in English, showed that It was
manufactured by victers, Ltd. Eng
land Being unable to read English.
tho officers who reported the capture
thought the gun was made in the Uni
ted States.
In Ruma last December I fol-
lowed General yon Falkeuhayn's ar
mies to the forts of bucharest. On
THANKSGIVING day I crossed by auto
mobile the Schurduck Pass The TSu-
manipns had defended. or attempted
10 defend this road by mounting ar
mored guns on the crest Of one OF the
mountain ranges IN the Ira nsylVanian
Alps. / exarD,ned whole position
here and found all turrets made In
| Germany.
| did not doubt that the shipment
| OF arms and ammunition TO the allies
| haA been a great aid to them. II was
! told In Paris, later, on my way to
/ the United states. that II II had not
! been for the American ammunition
| factories France would have been de-
| feated long ago-)
But whom Germany ARMED that the
| United States was net neutral In per-
uniting these shtpneutS 10 leave
American ports, Ger many WAS FORGET
| ting what her own arms ard mun'tion
! factories had done for Grrn,nnv's en-
rrnics, eilrU -frr NruIyD worries sold
| Russta the defcnscS for Kotno, the
I German rs,vcrursf"T1t knew thess pcaFs-
ons would b. used against Germany
| Some day, because no nation exceoi
| Germany could attack RuSa4G nv way
| OF Tint city When Rrlou sold wav
! supplies TO Rur,anta. the German gov
errrrcnt know that " Rumau'a Joined
Inc allies thoac supplies would We used
| againS. GernGu soldiers. Nut the
| government was careful not 20 report
| these farts In German newspapers
Ard. although Secretary OF state won
| JagoW Acknowledged to Ambassador
i Cersr.t.that -.i-ara zgas Notliln S- III if7r
| ternatloual law 10 justify a change in
| Washington's position. Won Jagow's
| statements were not permitted to be
published In Germany.
10 understand Germany's resent