Arizona republican., 1917-09-07

war, furnishing them with money and false passports and papers and send ing them back to Russia to stir up a revolution.
 Field Classes Gave Notice of Bull
 garia's War
 A German friend of mine told me that a friend of his who manufac tured field glasses had received a large order from the Bulgarian gov ernment. This manufacturer went to the foreign office and asked whether he should deliver the goods. He was told not only to deliver them, but to do it as quickly as possible. By learn ing of this I was able to predict long in advance the entry of Bulgaria on the side of the Central Powers.
 Even a year after the commence ment of the war there were reason- able people in Germany. l met Bal lin, head of the great Hamburg American line, on August 9 l said to him, When are you going to stop this crazy fighting" The next day Balln called on me and said that the sensible people of Germany wanted peace and that without anneXa- tion He told me that every one was afraid to talk peace and that each country thought it a sign of weakness to talk peace, and he said that he had advised the chancellor to put a statement in an official paper to say that Germany fought only to defend herself and was ready to make an honorable peace. He told me that the en- peror at that time was against the annexation of Belgium.
 In November, 1915, there were food distu: Lanccs and serious agitation agairst continuance of the war, and in Leipsic a socialist paper was suppressed
 The greatest efforts were made at all times to get in gold. Some time before I left Germany an advertise ment was published in the newspa- pers requesting Germans to give up their jewelry for the Fatherland. Many did so, among them, I believe, the empress and other royalties. | Germans Sick of War December, 1915 i In December, 1915, a prominent ! banker in Berlin said to me that the Germans were sick of the war; that the Krupps and other big industries were making great sums of money and were prolOnging the war by in 1 ssting upon the annexation of Bel 1 gium, and that the Junkers were also ] in favor of the continuance of the war because of the fact that they were getting four or five times the 1 money for their products, while their work was being done by prisoners. He said that the 'kauffeute' (mer- chant middle class) would have to pay the cost of the war and that the ! Junkers will not be taxed. | In calculating the great war debt built up by Germany it must not b. l forgotten that German municipali- ties and other political districts have ! incurred large debts for war pur- poses, such as extra relief given to the wives and children of soldiers. etc
 In December butter became very scarce The women waiting in long lines before the shops often rushed the shops In this month many cop per roofs were removed from build | ingS in Berlin. 1 was told by friend in the foreign office that tEe notorious von Rintelen was sent to ! America to buy up the entire product of the du Pont powder factories, and that he exceeded his authority if he did anything else
 On the night of the day of the t,,+A ,,, q {ahr in December a call was issued hy placards for a meeting on the Inter den Linden. I went out on the streets during the afternoon and
 found that the police had so care fully divided the city into districts
 that it was impossible for crowd of any size to gather on Unter den Linden There was quite a row at the session in the reichstag, Schede- mann, the socialist, made a speech
 very moderate in tone, but he was answered by the chancellor and then an endeavor was made to close the debate.
 "Disunited States of Europe"
 The socialists made such a noise, however, that the majority gave way.
 and another prominent socialist.
 Landsberger was allowed to speak for the socialists. He also made a reasonable speech. in the course of
 which he said that even socialists
 would not allow Alsace-Lorraine to go back to France He made use of rather good phrase. saying that the
 "Disunited States of Europe were
 making war to make a place for the
 United States of America"
 The banks sent out circulars to all
 holders of safe deposit boxes, ask. ing them to disclose the contents. This was part of the campaign to get in hoarded gold.
 In January, 1916, we had many visitors. Colonel Mcclure Hermann
 Bernstein, Inez Milholland Boissevain
 all of the Ford peace ship, appeared in Berlin. I introduced Mrs. Boisse- vain to Zimmerman, who admired her extremely.