New Britain herald., 1917-06-02
GERMAN PROTESTS BLAMED
 FOR MUNITION PLANT FIRES
Advocate of Peace-at-Any- ;. Price Thought Responsible
 for Destruction of War
 Material.
CONFIDENCE IN THE
 SUBMARINE WANING


 Ruhlic Begins to Grow skeptical Re- eaxsaing Success of .U-Boat. Cam
 paign Against Bt4tlsh shappdng :. .sFr.nce Bled White' Myth Also SFAils to Convince Any Longer -Peo- pae Begfn to Grumble.
 x Copenhagen, via London. June ?, 9:xx .. ri.A semi-od1caai communi- sSAtton to the German press expresses : tho Tear that recent numerous fires in Snaunition factories and establishments en9ased in war work may be att < tTibuted in port to peace-at-any- price advocates. who have taken this means of hastening an end to the war. The destruction of farm buildings and ! granardes is also referred to indirect Z ly and patriotic German workmen arc urged to let no considerations of com- radeship stand In their way of detect- ;.tng and denouncing such enemies of the FAtherland.
 Another example of the spirit pre- vUb$AAu8 HI V0AS SAAAAA VA~s0O SASA >1OA AAAesSAJ ! lu m order providing severe penalties for stealing from crops-a crime of ercwfng frequency in thess days of xDod restrictions. A complementary ukase of food controller Batocki ofders 1sneral examinAttons of stores n private houses to detect food law v1olators.
 N Private advscss from Germany tell e,f growing dasuAf1sEAct1oa among the people at lar1s with the political re-. ptdlto of the rufhleog ouknnarine cAnn- paf9n ana tho absence Of any tndt- < catious tha& at hos brought the de- aared peace appreclAbly nearer. Dur sfng their long campaign for the unrs- sstxaeted use of sabnaxaneo. the advo- cate1 of this measure M1ds very, Aennite pronaaoeU Of inhaediate TO-. sults. Two or threo monthg' was! tho phraes lsd in stsest and neNr- pAper AxGunent1 1ns 1eon to the sfiins ft fWed31 4a1ls te sssln1r 1an Ao her knseA. Dvsn. thouxh xhs otl- cia1 propaganda hAS sincs 1oclared. the eowernlnent bosapad Itself to nospar- ticular tinae to produce results. the production that they would be ob- tained In two or three mouths has re- mained In the minds of the people. Gamam Lpslng Oonndence.
 Grumblinss ars now heard that al- though four months have passed England shows no Mens of weaken lng. but on tho okhsr hand seems de- tsrrnined to prosecute the war moro bittsriy than ever.
 s statements that France has been ssbled white'' and will be forced to uetire from the war have been made So often that they no longer attract the slightest credence. The entry of the United States and Brazil into the war and the rupture of relations be- !. tween Germany and the bulk of the neutral world outside of Europe is :. nov. taken seriously and regarded with gloom. < Questions recently have been asked the correspondent by Germans here not in official positions who are dis gruntled over the results of the sub
 marine campaign up to the present time. as to what would the affect In the United States be If the submarine , warfare were now abandoned. The government, however. shows no Msna fSof weakening and is now engaged In . vigorous publicity campaign to bol- ster up the waning confidence of the : home and quit the complaints of neu- : tralA
 It is . matter of knowledge to the N correspondent that at least enc mem Der of the German government re.
 fused to commit himself to any defln. <site time, limit for bringing Great Brit
 ain into . frame of mind to discuss
 peace. In the correspondents las1
 informal conversation with pr. Alfred , Zimmerman, head of the foreigr I office, q few hours before news of th'
 rupture of relations with the United States was received in Berlin. tn, minister, who was on tenterhooks u
 know what the United States woult
 do declared impulsively: <
 Zimmeeznann Changes Mind. 7s "If the United States will only ksel sfs hands off and let us alone, two Q <. threo months will be enough.''
 Then noticing the correspondent x brick up his ears at this foreign of fice use Of the stock phrase of tn ruthlessness advocates. he quickl ! amended his estimate
 "say six months" he said. and the
 fsading q further mute query in tn
 correspondents eyes said:
 s'Well, let us not fix any definit
 tame"
 .a4s Dr.. Zimmerman then went o
 with the argument that England an [ the entente would quickly be mad
 amenable to the peace idea If tn k United States would only refrai 6 sssifrom breaking relations or declartn
 war in consequence of the proclams
 lion of the unrestricted submarin Ampaign. i German naval writers for som { time have been preparing thel