The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-14
H. CARL W. AcSEEMAN

poo;.,e-sd in a.[ur,lInc,. with the Copy
rirt, Ari. t'alada. i@it. The
Tchun" Association.
TIE German merchant submarine
Deutschland, the 1VQ-ton C-boat WHICH
as il sailed into Bremen looked IKE Il
duck with ,wo poles II Its back .S"lul'
Tninr IN thu WeSer river. was built by
the Nrupp Interests ~ BRING VAT sup,
niles from the United States. German
munition plants last year had TO stop
making. temporarily. 42-centNnetre
puns and other CanroD whlca require
nickel steel. because several OF the val,
uable minerals and ores needed could
not be- ob:ai:l.i III Europe. hltils!
Kruuv had 10 stop manufacturing
nickel steel var mu2ltlonS-cauhon'
armor plate anu aTtncred automooltrS
or tho materials had 10 be brought
from America. ,s.o,,
Nearly two Years ago craftsman
in the Kiel Offices Of krupp deSlsleU
a merchant submarine aud SuoHilttcu
the plans 20 the directors. IneE we're
oigeonh~led az the time because THESE
material were not desperately needed
and becs 6 the government WOULD not
aid kru in constructing u:sar:neV
T.hoats 1t last year krupp needed
nicl:el rare ores and minerals WnLCn
could be bought only IN the l nlt"d
States or South America. So the
Deuischland WAS designed, oullt,
financed. launched and directed by the
Krupp' Interests 20 solve the distress.
ing military problem OF Il shortage OF
speciaI ores and rubber.
About this time the GetIa1 nav!
LAS having difficulty in obtaining r.
nor. from! :hs German agents IN t9S
United States. Before Captain 3oE-co
was sent Back spr reports arrived III
Berlin regularly. Sometimes !n!1F.na-
tion about events here reached tue
Ccrma1 nav before they were Hao%n
IT the. American Embassy. hHl tte
blockade OF spies was becoming
stricter. 49,,
Crew Selected by Navy.
Tho German navy, which has been
stirrine- no aatt-Anier;cau feeling
whereyer il could. selected the, Gro"
Sor tho deutschland and placed TEN
norariiy discharged naval Intelligence
nfftcers aboard 20 collect and orlaS
SacI information ICom he Cni'su
Stares regarding preparedness puotlS;
opinion AMI 70 mace SoEodineS anu
Investigations in American water
wherever the submarines wen'.
The best evidence ih2t GERMANY nag
reached tho maximum Erani.t,I. al "a -
rniOr OF 0elNN III lL.it'g - 49,
iond;s carsoos. They shc" ft@t Yer.
Nav has yeached the height o; heE
Military efficiency. TINT c"r'aia raw
1na,er;a,s are lacking which are need
ed In gun construction. But tS!s Goes
mt mean that Germany is read 20
crnnnhla ,y;thin few weeks or
months. Germany has plentE. OF iron
and copper and sufficient coal 70 cu:'
Sar arnrnun;tfon and war material Ia
tories for years. But 10 make the Dig
ask centimetre ship guns. armnr place
and the new type German tank, the
Anest quality OF nickel IS needed.
The Nupp process OF making nlck-
81 steel Is secret one. uut uutius
a visit 10 Krupps last year I sa" these
ship cannon moulded. One or mo
officers in charge explained that sor'e
forty materials were used. After the
naval battle of the coast or Ja'lanA
the Navy Department needed mote
thirty-eights and more armor piaie'
Orders were sent to krupp. put the
naval officers who are In charge OF
this work a. Essen reported that nick,
ell and other ores were lacking, and
that unless they were procured out
side of Europe construction could no.
begin.
Finest Guns Demanded.
Early last year the army fntei.l-
gence department reported that lhe