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New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
The War Was To Be Won
l in December, 1915

According to the promises of the Hoh-
enzolerns, victory was to have been
achieved in December, 1916 and the
promises made to myself and other COM
mercial men in Germany when our money
for the Kaiser's war chest was wanted
were to have been then redeemed.
But this is what has happened in real
ity: In December of 1916 the Chancellor,
Bethmann- Hollweg, began to have inter-
views once more with business men. The
purpose of these interviews was to get
more money from them. Guarantees
were asked from seventy-fve business
men in Germany, including myself, that
they would undertake to subscribe $780,
$1,000 to the next war loan. was per-
sonally asked to guarantee subscription
Of 100000. declined to give this guar
antee; so did some others. / was then
favored with a private interview with
Hollweg's private secretary,
who told me that if I declined to give the
guarantee and subsequently the money /
would lose on contract | had with the
War Office. But not only that was
threatened with the practical ruin of my
business if did not give the guarantee.
1 described this demand as blackmail
Of the worst sort and refused to guaran-
tee mark to the war loan. Two months
later l lost my contract, and the greater
part of my business has been taken over
at figure that means confiscaton
Moreover, l am not to get paid until after
the war, but am to receive per cent on
the purchase price. Every man who de-
clined to promise a subscription to the
amount he was asked has been treated in
the same manner.
Low the Hohenzollern
1 Promises Are Working Out
The majority of men, however, pre-
ferred to pay rather than to be ruined.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

l was personally promised free grant
of 10000 acres in Australia and loan
from the Deutsche Bank of 3l5O.OOO, at
3 per cent, to enable me to develop my
business in Australia. Several other
firms were promised special trading facil-
tiles in India, which was to be conquered
by Germany be it noted by the end of
exploitation of Canada. This syndicate
consisted of the heads of twelve great
firms; the working capital was fixed at
e20,000,000, half of which was to be
found by the German government.
There were, l have heard, promises
made of a more personal character For
example, the conquest of England" was
to be made the occasion of bestowing
upon certain favored and wealthy men
some Of the most desirable residences in
England, but of this I have no actual
proof.
Every trade and interest was appealed
to. Huge indemnties were, of course,
to be levied on the conquered nations, and
the fortunate German manufacturers
were, by this means, practically to be re-
lieved Of taxation for years after the
war.
These promises were not vaguely
given. They were made definitely by
Bethmann- -Hollweg on behalf of the EN-
peror to gatherings of business men, and
in many cases to individuals. l have
mentioned the promise of a grant of 30,-
600 acres in Australia that was made to
me. Promises of similar kind were
made to at least eighty other persons at
special interviews with the Chancellor,
and all particulars of these promises
were entered in book at the Trades De-
partment.
But not only were these promises made
by the Chancellor; they were confirmed
by the Emperor, who on three occasions
addressed large private gatherings of
business men in Berlin, Munich and Cas-
sci in 1912 and 1913. | was at one of
these gatherings. The Emperor's speech
was one of the most fowery orations /
have listened to, and so profuse were the
promises he made that were even half of
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

wart German editors. The
"Berliner Neueste Nachrichten" learns
that during the reading of the speech
from the throne by Stakeholder Won
Dallwitz most Of the members of the
lower house were absent Besides the
Socialists, who always shine by their
absence" the paper writes, "the men,
bers Of the Alsatian Centrum (Cleri-
cals) and a part of the Lorrainers did
not appear" When it came to electng
new Speaker there was again occasion
for misgivings. The old Speaker was
reelected, indeed, but by only twenty
one votes out of forty-seven, with
number of blank hallots cast. The Ber-
lin paper surmses that this small vote
for Dr. Ricklin was due to the fact that
he had declared some time ago that
Alsace was German soil and the Al
satians would remain German citizens
"This," says the paper, appears to have
sufficed to draw down upon him the wrath
of the opposition" Ricklin accepted the
election in silence--not one word of the
patriotic stuff usually heard on such oc
casons, nor had the temporary Speaker
greeted the chamber with the usual
speech-of which silence meant, says the
Berlin paper, that the "Alsace- -Lorrain-
ers were enraged ever the Withholding
OF autonomy and wanted to give ex-
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
Trying to Prevent a
i Revolution

A large number of businesses are,
moreover, being secretly bolstered up
with state aid. A condition Of this aid
is that the owners Of the business receiv-
ing it shall agree to accept a considerable
degree of state control over their bust
ness after the war. This is part and
parcel of plan on the part Of the Hoh-
enzollerns to get the commercial classes
thoroughly into their grip before the end
Of the war, and to minimize the chances
of a revolution.
These men who have agreed to accept
aid now for their business and state con-
troll after the war have received mott
tication from the Foreign Trade Depart
ment to the effect that, with proper or
ganization, Germany ought to recover
her pre-war trade three years after peace
is declared. Here is the Hohenzollern
method Of rcdeeming promises. We are
to get back our pre-war trade three years
after peace is declared, and to do this we
must submit to have our trading trans
actions controlled and supervised by the
state.
Can any German to whom such pros
poets are held out by the Emperor fail
to see that he has been bamboozled and
humbugged and fooled into supporting a
war from which the utmost he can hope
to gain is to come out of it without ma
tional bankruptcy?
ThysSen's revelations show
that Germany's business men
definitely entered upon this
war to loot the world for their
own enrichment. Now the
world should see that to the
utmost farfhing they be made
to pay the full cost of this war.
-Manufacturers' Record.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
NTHE Boston Transcript" asks:

Does President Carranza suppose that
he can stop the flow of American trocps to
Germany by threatening disturbance on
the border"
And answers:
Perhaps. He has been on Germary's
side all along; and knowing, as he does
that the Wilson administration will do moth
ing serious against him, but will only ex-
pend its strength in costly superficial DEM
onstrations he is willing to attract as large
an American force to the border as possible
by manufacturing a crisis of talk and
threat down there"
The Hartford Courant" fears that
this is another case where watchful
waiting has done no good" The previous
American intervention in Mexico this
paper feels, amounted to just this: 1--WE
went in and out again and left hostility
That's about all it came to-"
However, and putting aside now the
question of right or wrong procedure in
the past, there surely is, as "The Boston
Globe declares
s'no desire on the part of the people or of
the. government of the United States to
eoerce Carranza TO compel him to de-
part from the sort Of neutrality which he
finds good. There is no desire even to i'm
pute evil motives TO policies which may
have as their handspring only mistaken
belief OF rendering the best service to the
Mexican people.
But governments, like men, are judged
by acts rather than by motives. Carranza
is liable to the charge of committing the
grave crime of treason to the New World.
and, what is worse, of treason to the new
age which men are dreaming for all the
world, new and old
"On this side Of the Atlantic Cairanza
stands alone in his diplomatic darkness
and 81 stands in bad company"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

asked to support
the Hohenzollern
war policy On the
ground that it
would pay them
to do so. Let me
frankly confess
that | am one of
those who were
led to agree to
support the Hoh-
enzollern w a r
plan when this
appeal was made
to the leading bus
mess men of Ger
many in 1928.
T vuaS led to do 60.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
Wild Vegetables

a GERMAN paper rejoices that the
4 spring came SO early this year be-
cause "wild vegetables" could then be
used for food. He names among such
vegetables not only dandelion, but luzerne
leaves and stems, and claims for the lat
ter that they contain much more of nutri-
ment than spinach.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
Russia Into the Waste
BaSk ct

II AVlNG carved up Russia to their
liking, the Germans are apparent
iy disposed to drop even the name Russia
altogether. Professor Hans Delbrueck
the we'll known historian and political
WRITER now always refers to the rumn
OF Russia that is left as "Muskov;a !"
mat is distinction with differencel
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

S o m e d a VS. the
newspapers h ad
been busily occu-
pied in discussing
the pros and cons
of a fresh tax Law.
News from Wash.
ington had been
rather confusing.
Mr.. McAdoo had
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

ident persists. His
latest manpuvre-
that of the report
ed severance of dip
| o m attic relations
with the little re-
public of Cuba
seems to have been
performed un d g r
cover of the Gus
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
Brazen Confiscations!

THE scarcity of certain metals in
Germany has now reached such
stage that the conhscation of the brass
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

the farmers grease their wagons with
the precious stuff because axle grease is
much dearer
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

support of the commercial class for their
war plans they put their ideas before us
as business proposition. A large num-
ber of business and commercial men were
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
T A XES
Mr.. Wilson Addresses Con.
gress on Americas "Foremost
Domestic Question"

"HE Presidents message to Tho
Congress on Monday is every.
Il where regarded as putting An
end to the uncertainty as tn
whether there would be new revenue leo.
islation during the present session. For
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

ness and commercial men agreed to sup
port the Hohenzollern war plans. Most
of them have since wished they had never
paid any attention to them.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

tomary shroud "He continues 70 dis
play his preference; indeed, "a policy so
utterly unintelligible as that adopted
toward Cuba must be motivated by rea-
sons that do not permit of the daylight
This feeling of blankness rewards tc
a large degree search on the part Of the
American press for motive. Nor is the
sky appreciably frightened by the sub
sequent denial of the report that diplo-
matte relations had been broken off The
whole affair is opaque. But through the
murk the turbulent figure of Don Venus
tiano Carranza is seen, if darkly. And he
is seen, as formerly, in the guise of rest
less adventure. CAS- if no longer able to
endure the strain of quietude," as "The
New York Globe" puts it, "he breaks into
the front pages again on this pretext
Wearying of not having verbal row on
with somebody, he has started another
Of his favorite teapot tempests. And
since he does not deem it wise, apparent
ly, at this juncture, directly to make
faces at the United States" he does the
next best thing and "sticks out his tongue
at Cuba"
GETTING itself to the task of dis
~ covering. if possible, some sort of
clew, "The Wheeling Intelligencer" re-
minds us that "Mexico's action may or
may not conceal an ulterior object, bu.
for the present all deductions are merely
speculative" Not SO cautious in their
approach, however, are number Of other
papers, which frankly see in Carranza's
move visible flaming of his hatred of
the United States and certain evidence
that Germany has been at his ear with
sinister whisperings.
The Tribune declared fatty that 1--WE
8 might as we'll admit that the Mexican
government was slapping at US when it
withdrew its diplomatic representative in
Cuba. Cuba is our ally-bound to US
more closely than any other Latin-Amer-
lean republic.' And further admits that
''the grievances which President Car
rama has been nursing against Cuha are
grievances chargeable to American pol
ICY"
The New York Herald" deciding that
Carranza is 'looking for trouble" asks:
ais it merely coincidence that he should
have developed this acute case Of anti
Americansm at the same time as was fixed
hv% %ho Koic far =,
in Ireland? ?"
''The indianapolis News" thus essays
to unsnarl the tangled mass of evidence
and doubt:
at all means simply that Senior Carranza
is a friend of Germany, and, as fer as he
dare be, her supporter. Cuba, on The other
hand, is an enemy of Germany and friend
of the United States, exercising only the
rights that belong to it as a belligerent
The is the same as would have been
presented if the United States had two
years ago withdrawn its ambassador from
Great Britain because the British blockade
crppling American commerce."
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
By August Thyssen

W AM writing this pamphlet because
want to open the eyes of Ger
mans, especially of the business
community, to facts. When the
Hohenzollerns wanted to get the
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
The Plot
I'm 1912-'13 the Hohenzollerns

IN 1928 the Hohenzollerns
appealed to the most power
full business men of Germany
to help finance a vast war of con-
quest. They were to be rewarded
lavishly out of the spoils. The
plot failed, and one of these busi-
ness men, Herr Thyssen, made
the amazing public confession
which appears on this page.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
Sinister Absences and
Silences

RECENT sitting of the Legis-
lature of Alsace-I. orraine is
n troubling the heads of stall
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
MEXICO
Carranza Stirs Up "Another
of His Favorite Teapot
Tempests''
<<"O FIND Senor Carranza." de
clares "The Boston Daily
l. Globe" eve have always had
to strike match

And, according to this paper. the
stygian atmosphere about Mexico's Pres
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

what he promised to be fulfilled most Of
the commercial men in Germany would
become rich beyond the dreams of ava
rice
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-06-07
LANDING FIELD FOR
FLYERSAT FITZGERALD

FITZERAALD, GA.-Major c. H.
Wash commander of Souther aviation
field at Americas, and Lieuts L. Hill
lard and E. H. Rogers made flying
trip" to Fitzerald yesterday morning
for the purpose of inspecting the pro-
posed sites for landing field here to
be used by student aviators from the
camp at Americas when making cross
country flights. Major Wash was
highly pleased with the site on the
Handley farm, two miles south of the
city, and gave the chamber of com
merce his definite assurance that the
landing field there would he used.
A committee from the chamber of
ommerce entertained Major Wash and
his party with luncheon at the Lee
Grant hotel while they were in the city
Before leaving for Triton to inspect
another proposed landing field, Major
Wash thrilled the people of the city
with some hair-raising stunts in mid
air.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-06-07

Williams is expected to arrive from G.
IN. & /. C. next Friday afternoon.
Miss Addie RE McCrory had as her
guest for the past weekend. Miss
Reva d. Weaver, of Buena Vista, re-
cent graduate of Wesleyan college, at
Macon.
Mr.. Edwin Stewart will return home
Thursday night from Emory college,
where he has been student for some
time.
Mrs. w. H. Collins and Mrs. Steve
Rainey spent Thursday afternoon in
Americas shopping.
Mrs C. R. McCrory is spending some
time in Macon, the guest of her daugh-
ter. Mrs. l. E. Mcclellan.
Rev. ]. E. Sampley and Mr.. T. A.
Collins attended the quarterly meeting
of the Americas circuit today.
Miss Virginia Williams, of Buena
Vista, was the guest this week of her
aunt, Mrs. J. R. Jordan.
Mr.. and Mrs E. w Strange and Miss
Sara strange were in Americas Mon
day afternoon.
/ Mr.. r. e Hill made business trip
| to South Georgia this week.
Red Cross work is progressing
splendidly in our city, the ladies hav-
ing just finished an allotment of 900
pads. Our people are, as they should
be, very much interested in this great
work
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-06-07
GERMAN SAILORS
KNOW LIONS ROAR

AMSTERDAM, June Capt. Per-
sius, German naval critic, writing
in the Berliner Tageblatt on the ami
versary of the Battle of Jutland, points
out that the expectations regarding the
result of the battle which were en-
tertained in some quarters in Germany
have not been fulfilled
He cites various German press ut
terances about British naval DONNA
ton haveing been completely shaken
and says that the writer's will prob
ably have realized by now that it was
wrong to put such thoughts on paper.
The success of the German feet at
Julian" he continues, was not able
to bring aout any chan ge in the
situation in the theatres of the war.
The German mercantile flag is still
banished from the sea.
To-day it is opportune again to
realize how seriously Great Britain
is to be taken as an enemy She has
never yet lost a foreign war She has
triumphed at the end of every cam
paign. She now sacrifices her blood
in streams.
Words such as the British realize
that if they experience a second
Shagerrak it will be all up with their
naval domination are worthless in
these bitterly hard times They will
/ indeed be heard with displeasure and
Indignation by our naval men, for
many of these have already learned
by experience that the British are
brave and strong opponents, and they
know that the utmost exertion of
|; strength is needed to beat them off,
should it come to anther encounter.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-06-07
MISS HEMMING WAS
SUICIDE, SAYS CORONER

NEW YORK, June dorothy Hem
ming drowned herself, DR.. J. B. Con-
molly. medical examiner of Glen Cove,
l.. l., announced last night after his
autopsy on the body of the Brooklyn
school teacher found floating in the
mill pond at Glen Cove, Saturday, af-
ter she had ben missing a week.
The clothes were in perfect order
and there was no evidence of v1o-
lence on the body, the medical ex-
miner said.
Further investigation by the police
has shown that Miss Hemming's hat
and coat were placed neatly on the
pond bank, iwth hatpin run through
the hat just as woman might have
left it.
But because of a discrepancy be-
tween the stories of John Dunlap, a
former resident of Glen Cove, and
four persons who told Chief of Police
Donohue, of Glen Cove, that they saw
Dunlap near the pond early on Sum
day of last week, Dunlap is held at
Glen Cove as material witness. The
inquest will be held tomorrow morn
ing.
Those four persons, one a former
schoolmate of Dunlay, say they found
him sleeping 100 yards from where
Miss Hemming's hat and coat were
found Dunlap says he was drinking
and went to sleep on Mill Hill, we'll
away from the pond.
The suicide theory was strength
ened by George R. Henderson and
George Houston, uncles of Miss Hem
ming, who said she had shown signs
of religious mania when at ST. Vim
cents retreat in Harris, N. Y
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-06-07
EllaVille

jeff Davis birthday, the third of
June, was most appropriately observed
here last Monday afternoon by he
Daughters of the Confederacy at the
lovely home of Mrs. T. A. Collins. A
splendid program was arranged by
Mrs. H. ]. Williams and Mrs J. c..
Rainy. The veterans and their wives
were invited to be the guests of honor
on this occasion. At the conclusion
of the program, the president of the U.
ID. C.'s, Mrs, j., H. Cheney gave a few
words of appreciation of the veterans
who are left to tell us that the pres
ent war is a reminder of the days that
are passed and gone. Delicious punch
nd sandwiches were served. Mrs. Col
Inns was ably assisted in entertaining
by Mesdames e. E. and W. H. Collins.
Much interest centers in the com
mencement exercises of the EIlayille
High school, which will begin with a
concert next Friday evening. Sunday
DR.. Foster, of Bessie Tiff College. will
deliver the commencement sermon and
on Monday morning the graduating ex-
terclses will occur The following la
dies and young men compose the SEN
Tor class Misses Merwin Johnson,
jewell Duncan, Louise Walters, Eth
lyn Sampley, Cordelia Wall, Roy Sam
pley, Carl Mott.
Our citizens have been highly pleas
! ed with the frequent visits of the air
planes from Souther Field, the avia-
ton camp at Americas 1t is rumored
that a landing station will be estab-
llshed here, if suitable plot of ground
can be secured.
Since the summer days have come
the college girls are beginning to ar
rive home for their vacations. Some
OF those already here are Miss Sara
Strange, Andrew; Miss Mary Strange.
Brenau; Miss Addie Munroe, Cox; Miss
Hattie Arlington, Bessie T;ft; Miss
Nell Stevens, Andrew; Miss Velma
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-06-07
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As To Help Others"

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