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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02

or copper fittings Of doors and windows
in private houses has been begun at Ber-
lin. The Charlottenburg town council
has recently been discussing the matter
The council protested against the low
prices to be paid for the confiscated ar
ticles, and demanded that substitute
parts made of iron or steel be put in by
the military authorities in place of those
taken away. Some members of the coun-
Gil thought that the time had not vet ar
rived for this form of confscation. in
asmuch as there were still numerous
monuments of no artistic value in Ber-
lin, and the copper roof of the Castle
Church was still intact. But the monu-
ments will get their turn, too. for. ac-
cordlng to later news, the Prussian Min
lister OF War informed a committee of
experts that a considerable part of the
monuments of Germany would have to be
melted down. The minister has already
requested the various German states to
prepare lists of the public monuments
IN them. indicating which could be most
easily spared for war purposes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02
TURP|TUDE. s s:ss;;;,.: D' iss:,:s,
Baseness or Vileness;
Shameful Wicked
ness; Depravity.

What tolloars is reprinted from a
pamphlet gotten ont By "The Manu-
facturers Record" avhich offers
these predatory facts:
August Thyssen, one of Gcrmany's great
est steel manufacturers, has made reve-
lation of Gcrmany's official and individual
perfdy and turpitude that is of more i'm
portance than all the diplomatic revelations
now coming to the front, which have
stamped Germany the greatest criminal
in history
Herr Thyssen is personally known to
many Of the leading iron and steel men Of
America. Some years ago, with other Euro
pean iron manufacturers, he attended a
meeting in this country and was esteemed
by his acquaintance a man of supposed
high integrity. He makes a revelation
which fully confirms all that Otto H. Kahn
said when he declared that the whole Ger
people had sold their souls to the devil
for the promise of material prosperity
through miitarism.
August Thyssen is about seventy eight
wears old,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02
stXV1e Shall Not Merely
w Occupy India

The Emperor was particularly enthu-
siastic over the coming German conquest
of India. India" he said, "is occupied
by the British. 1t is in a way governed
by the British but it is by no means
completely governed by them. We shall
not merely occupy India. We shall con-
quer it, and the vast revenues that the
British allow to be taken by Indian
princes will, after our conquest, flow in
a golden stream into the fatherand. In
all the richest lands of the earth the Ger
man flag will fly over every other flag"
Finally the Emperor concluded:
81 am making you no promises that can
not be redeemed, and they shall be redeemed
if you now prepared to make the sacri-
fees which are necessary to secure the posi-
ton that our country must and shall occupy
in the world He who refuses to help is a
traitor to the fatherland; he who helps
willingly and generously will have his rich
reward"
All sounded, I admit, tempting and
alluring, and though there were some
who viewed rather obviously the pros
pect of Germany being able to conquer
the world in year, the majority of bust
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02
No Scarcity of Tonnage
NOTWITHSTANDING Germans

NOTWITHSTANDING Germ any's
Y heavy losses in commercial vessels
during the war, she will have no scarcity
OF tonnage after the war, in the opinion
of Herr Huldermann, one of the directors
OF the Hamburg-America line. This
opinion was based partly upon the fact
that 40 per cent Of German tonnage be-
fore the war was engaged on voyages be-
tween foreign ports and did no regular
business with German seaports. He said
that if Germany's aggregate tonnage be-
tore the war was 100000 tons it
would be brought up to 100000 tons
within three years after the war. at the
latest. And instead of there being a
scarcity OF tonnage, he thinks there will
be too much. "When one thinks of the
shortage Of raw Materials" he said. I'VE
shall have much too large commercial
fleet in ruined world"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02


however, against my better judgment.
In 1912 the Hohenzollerns saw that
the war had become a necessity to the
preservation of the military system upon
which their power depends. In that year
the Hohenzollerns might have directed,
if they had desired, the forei gn affairs of
our country so that peace would have
been assured in Europe for at least fifty
years. But prolonged peace would have
resulted certainly in the breakup of our
military system, and with the breakup
of our military system the power Of the
Hohenzollerns would come to an end
The Emperor and his family, as I said,
clearly understood this, and they there
fore, in 1912, decided to embark on a
great war of conquest.
But to do this they had to get the COM
mercial community to support them in
their aims. They did this by holding out
to them hopes of great personal gain as
a result of the war. In the light of
events that have taken place since Au
gust, 1914, these promises now appear
supremely ridiculous, but most of us at
the time were led to believe that they
would probably be realized.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02
HOHENZOLLERN BLACKMAIL
The Amazing Confession of Partner
in a Nations Crime

and so the Hohenzollerns in the main got
their way. But, apart from the black
mailing of men who refused to pay any
more money into the Hohenzollern war
chest, let US see how the Hohenzollerns'
promises are working out. A circular
was sent out last March to a large num-
Der of business men by the Foreign Trade
Department which contained the follow
ing suggestion:
at will be wise for employers who have
foreign trade interests to employ agents in
foreign countries who can pass themselves
off as being of French or English birth.
German agents and travellers will probably
for some time after the have difficulty
in doing business not only in enemy coun-
tries, but in neutral countries. There will
undoubtedly be personal prejudice against
Germans that would probably make it diff
cult for representatives of German firms to
do business. Although this prejudice will
not interfere with German trade, as it will
be merely of personal character, it will
facilitate trading transactions if employers
will employ agents who pass as French or
English, preferably, or as Dutch, American
or Spanish"
So this is the prospect we are faced
with after the war. The meaning of this
circular in plain language is this: So
loathed and hated have Germans become
outside their own country that no one
will want to have any personal dealings
with them after the war
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02
Goodby to All Table
cloths

NO more tablecloths will be obtain
L y able for household use during the
rest OF the war. Some time ago the table
linen OF hotels was mostly confscated,
but now the screw has received fur
Their turn with an order for confiscating
cloths and napkins in all stores. When
the present stocks in households have
worn out people will have to eat their
scanty meals on the bare tables, unless
they can get paper tablecloths The an
nouncement on the subject adds that
"stuffs made of pure paper yarns are
exempt"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02
Costly Axle Grease

THAT the German farmers are using
Il butter as axle grease was recently
admitted by country member of the
Prusslan Chamber. He explained it bv
asserting that ordinary axle grease was
very much higher even than butter. This
use of so precious an article throws a
striking light upon the famine conditions
now prevailing in Germany. The regu-
lar butter ration of the people is only a
little more than two ounces a week, and
those who can buy it clandestinely will
lngly pay more than So a pound. Yet
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No Record So banning and Damnable

OR
~ and n consideration fGema
o vl,andor penonalproG pedged
in which knew m h of iNonso odirsand
The nHed into
Hn
tn be o enormous o6tswhnh
is % nn dbe fanadrw (which dennelyco
o of tn
humanhS reeof noaldep
h in mand Frnceup
hhe all
h and would world onquec shas muched
ew Record
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02
ushing Trade in Russia

q ERMAN designs for pushing trade
~ opportunities in Russia are evil
dent in the announcement that instruc-
ton in the Tartar language is to be given
at the "Oriental Seminar" of the Berlin
University. "The Tartar language says
the "Vossische Zeitung" in this connec-
ton. lis spoken by the Mahometans in
the interior of Russia and Siberia, and
as large part of Russia's trade is, in
their hands the Tartar language will be
important for us after the war for bust
ness purposes"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02
The War Was To Be Won
l in December, 1915

According to the promises of the HON.
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. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 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 3d.
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. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 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 &C.
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. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 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 Hob
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. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02
NTHE Boston Transcript" asks:

Does President Carranza suppose that
he can stop the flow of American troops 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 1.-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
ION this side Of the Atlantic Cairanza
stands alone in his diplomatic darkness
and 81 stands in bad company"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 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 Hob
enzollern w a r
plan when this
appeal was made
to the leading bus
mess men of Ger
many in 1928.
T vuaS led tn do 60.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 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. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02
Russia Into the Waste
BaSk ct

II AVlNG carved up Russia to their
liking, the Germans are apparent
~ 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. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 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. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 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. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 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. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02

the farmers grease their wagons with
the precious stuff because axle grease is
much dearer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02

support of the commercial class for their
war plans they put their ideas before us
as business proposition. A large num-
Der of business and commercial men were
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02
T A XES
Mr.. Wilson Addresses Con.
gress on Americas "Foremost
Domestic Question"

TIME 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. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 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. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 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, che 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 Interior 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 shaping 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
1.-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 Hooking 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? ?"
1.-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
Gripping American commerce."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 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. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-02
The Plot
I'm 1928 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 bust
ness men, Herr Thyssen, made
the amazing public confession
which appears on this page.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 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. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 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. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 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