The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-11

over the material interest of the Ger man share holders in Russian, Eng fish, and French enterprises, which
 might become necessary under certain circumstances that would modify the organization of the financial and in
 dustrial market throughout the world.
 And in addition to this, it is ur- gently recommended to Directors of
 Credit Banks to at once make seri- , ous attempts to establish the most in
 innate and confidential relations with
 the banks of Finland and America.
 In this financial suggestion, the
 Minister of Finance comments to you
 the Swedish Bank Nia-Banken at
 Stockholm, and the First Valdar Han
 sen and Cie, at Copenhagen, as these firms have very active relations with
 Russia l Now let us see what these docu-
 ments that you have just read mean. What are their significance? If they
 mean anything, they mean this
 which should be kept in mind defin- itely:
 CD The financial measures decided
 upon, as indicated in the above cir
 cular issued by the German Minister l of Finance, are taken with the express
 approval and permission of the two
 governments, Germany and Austria Hungary. That is to say, Germany ana
 Austria were preparing for this war
 as early as February IS, 1914.
 CD The German coalition foresees perfectly the coming of a war with
 England also. Otherwise what is the
 necessity of establishing financial re- lations with the Scandinavian and
 American banks against England and her allies?
 (3) The proprietor of the Ma Bank
 en, at Stockholm is no other than
 Herr Furstenburg. What can be the
 real nationality of this Furstenburg
 proprietor of a Swedish bank? Is il
 rot singular and suspicious? How
 could anyone help knowing the na- , tionality of a man with the aforemen. tioned name? He is a German, that is well known. He is naturalizeG Swede, that is where it is singular but that is not all. This man is a So. cialist, an intimate friend of Lenin : who has played a considerable role in the MaXimalist movement. He i! a banker of Stockholm, and is al l agent of the Imperial German govern
 ment, fiscal agent, if you please Furstenburg the Socialist, acting al 3 the fiscal agent of the German govern ment in Sweden, friend of Lenin! Enough for the Hun financial in t trigues.
 t Germany had in her mills and work v shops a great number of machines O = foreign manufacture. During a wa [ Germany would find it impossible t, = replace worn parts of these machines S During the war, reasoned the ever e plotting Hun, they must depend abso l lutely and solely on machines of Ger n man make. Note the Hun precision }. From that came the necessity o ,, taking an inventory of the numbe = and the condition of the machines . of the extra parts, that must be fur
 nished by the German industries alone o that would enable them to do withou c aid from abroad, which would be diff n ficult if not impossible to obtain dur V ing the war. : Now we have the following circula
 dated March s, 1S14-fve months be
 fore the war.
 n The writer of this article once nor " ICeillo llAC eillSIllOll Ol lIlt ISduST f the chronological order of these I'm 1t perial German government circular! s. because it proves beyond doubt a de = termination to provoke this war, an e a business-like method of preparin IT for it.
 y Circular of March 6, 1914, issue le from the General Headquarters to a - Inspectors of Mines and Factories. of Referring to the circular of Sep n IS, 1887, the General Headquarters, i e, accordance with the Directors of IT g. dustries and Commerce, propose le without consulting the Bureau of At le ministratfon:
 le "G) To make a careful examinatio st of all German manufactured motol oy in regard to parts that might have 1 ,h be renewed;
 1- "(2) To forcibly examine, if it e. necessary, those machines in Stol le Houses, in order to be able to give a iX explicit description of their conditic IT. and number; and
 "(3) After having secured the d n- sired information transmit it to Vc Ill CD" Vok is the abbreviation for Ce1 C. tral Military Bureau of Statistics an the General Headquarters it. Now that these precautions we
 made, the Imperial German gover ge ment. through the General Headqua ks ters, then applied for active cooper Ial ton to organize industries for u he purpose of prosecuting the war su t, cessfully-the war that was to con he This idea was not entirely new, b as cause it had already appeared in 1Ss to as is shown in the following doc all ment
 he On June g. 1914-two months b he fore the war-the circular which ft
 lows was addressed to the Region
 Commanders.
 he Circular of June g, 1914. T at General Headquarters to the Rego of al Commanders.
 er-, Within twenty-four hours aft ice receiving this circular, you are 1