The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-25

Ii.llt'Wtl'd Factory since 'lS VAIL
Krupp's Control Of the rress.
And what n sensation. too. world b"
rausnd IN America II The H"tEichcH
stool ,."rlInny or III" I'nllch states
. steel Corporation W"r" !" p''H'hiS'
~" Si'ai".r$ "r lHk" oyer III" .N+S'CihtS'
I'r"ss ~ order L" control public "plni"n.
VT Tho German nHli"m stands ty. AI'a-
, thctic. pr"marandiz"d +" Il standSiI'l
stuffed and led hy news handed them
hy IA" krurrs ana an ail!anc" 81 SIN
great industrial IRON and steel com
ranl"S 81 western ';"rmany.
y question Witch Interests ever IN
hahliart ~ thu world to-day Is where
DOES tho ulti'nal" power rvSidc IN Ger
many"
Whcr" IS ia" l"!'" which cour"Is The
c"l:utryr Tn" E"IrhsIng. "f r'urs". has
no real Power, tn" twenty-five ruling
princes "i GERMANY. voting IN. III"
i:un'i"Srat through their representa-
tlvc< control tn" E"lchstac. and The
. Chancellor Is: no; responsible |" either.
ht:l only To thu Emperor.
Consider for uuln'1It TIA" personality
Of Won EcrhmHnu-lI"llw-r. Chancellor
al tn" "inpIr" for ,ichl "r min" years.
H., lacked both determination and d"rI-
Si"n. G."vahl". g""d. KIND. respected,
TIA" C'haurrIlur. Ia y surprising degree.
was minus that quality which "" call
"plI7lrh." IL" never led. hat followed.
He sought always I" find Out iirSt
| which side Of the question seemed lik"iI
=" wln--whrrc the majority would
| stand ISually H. poised himself on
middle ground II" could not have been
, IN" ultimate power in the state.
, HAY" Il feeling that tn" k'tiS": him
self always felt IN some vague way
+ that his luck lay with .Amrrl"a. and /
imagine tina, II" himself Was against
ANYTHING that might lead !" break
with TINS country. What. th"n. was IN"
myStrrus power whl"h changed. Tor
instance" the policy Of IN" German cni-
pre- toward America and ordered un-
restricted submarine war al the FISK al
al bringing against the empire rl'h
and powerful natI,rl at more than a
hundred million population:
Tie. foreign office dId not have TINS
decision. Its members. mad" ur Of mon
who had Travelled III other countries.
who knew IN. iairut power ~ Am"rirH.
did not advise ihi$ step. with III" "A""p-
ton however. 1t Zimmerman. who. car
ri,d away ly his sudden elevation ana
hy the plaln"r a.! personal contact win
, ihc emperor. tn, princes ana IN" NM
iarr chiefs. Nl"lI"h To III" arguments
! Of military "NprdI"n"H.
For III" on" force IN Germany WhiEh
ultimately decides every great question.
! excerpt IN" fat" at It's own hrhu, ~ '''s
great general staff.
t,u ono side. al the k0cniES- Plat. IN
I;rr!in. stands tn" great building nI tho
ErirhstaS flurIily d"""ra,"d entering
with gold, surrounded hE statues ;tni
! filled during thr SESSIONS of IN" l."i' IL
s,a. with a crowd ii representatives,
whr d" no; represent and who. lIk"
monkeys IN Il Gag. ilhh"r ana h"hN''
questions winch they have II" power ="
decide Across tn" SIuar" ana c"N'FlhS
rho entire hlu,k m II building that r"-
y.,uhl,S IN external appearance Jal!,
lurI, of dark r.d brick without "t7ln-
,n,nl or display. is tho home Of III"
:-r...,l general staff. This inSututr'n has
IT'S own spies. It's own secret service. us
rSu newspaper 'CnSnrS. Ii'rc TN"
nlrL.,I officers "r tnr German army. inc
lInhcrll"rS ui the power "i Won M"i'k''
ih..y WELD tho $lpr"m" pow"r al IN"
,.tair and when IN" staff d""ld"S a mat
ser If foreign policy ar even an INTERNAL
tg.nSurc that decision IS final.
The peculiar relations "t IN" emperor
. IN. great general staff MAX II pos
,,.,. for him Ia dismiss in DISGRACE
=, hca! &c The staff VIII" has inil'd. h"i
- All times tn" kaiser - NOR" "r !'SS
,uu;rnII.d IN his action by TN" stat as
, vhuL. aud ~ 4 l!m' when the 'lIl'l
..r tho .-rni general staff - Su'"rSSin II!
III. latter even ON uu""tl'1!S ~ l"r'iSn
unIi,.v. .rlrrmS III" right then !" max:
:; J.rISI"u which tn" emperor ma! I'm"
II difficult Ia disregard. THIS is ne
..atISr in an :IuI"CratIr E"Ncrhfh'h'' ~
I ,, any other. personality counts for
much. Won Tirrl,E '"ntr"Iicd al 81
partr,rts Of III" navy. although only at
, ,..I + .,r,. 'ri.. IllIruIprf { Il I'M