The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-17
St. Matthew ". 8. 9. 10.


Gan ardant advocate of the inter.
nationalism of commerce, Thysse1
possessed until the beginning of the
war huge mines, iron works, docks,
and even harbors in British India, in
other English colonial dependencies,
as well as in France and in Russia,
all of which have been sequestrated
by the governments of these three
powers as property belonging to the
German foe.
Thyssen's iron works in France were
situated at Montigny and at Maisiers,
while his docks in France were at Ca
en-. His principal base in Russia, I'M
til the summer of 1914, was at Mix
olsief, on the Black Sea, where he
owned practically everything in sight.
! august Thyssen is about 70, in every
sense of the word a self made man,
having started some 50 years ago with
a capital of s6OO0
BY AUGUST THYSSEN.
(Germany's Greatest Ffnancier)
| L am writing this pamphlet because
I want to open the eyes of Germans,
especially of the business community,
to facts. When the Hohenzollerns
wanted to get fhe support of the COM
mercial class for their war plans,
they put their ideas before US as a
business proposition. A large number
of business and commercial men were
asked to support the Hohenzollern
war policy on the ground that it would
pay them to do so.
Let me frankly confess that L am
one of those men who was led to
agree to support the HohenzolleEn war
plan when this appeal was made to
te leading business men of Germany
in 1923. I was led to do so, how
ever, against my better Judgment
In 1912 the Hohenzol1erns saw that
the war had become necessity to
the preservation of the military sys-
TEN, upon which their power depends.
In that year the Hohenzollerns might
have directed, if they had desired, the
foreign affairs of one country so that
peace wouRi have ben insured in Eu-
rope for at least so years. But pro-
longed peace would have resulted GER
tainly in the breakup of our military
system, and with the breakup of our
military system the power of the Ho-
Ihenzollerns would come to an end. The
Emperor and his family, as I said,
clearly understood this, and they
therefore, in 1912, decided to embark
on a great war of conquest.
CANADA A FUTURE HUNLAND!
But to do this they had to get the
commercial community to support the
in their aims. They did this by hold
ing out to them hopes of great per-
sonal gain as result of the war. In
the light of vents that have taken
place since August, 1914, these prom
ises now appear ohave been supreme
lily ridiculous, but most of US at the
time were led to believe that they
would probably be realized.
was personally promised a free
grant of 10000 acres in Australia and
a loan from the Dutch Bank of A.,
900, 900, 900 marks at per cent, to en-
able me to develop my business in
Australia Several other firms were
promised special trading facilities in
India, which was to he conquered by
Germany, be it noted, by the end OF
1915. A syndicate was formed for the
exploitation of Canada This synidi.
cate consisted of the heads of Il
great firms; the working capital was
fixed at 20, 100000 lbs, half of which
was to be found by the German Gov
eminent.
There were, I have heard, promises
made of a more personal character
For example, the conquest of Eng
land was to be made the occasion OF