The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-09

heen presented. The omission was,
however, soon made good, and then
the tour of the works began.
Impressing tho Sultan
The programme of the tour had
been well considered, Nand the special
wonder which the Kaiser wanted to
show his guest was a number of huge
guns, stated to be of 20 inch calibre,
which he intended to present to him
for the use of the Turkish forces.
These monsters were the pride of Es-
sen, and were believed by the Ger
mans to be the biggest thing ever at
tempted in the way of artillery.
The Kaiser's plan was to show first
of all to Mohammed the various pro-
&C sses of the guns in the making.
First he was shown the gigantic
blocks of steel, weighing many tons,
which are handled and lifted with
such apparent ease by the cranes and
carried to the blast furnaces.
Next the Sultan was taken into the
marvellous workshops containing the
blast furnaces, and nearby the NAM
moth hydraulic hammers. At the ap-
DIOdCu VI TIE I"O 1IIOItdISlS lIlOIS
was q great outburst of activity on
the part of the workers, who in the
t, rrific heat were laboring stripped
to their waist. Even the Sultan, used
as he is to a hot climate, was some
what oppressed by the great heat.
| Evidently to prepare his guest fol-
the wonders the Kaiser talked volubly
with the Sultan. With a sweep OF
his hand he turned to him and said:
There, amid the flames, when the
doors of the furnace are opened, you
will see the huge mass of white hot
steel from which will be fashioned
one of the monster guns that will out
range any weapon yet made. With
Krupps behind US we can beat the
world"
Then turning to Krupp Won Bohlen
the Kaiser's chosen head of the great
works, who was accompanying them
he said, "Is that not so, Herr ?"
Won Bohlen, of course, agreed with
the All Highest, as he was in the plo
to impress their Eastern puppet.
Fear of the Furnace
The Sultan grinned as he lit an
other cigarette, and stood with a lool
of amazement on his broad features
awaiting the opening of the furnace
doors, But the look gave place to on
of fear when, almost silently, tn
doors rolled back and the glare o
the furnaces lit up the shop. TIL
heat was terrific and the light so bril-
liant that the Sultan shaded his eye
with his hands and stepped back sew
eral PAGES He was speechless wit
amaZement.
Then, as the huge block of whit
hot steel was taken from the furnac
and placed on the bed of the hammer
his excitement was intense. "Won
J derful wonderful he exclaimed i
German, clutching the Kaiser by tn
l arm.
The War Lord was obviously pleas
= ed with the effect, which the spec
l tacle had had upon his guest. hear
2 the Kaiser telling him that the sho
/ in which they were was only one c
;, a score of such shops, where all tn
e energies of the workers were bein
= concentrated upon the making of %
e inch guns, and that in each sho
5 thousands of tons OF metal were dali
s being prepared in this way.
q lH6 Sulldu u1IlS6Il was dllOWGQ
n set in motion the mammoth hamme
which began to beat and mould wit
:. blows, each of which was equivale1
: to 120 tons, this scorching mass
d metal.
: Before he left this shop little fun
Their amusement was provided fC
= him. He was taken to another hug
h hammer, which at the moment VIZ
|. not in use, and was told by the Kais'
o that so exact was the adjustme1
- that the striking force would be regl
r lated to the fraction of an ounc
While the greatest force was 120 ton
e yet it could strike so gently as to ju
l. crack the shell of a nut
i Kaiser's Little Joke
st Come" said the Kaiser, "yc
n, shall test this for yourself. Place yo1
If hand under the hammer"
n The proposal startled the Sulta
IS who could not be induced to try Il
t. experiment unless the Kaiser partic
pated.
I'd With evident amusement the Kai
lie e. placed his hand under the har
c. mer, and the Sultan, even then wi
lie some hesitancy, followed suit. T.
- hammer was adjusted and descend
r with a rapid stroke.
lg The Sultan WINGED, but the har
ur mer flew upwards again after bare
tapping the backs of the two mo
ed archs hands.
an 'Now," said the Kaiser, when t
laughter had subsidized. I'VE will S
k the turning and boring of some
ne the smaller guns
ar The noise of the thousands
er lathes drilling, the roar of the e
he gines, and the hum of motors W
on terrific. I had never experienced an
ot thing like it, and I judged by L