New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-30
British Deny,
Germans Make
Arms Secretly
Member of Inter-AlIied Com.
mission SCOTS at Reports
of Huge War Machines Be-
ing Invented by Tcutons
Tales Laid to Dye Plot
English General Sees Drive
to Stop Chemical Expert
mcnts Used for Industry
By Joseph Shaplen
Special Gable to The Tribune

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Copyright. 1921. New York Tribune Inc.
BERLIN, Oct. 29.--Rumors abroad
that Germany has invented host of
gargantuan war machines was char
acterized as "pure nonsense" to-day
bys the chief British member of the
Inter-Alled Disarmament Commission.
The Tribune's informant is the Brit
ish general in charge of dsmantling
German fortrcsses and the destruction
of guns, machine guns, ammunition
and all war supplies. He ridiculed
vehemently the tales that Germany is
preparing new assault on Europe.
Rumors Called BaseIcss
"If she is, it won't be in my day or
yours" said the General who won great
distinction on the Western front, land
wild tales concerning Germany's fail
ure to disarm, preparations for new
war and new German death dealing in
ventions are either the products Of
silly jingoism and ignorance, or are
due to the selfish motives of those
responsible"
Here the General produced a copy
of Horatio Bottomiey's John Bull"
which charged that the German chem
ical factories are busily engaged in the
research for the discovery of new
death -dealing devices. The General as
sailed Bottomley bitterly, and charged
that the British dye manufacturers
were seeking the destruction of Ger
many's chemical industry
"We arc not going to make ourselves
the instruments for the destruction of
German industry" said the General.
"The ipter-Allied commission is keep
plants and no evidence has been dis
covered that any are engaged in any
thing except industrial and commercial
work. They comply in every way with
our demands.
''Tbe commissions representatives
are stationed regularly in all the for
mer German war plants and are able
always to tell what is going on. There
may be some Germans trying to dis
which disturb Bottomley's sleep, but
we have been unable to find any.
''Thc Germans, as always, are en-
gagged in wide chemical research work,
but we cannot prevent them, and you
can never really disarm d nation of
sixty million. nor can you enter their
minds and find out what they may be
contemplating.
Germany's Man Power
$50 far as Germany's man power is
concerned, it has five or six million
men who are former soldiers, but VIC
can't very we'll kill them off, If Bot
tomley and others can, let them come
over and try. j think the tales about
the new German menace are d menace,
mischievous and unfoundcd, and ought
to be cut out for the sake of world
peace"
The General supplied the Tribune
correspondent with official figures up
TO October 20 showing Germany's dis
armament so far as guns and ammuni-
accounted for since the commission ar
rived in Germany is $4,000 In addi-
tlon, the 1,35l guns in Bochum West
phalia and elsewhere, and $500 guns
owned by the Krupps have been de-
stroyed. The 10000 guns surrendered at
the armlstlce must also be added and
the 5000 captured in the LIST retreat,
making grand total of 10000.
"We cannot give the exact figures"
the General explained, "but must be-
governed by what we know the Allies
had at the close of the war"
The shells de~troved were 34,972947
loaded and 256,055 unloaded, with
758,758 loaded AMI 1.400, s46,7O3 unload
ed remaining. The machine guns de-
stroyed were SABA, with 211 remain
ing. Small arms destroyed were 4,369,-
223, with 96,5s5 remaining. The ammu-
milton for small arms destroyed mum
bered 36S,61S,200 loaded and 2,147,7O0
unloaded, with S0,000,000 loaded and
II ,557,80o unloaded still To be de-