The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, October 18, 1917, Image 7
mm CONVICTED
MUTINY IN GERMANY
t’L,-
bad rec«tr«d MuelUr'a leU«r? M - to pro**, but d*cl»r«d: M I am
The trial had proceeded to this loyal Oerma*» ; ”
stage when court adjourned for the August Neifra, fourth engineer of
afternoon. Captain Klattenhoff, who Uebenfets, also a German, and
was carried to Aiken from the fed^ who is aTsb-swving time at Atlanta
riritolCCTAU u/DITCD fiCTC P en!tentlar y at Atlanta, was the f or his part in the siitking of the iciii Anc IW |/A|CCD f C FI FFT
CHAKLISTON . WRITER GETS first witness to^ go on the _ stand Liebenfels, testified substantially to ^AILUIJj In AAIjEII J ^rLCCl
Thursday morning. the same as Japsen.
The trial of Wterse and Klatten-j w A (“Jack”) Young, who was
hQff has been, marked by the Jt- C | ty editor of the Charleston Araeri-
tempt of John P. Grace, aa counsel can at t j me t | ie B j n ki n g 0 f the
for the accused men to inject many Uebenfel and j ^ Gowan at lhat
irrelevant matters into the test!- time managing e(1 itor of the Charles
REDISTRIBUTE ARMY
National Army Hhlfted to Fill Gape
and Secure Training.
Redistribution of the forces In
TWO YEARS AND $1,000
6UILTY OF CONSPIRACY
GERMAN CHANCELLOR fOWEB
WOULD COERCE PEACE ^^ a Ud"e y wa e . SEEDS OF HIS DOWNFALL
X^nited States Court at Aiken Pun
ishes Editorial Writer for Opera-
. From The Columbia State.
I
mony and there have been several t0 n American, but now.In training s
sharp clashes between counsel dur- p, atttburg , testified that Wlerse ae-
ing the day Judge Smith had three d permission from Gowan to be
times found it necessary to warn Mr. f du « y the ni ht oI January 31f .
Grtee be. would not be permitted to h game ni ht the Uebenfels wa8
impugn the motlvesot the attorneys k an(1 tbat on the afternoon of
for the government and once Mr. ^ d January 31 , young made
tions During the Sinking of Uie Waring appealed to the court to re- arrangement8 t0 do' Wierse's work.
I’mind Mr. Grace that the assistant thnt nnnn
IJebenfeU—Report of Trial Taken district attorney who is conducting returning '!) ^'he office kfter supper
the government s case, would not tou * n<1 Wier8e jn h , 8 offlPe an d
submit to reflections cast upon his 8Wore that t , aptaln K | aU e nh off
Raul Wlerse, editorial writer on motives* in introducing testimony. later came into wierse’s office and
the staff of the Charleston American, Mr/ Warang-explained to the court ma j ned witll wierse until after
and Johann Klattenhoff,, formerly that be was doing his duty, that R 2 15 0 » c iock the next morning. That
• captain of the German merchant ves- ' v , aB an unpleasant task but ono wag the 8aJIie t h e Liebenfels
^ sel Liebenfels, were found guilty in tliat bad been assigned him. • jv.as sunk and both Jansen and
. federal court at Aiken Thursday of, While Wierse was on the stand Xeuse swore that Klattenhoff was
. -conspiracy to sink Uie Liebenfels in Mr. Gidfce suddenly asked permis- through the night.'
Charleston harbor last February. sion-of the court to introduce evi-^ special Agent Bocock of the de-
The jury returned the verdict at ^ ence to prove the ownership of the partrelent of justice .testified that he
1.25 o’cltH-k Thursday after having Charleston Evening ( with Klattenhoff on the day
been in the jury room since 12.33 • Sl V ith Promptly excludrd any such before the skipper was tried In
o'clock. Al 1.15 o’clock they came testimony. The PokI had not been .Charleston tt nd that Klattenhoff told
•out to ask the court whether they mentioned in any matter. Ibini that he had received a letter
coudl return a verdict of guilty or While these sharp dashes were »tih orders from German Consul
* 'not guilty as to all of the three de- going on Captain Klattenhoff sat Mueller to sink the JJebenfeJs. but
fend ants, Wlerse, Klattenhoff and with eyes on the floor, apparently that KlaVjlenhoff said he would not
Di w’. Mueller, former German con- unconcerned In "what was going on say who delivered the letter as li*»
sul at Atlanta, who la named with about him, but Wierse was alert and would get bis friend Into trouble,
them ro-Joiatly in the indictment, showed a lively interest in every; *| asked him If Wierse didn’t de-
Judge Smith advised the Jury that move. As the court was engaged In liver, the letter after calling him
hludler could neither he acquitted trying these men. charged with eon- over the telephone on John’s Island
splrary in fnvor of n foreign govern- and he said ‘yes,’ ** said Mr. Bo-
mem with whh h the I’nlted States coth
Is at war. s s«<9te of women Red ^ This testimony was Lome nut by
Cross workers In lire nudienr* were K« < r« t ServH* Agent Thom •• of the
busy with thetr long needle* knit* treasn^y department, who intro«1nrod
ling for th«
court r«M>Bi wi
the day
llslf an Iomi
heyday
ordered Tuesday by the war .depart
ment in order to fill up three Na
tional Guijird' divisions in Southern
States to war strength and to pro
vide for the organization of an ad
ditional National Army division com’
posed of negro troops. .
Modellin Plan A fter Russian Revo-| v The rearrangement creates in ef-
REVOLT ON FOlitt SLIPS
SOCIALIST JOIN HANDS
lution Teutonic Sailors Land—
feet five so-called “rainbow” divi
sions of the National Array, to cor-
Marino** Refuse to Fire Vpon I respond with the single '•rainbow
I division of National Guard troops.
Then—Soldiers (\>mpel Surrender | Four white divisions will represent
respectively the South. Fast, Middle
West and Far West, while the fifth.
—Destroyers Overtake Deserting
Warship and Force it to Surrender
—Kaiser Wanted to Executive
Every Seventh Sailor.
the negro division, is intended to
represent the negro population of
the I’nited States as a whole.
The negro division will be dis
tributed for training throughout al
. .the sixteen National Army canton-
A mutiny among the crews of four mentM | t w[] y not bc artH embled as
battleships of the German fleet oc
curred at Wilhelmshaveu. One of
.these battleships was the Westfalen,
whose captain was thrown overboard
and drowned. The crews landed.
Marines refused to fire on them,
whereupon soldiers surrounded the
Bailors, who surrendered
A mutiny Is reported to have oc
curred on the German warship Nurn*
berg, which was at sea* The men
seized the officer* and proceeded In [ where there will he available axe*
a division until the eve of Its depar
ture for France.
Details of the arrangement pro
vide that all negroe* .mobilized In
the Southern States shall be trainer
In cantonment* within staff?* from
which they come and Jhitt at * al
time* there will be a heavy prepon
derance of white troop* in all *ta?<
ronstruction work at the ianton
ment* has progressed to a. point
Government Ring Attempts to Raddl* -
Vprising in Navy on the Socialist
Party, Whereupon Even Those
lb ** ^
Who Had Supported the Govern-
ment Went Over to Opposite ——
Results are Not Looked fo* im
mediately.
Germany's paper crisis over the
Pan-iieraian propaganda, wtiArt*
loomed mo big in anticipation, but
was so small in results, ban
pitMMrd. - *-> •
In Its place has rinofi a new and
this time a really Merlons ertsis,
('sused by (lie atumipt of Chan-
n-Ilor Mhiiaollw, Vice <'hanccllor
llelffetieh ami Minister of the
Navy ton t ape lie U> use the ale’
legtwl plot la His taoruuMi navy as
a padithal weapon against
extreme left In the Koichatag.
a lie Is at prewent a
•or con t ic led
^ fugitive.
Judge Smith Immediately sen-,
teured the men Wierse was *eu-
Inared to pay a flue of $|,tf#*t and to
nerve two year* In the federal peni
tentiary at Atlanta Klattenhoff.
who In already serving u penitentiary
i' ’in. was N*ti* **d to pay n fine of
|l#e and to nerve Mi months In sd
I la HIS piiSSW
T’pnu the one word. ’ CmigrnRnhi
tlnim,** teAegmiPhrd by Paul wieran,
editorial mvitrr on the staff of the
fhartewion American, in Dr. Mueller,
then German consul at Al junta at
t 15 n’fiurh en the afternn—n of
January SI, IPtf, the event of the
nteitag of tlm Gorman mm bant
Ship Liohenfet* in i ~her teeton b*’
hnr, m«ms< St odnendny night Bn dP*
pend the ontmme of the trial of
Krtma and pnpt JuImmmi MBafBan*
hnffnr. ni Athen m-yomttv * earned
Mfttl Ms* MTi Meet lor u ho la said to
he a fngttive tram ineme in Krnn*
mw tflmra*4 nnh eanaptmey in sina
the taehsnfeB*
mam B ns a’vBart Mhtdnnadny at
tnmoon M‘teros had
1 merkan soldi* ra The Homrh to KlntinGhnm.
aa < rootled all dnriag a Aaatatant Hist tin Attorney., War-
* lag WnftaMnday aftemann sanpht
|» perditssion of the court to introduce
i consumed W
•erurtug a la
the dlrec’tion of Norway, with the
intention of being Interned The
Nurnberg was overtaken by destroy
ers and forced to surrtdMler.
Kmprror William went to Wtl-
hettUfthalrtt and ordered that one
out of every seven mutineers he shot
t’hnurellor Michael!* protected, with
the retulf that only three were shot
lleevy seutonres were Am
lip gihnm.
William • v
for frr»ui one regiment to
n>* brigade of Infantry at each r amp
v h* n the first Increment of the
Nations I Army ha* he* n m*»tdllzed.
The war depart meet wow plan* to
transfer regular army regiment*
trout the expanitoe pest* like ttvro- J
• use. K Y ; Gettyshura. Pa.; Fort'
Oglethorpe Ga , Vnd others, to thej
oa | Nattongl Army rtatoaments for the}
let toontha, aa they will he I
DCmperor
abdNke def« n*e to V«Mtr
plated the Jury wee as follow*; J<
l> Whtsenhnot of Oraageburg. f«
men. J. M iitendmnu«of Aiken
rennet ef Aiken. KIwcmm! K HcmwI
ward of Aiken. Yonug gtmmnns of
Mt Flensnnt ft ft I mi la nf fir
hnra II II Orinses of Isnnx J VI
ivesThaama nf l^se tmtHMy* James p
AhsevtwmhBa nf Aftgp, M It MaPPIII
of %ihsn W* Ml MmMNnp af Ml*
SjMMh Mi W. Ml MMMMI Jf
Ornngehwrc
A gvsnt Anal nf the
pendored at the trial of the even nf
the IJahnmMi et Fiocone# map
nee# hf eehoienllnltt the seme
rued, if Wle*pe wrote would prune
M’terws s menial afUlude towards the
I a.led glates go*rrament and got
nfflrlaln Judge Smith el*
thtohtnd nf teattamny as like
nine a letter nhlth uae submitted
to the mnrt aa hevtag been written
by Wlerse and identified hy him aa
Cm nnn after Mr. WwMMI taifHlM
m ievwe on^croes-eanmtneifon If ha
nan a marvied man The vnntenta nf
•he letter ens net divulged, hot three
■VfggfM anuugnlMHM
Whlfee Jedge UmMh
referred to ne a
Ur epistle The aevmnse
Ms rose el t Ol e «lork h
sdood sod bod fo
w % •
nojorato bo
gvweiWwg rvwooos
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t|p9lfeff9F Ml
9
port of WTtufno's story
I#bl4 Ml M9p4
| b
Poileo of o neftee
of t
of oblrb tbe ooe
r«oOB
rwioloiiod |i
nnsasn and while the goteen
wee ngnm hwttdtng up a mso. firm IMMI WMjjM 1 jj^l M)M MMMill -MU
in prove that the tjrheufne uur nns lad hy Mr* Grate m nay lhat ha
sank Mr Grace made a dupe mis nan If years nf ago and that he had
et vernal to admit the nalentwt ert nf heed te t her hmtna Bar SI
en
hw«
estnel sinking sd the s
pert «f I'sfOeta KfestvcwfeMstf
fSNBft osetteh>d him no*
ild admit the gaapr on i ho part mart
It loses, empdntty rheruod wMh dor lured that tan nf his
sen tinre five nr mt
i*i <*«ev from Germidiy
quarters
a ohjnrtions te the
that nns
Mag Uae nf
mu'*af nee
The Weel falsa In a haitiaahlp ef
l t.fee man. ho tit ta ifif
Nnrnhera M a new vunnoi not
wnrda to ransh
a aimsuahe of
mnh hg Mm
the hot lie off the falh-
mmamrnm 'uTfUt' >fU
Tuesday that a
ered In thn Get man nary to
lyse the flam. Vise Admiral ran fh»
nf martae. la
a “
German set
The gov<
dnam MPaM
egramv I at
al n ne um mss
ament nffrvwd In
eday asorwtng fan
in German and I?
ttenhoff nMh conspiracy
ah captaining that sanapirury In
mn nu ualawfwl erv *ed the nr-
I rummiiMsn nf an nalanful am
a nrparme and dhtlaet.
fhe first ettasun railed nns Jan
Allen of rhnrleuffnn. I’nlted ftetee
i»i*f engineer aha c tve the Insn*
J J
Fag I Ask ehhrb tenet her nnh a lev-
ter nhhrh h tevwe adaMut iraaaMdl*
ting to Captain KhMhmflhllfliffnm Dr
Unellar. ih*» go* era meat will rfalm
form the link vwnmsctina MWHM
e iik the sinking nf the IJehmifoln.
Y heen#nlegrams vend ns follons. In
lb*- of ihetr neqnence
■" oAiinnmrtiwrTiairTT: f q ^
**To Kmlle Jshnt.WhTYT Hall nlfeet t
rharlnntnn. >
“FlenAe wire whether Wierse ha*
feentved my letter of last itatiif«lsy
tiUgaedi •’Dr, Manlier.**
“Charleston. 8. C . Jaa 31, I >17,
•’German f’onyul Mueller. Atlanta.
Oa.
"hTlerse claims letter has
sent
t Signed i “Jahnx.” s
b
I, Y<
Dad!
anrd
Been drafted MHe the
rfuua-eoaaMaeiiaa Mr
the tost I
WBaaagh
that the
ha* not been cal led
Wlerse lest if and that
nNh the FharBatBun A
dehenfeli la •‘her Wet on the hnglnntna nf that paper, lhat ho
.had amt Dr MaeMrr cetera*
wood, a Bug hunt rag-fainayu la pnhBW, and *.hnl I
I that he nhaerved the known Klattenhoff stare lilt. Ho
nhing an the mufllag*Mi| MMM fed tM MHBMl MMBI
l. and offs rad amlrl- letters for KfoMaaMaff. at thn Wiier s
was declined ! rr«iueei and then eiplained, an has
iger. submarine diver, been laid. Ida version nf the aerfpe nf
ig tlial parts ef Urn en- teVgram* He naa very friendly, he
I he IJeheafeW demolish- told, with the German xotmul at
ice that the veeael had l harWetoa hn.j often
t sdd
glue
ed 9
Mallaz* pnetmnsAer at MuL * tin rtmm ufhmraathm Trtrrut i
lett ItaD. on John’s Island, testified ashed hy Mr Waring If he did not
lhat Klattenhoff, who was slaying know the afternoon he brought Klta-
n«ar hy jn the country, came to his tcuboff from John’s Island to char-
store ana tried to get Wires* over lesion lhat Ihe captain was going to
I he telephone n few da*« before the sink Ihe veseel. He replied: **lf 1
sinking of the Liebenfels and that had known tlml he would have been
the same day Wlerse railed over the kicked out of the automobile head
phone and asked lhat word he sent over heels.”
to Klattenhoff that there was a very, Just before Ihe ordeal of his cro**-
important letter from him In town, examination was over,
|sent his telegram of congratulation*
JmM__ when Wlerse
must be In Atlanta by now., • n <| that he < Wlerse J would send an wa* explaining to Ihe Jury that ha
“Atlanta. Ga.. Jan. 31. 1>17.
•‘Paul Wlerse. Care Charleston
American, Charleston. 8. C.
“I am agreed on proposal since
very urgent.
<Signed) “Dr. Mueller.”
“Charleston. S. C., Jan. 31, 1917.
“German Consul, ,Dr.* Mueller, At
lanta, Ga.
“Congratulations.
j( Signed) " 4 ‘Paul.”
It Is
tbel oho
tee b« 4# «■#
navy an
among them
nee In vucraH
thn ships Bn cause Ihe crews tn
fem in ahey nvdere. Bn paralyse Ihe
fWet end forre nsnru upau ihe
II
W pruned that Ihe prlnrtpel
Hut
fur
cuaBrtsd hi this handing
fo 8 M^s i ge^4 w AI
W pu m 1
tn Ihe IWSrheteg.
to Deputies I
d-
Hutomobilc for him
William Andeli, w ho lives near ’ to pr Mueller, although that was
Mullett Hall, and with whom Klat- five or six days after the receipt of
tenhoff wan staying, told of Wlerse * Dr. Mueller's letter to him. Mr. War-
going to his home on Wednesday, ing asked if* he always sent tele-
January 31. to call on Klattenhoff, grams of congratulations collect,
and that Klattenhoff returned to Wierse replied: . “I always do when
Charleston in an automobile writh the person 1 am telegraphing has
Wlerse. That w’as the afternoon bc- more money than I have.”
fore the sinking of the Liebenfels. | The first witness for the defense
F. H. Jahnz, son of the former • Thursday morning, when the court
German consul at Charleston, Emile | resumed the hearing of the case, was
H. Jahnz, testified that the day to-{the warden of the Atlanta peniten-
fore the Liebenfels was sunk Wierse Gary. Warden Zerbst testified that
Thia last telegram was dispatch-] emplcqrod him to drive him by auto-pG^ptain Klattenhoff had been in the
ed from Charleston at 8.45 p. tn. the mobile to Mullett Hall; that on the hospital since he was received at the
afternoon before the.sinking of the. way out Wierse told him (Jahnz) ! Atlanta penitentiary. Klattenhoff
Liebenfels. ' * Jthat Klattenhoff might return to did not take the stand as was expect
in' explanation of this series of Charleston with them; that when ed. The defense had no further wit-
telegrams Wierse told the court that j they reached Mr. Addell’s house nesses and-the United States nothing
he knew absolutely nothing about Wierse and Klattenhoff held a con- in reply.
the first one to Emilfe Jahnz nor*of versation,\ which he did not hear, j .Upon the completion of the testi-
Jatanz’s answer. He declared that 1 and that Klattenhoff did return'to ' mony John P. Grace asked the court
he knew Dr. Mueller only slightly, - Charleston’with them.. Immediately to direct a verdict in favor of the
but that*six or seven days prior to upon entering the city of Charleston, two defendants, which was promptly
dispatching the congratulatory tele- Mr. Jahnz testified. Wierse left the 1 refused.
gram he received* from Dr. Mueller automobile and he drofc Klattenhoff t. Waites Waring, assistant dis--
a letter addressed to him in sub-. to pie wharf. ! tried attorney, made the opening ar-
stance: j After the authenticity of the se- gument for the government, Mr.
“My Dear Friend: Inclosed please ries of telegrams already quoted had Waring’s argument was clinching,
find letter. Kindly give this per-1 been established.*C. A. Graeser, pro- He wove from the evidence which
tonally to 'n Klattenhoff.” j feasor jit modern languages at the -had been presented a strong case
A postscript to this letter, de- Citader. was swqrn. and Uanslated | agaihsl- Wlerse -and Klattenhoff amt
dared Wierse., spoke of Dr. Mud-[the'two messages that were in Ger-1 laid particular stress upon the con-
ler's engagement to a young wo man,.j man. As he was about to leave the ‘ gfatulafory telegram which was sent
or that he. Dr. had he.-n a< - Aland, Mr. Gram detained him. by W,or> to Dr. Muelh r on the
ceptcd by a young lady. | “You are Swiss, are n’t you ” ask- evening of January 31, the day be-
in reply to Dp* letter, Wierse dh- ed Mr. ^3rare. ”Excluded,” ordered | fore the sinking of the Liebenfels.
* Mr. Waring w’as followed by John
P. Grace. At the close of his argu
ment Mr. Grace made the statement
that the government had-brought the
charge of conspiracy against t Paul
MU IM.trtNlilN
HA. \m» •%<
It Is not Improbahla. German po
litical observers point out. that
rhaittellor MirhneRs. In an honr of
n| parent sucresa. sowed the seeds of
his own U«»*nfall. Results are not
t» he expeeted Immediately, da tho
Retrhstas adjourns this
♦ hr new i onditloos-ol
doehtedly. from
Ah*tn»t %on U«*thauinn-lloUw«d*s
of < >»hnM«r
\I-r Admiral ton t‘«
teat tho dtnerm
torn 4r1«eo lata complete
and late sUgameot
>Hsrlsll*ts
# The follower* ef
maaa have 4e|i« erwd a
UratUHi of war aaetnet the
ootil rhanesfler
cfared h«* wrote Dr. Miller stating Jnidre Smith.
that Captain Klattenhoff was out of! Mr. Gnie*o»r stood looking 7 Mr.
(’harleiiton but that If the matter Grace squarely in the eyes pnd re-
was urgent he (Wierse) would Uie pltol warmly: "I, sir. am an Amerl-
an automobile knd deliver the letter can.'* , . •
personally Wierse claimed that the! A thrill went through the court|Wlerse because of Wlerae’s connec-
teletiMiu of January 31, of Dr. Mu*l- room and every one present, with,lion with the Charlesjon American:
ler l«» him. was merely ta netHorl^e | Ihe ppesihle exception of Ihe for^, that "the government offIcUls. had
him. to hire the anlomohMe to go to «* rner* felt It. ». ovcr!o<>krd the German ron»ul and
Mlllrt Hill, on John’s Ulend. where* Jonas Edward* Jansen, ehief en the son ef the German consul at
Kjattenhotf was alapinf at fineer of the IJrheafels^whe was Charleston to strike al the Charles-
He edmiMed holding Ihe carried to Athen from the Atlanta ton America a thepagh Wierse.
for CapUfo Klaitqnhoff. and ^ • »o u>«e*ufy. tasdeXhat he “Yon have i*v right te male anch
Dr hia -RanfilaMHanfe .Sfoarn tmn fofn hafofo tto Mnhlnn 1 SfoSonip mtervnitiiM^Mr Oram'
Thm coort will
Captsia 1
the Gam.
the sahaegoeat event which er
red In the navy Very few per
• who forgot their
tr duty suffered Ihe
■Med I ieu uutf my
rumors which are la circa In Uou are
Immeasarahly exaggerated The
rttmhative forre of the navy was not
threatened for a single 'moment and
things will,remain so.”
Admiral von CapeU* attempted to
link the radical Socialists with the
plot. He said Ihe ringleader had dis
closed Ihe plot with Deputies Hass«>
and Vogherr in the radical Socialist
conference room in Ihe Reichstag
building. The Deputies had called
attention to the dangerous nature nf
the plot and had advised the great
est caution, but had agreed to fur
nish propaganda material.
Socialist Deputies interrupted the
speaker-with cries of dissent. Dep
uty David, of tlfe majority Social-,
ists. 'demanded the government pro
duce proof and that the Reichstag
should suspend judgment in the
meantime.
Chancellor Michaelis earlier in the
session had referred to the affair,
rumors of which evidently had gain
ed public circulation. He declared
he could not co-operate with nor rec
ognize a party which put itself be
yond the pale by activities directed
against- the fatherland.
Tho disclosures in • eonneet’on
with the radical Socialists, if they
government, assumed all responsibil
ity for the prosecution of Wierse,
Klattenhoff and Dr. Muller.
Again Thursday morning, as Wed
nesday, Mr. Grace attempted to in-
trdduce testimony to, show the own
ership of the Charleston Evening
Post, and the Charleston News and
( ourier, but this, was not permitted
by the court. ..
Judge Smith made an exhaustive
charge to the jury on the points of
laW involved in the rase. Ho ■ftdq
it plafn to the Jury that Wierse and
Klattenhoff were notion trial for
sinking the Liebenfels, nor for con
spiracy to demolish that veenH, hut
for conspiracy to sink the Liebenfels
In Charleston .harbor., and he held
that If Wlerse! h*d knowledge of
Klatteuboff’s purpose s and intwn'tlon
to sink ttojursKel and' stood by and
pefmitDd the Liebwnfols to to sunk,
hl» failure to pe^ ur m bis duty in the
promiMM nusht determine bin part in
lb* rownpirary. .
Th* jury ref lied at lt.33 oriork.
tbo rowrt re
Wierso’a sow war ta tb« roqn
T%|
k. ff . tor, 4H
and
•* rb n snrplns of tb*
In tb»» rooairy tbat tb* *t-
ports adminutratty*
to
tb# oaportAtto* of vaw cotton
to tbo Miles without tftrma* When
tb* lte#m*iag of nv «ort«» beeam# ef-
feetlv* September «, Us*, tbe hoar t
permitted tb* eipc rtaCcm of cotton
ti tb* Allies without permiti uutil
October 31. next
It was explained that ther* now
la ample cotton in tbe United Statee
to supply the nation’s nec-«’v includ
ing the Increased amount of colt in
needed in the army and navy, and
still leave a great amount for ship
ment to Ihe United Kingdom,
France. Italy. Japan and Russii.
are true, came most opportunely to
help the government out of its em-
tarrassment over the interpellation
regarding pan-German propaganda.
Admiral , von Capelle hammered
home his statement with a declara
tion of the necessity for a proper
“enlightenment” of the military
forces.
Few (lisiuitchc* since the war
began have created more interest
at the navy department than re-
|>orts from Amsterdam telling of
a revolt in the German navy. Of
ficers unhesitatingly declared that
the story, so far not confirmc*! in
official reports, was one of .the
most encouraging signs of Uie
year for the Allies.
They pointed out that, while tbe
Allied powers have noted repeatedly
recently in their official statements
that the morale of the German
troops was declining, there has been
l otting to suggest that iron discip
line of the German military system
-had lost Its hCiTiT over the fighting
millions in the slightest degree. .
The declining morale on the west
ern front. It was said, has shown It
self In the ffeeble character of recent
counter attacks.
The revolt In the navy, these offi
cials said, is a more serious matter
for Germany. • The sailors generally
have no? been Vubjected to the bat
tering of gun* day-after day, month
after month. They Insisted that if
there |* discontent among the sailors
with their condition It must be JfoMU
A» one pooftiH!*- etp«sRa?!na of 111*
havy revolt, they pointed owl. that l
they
thotr mrwmn words to thin oftool:
’’If you bad tbo knowlrdvr sod
proofs you any you bod. why did yo«
not hsw us arrested and tried on or
after August 3A. when tbe court mar*
tial took place?*
No explanation was forthcoming.
Here It D believed tbat tbo antwor
la:
“Because we did not want to make
a sensation out of It and let tbe out
side world know.”
During the debates that follow**
the chancellor's and Gapclfo a
Charge* It soon developed that tho
radicals in this case command tbo
sympathy of the great bulk of Reich*
■tag members. Spokesmen of soma
of the other big parties frankly ask
ed the government why it was that
having the facts it asserted It had It
did not put the whole matter up to
the Reichstag and have three alleged
conspirators tried by their col
leagues.
“No Reichstag.” shys the Koel-
nischc Zeitung, “would have been
able to refuse consent. 0
i’nless the chancellor can answer
these questions to the satisfaction of
the vast majority of members, ho
will stand morally convicted hav
ing played a highly questionable po
litical trick at the expense of the
radicals, though it actually worked
in their favos*.
Prince von Buelow. the former
chancellor, is most widely mentioned
as best fit to succeed Michaelis. Dr.
von Kuehlmann, the foreign minis
ter, has made the best all-around im
pression of tbe new government
members Political gossip is engag
ing in. considerable fhrtatton vltK
him whenever Ihe question of a new
chancellor comes up.’ Vice Chancel
lor Helffertch has scarcely g friend
left In the Reichstag.
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