Success of America’s Second Liberty Loan

Taihape Daily Times, 16 October 1917, Page 5

Success of America’s Second Liberty Loan

SENSATIONAL NARRATIVE. HOW jWAR WAS ENGINEERED. KOME THRILLING DISCLOSURES. Received 9 a.m. NEW YORK, Oct. 15. Morgentham, a fdriner American Ambassador to Turkey, has made remarkable disclosures to the "New York World." He says there is direct evidence that the Kaiser willed the war and caused it when it suited his purpose and his - preparations were made. He said the Marquis Palavineini, the Austrian Ambassodor to Turkey, told me on August ISth, 1914, that the Austrian Emperor had informed him, in May, that 'war was inevitable. Baron Wangcnhurn, German~A.mbassador to Turkey, in an outburst of' enthusiasm after the arrival of the Goeben and Bireslau; in the Dardanelles, told me that a conference was held in .Berlin, e'arly'in July, 1914," whereat the date of war was fixed. The Kaiser pressed for this conference, "at which Wangenheim, MOltke, Tirpitz,"and'' a few selected leaders of German finance and industry were also present. The Kaiser asked them if they were ready for war, and all replied in the affirmative except the financiers, who said, we must have a fortnight wherein to sell securities and arrange loans. Thereafter financiers were feverishly and secretly busy while the army marked time, All great stock exchanges experienced acute depression as ; the German owned securities were quickly pushed into the market. Wangenheim told me that next time Germany would be even more farsighted and have at least five years supplies of copper and cotton before striking. Morgenthau later learned that if Germany was victorious, she intended to attack America on the ground "of supplying munitions to the Allies, and enforce an indemnity that would make Germany . the leading nation of the world. He had heard the sum was fixed at fifty billion marks. The Kaiser, for years, was obsessed with the dream of being the centre of a great moving picture, directing and controlling the destinies of the world. Prince Henry was sent to America to consolidate German strength in the United States.

GERMAN NAVAL MUTINY. SENSATIONAL DETAILS. Eeceived 8.35. LONDON, Oct. 15. The Daily Express Amsterdam correspondent gives a detailed account of the German mutiny. He states that since the Jutland battle the navy has been boiling with impatience for a decisive battle or peace. Several causes combined to undermine their discip-line-prolonged inactivity," harshness of officers, reduced rations, and finally the Russian revolution especially the Kronstad mutiny. Shortly after the last event officers learned that, men were nightly conferring, and discussing politics, socialism and peace. Several arrests only poured oil on the" flames and matters'came to a climax early in August, following further reduction in rations,, and numerous floggings for t: if ling offences.' REVOLT BROKE, OUT., Simultaneously on four first-class battleships,' the Prinz Regent, Luitpold, Kaiser,' Westfalen, and Heligoland, at dawn, on the 2Sth August. The crews assembled, on the decks and hoisted red flags; they sang the "Marseiilaise" and. shouted revolutionary cries. Officers went to their posts but as the men threatened they would throw them overboard they did not interfere, awaiting assistance. The captain of the Prinz Regent Luitpold hastened aboard and ordered the men to haul down the red flag. Within five minutes the crew replied by binding him w 7 ith cords. THE CAPTAIN WAS THROWN ■ OVERBOARD. And was drowned. The majority of the light guns were thrown into the sea and the heavy guns were rendered useless. The authorities at Wilkelnishaven ordered out: several battalions of marines, whq later declared they. would not fire on their comrades until they knew what had.happened. The comnmnder Was furious but yielded by giving the information required. The Marines refused to proceed and they were confined in barracks. Infantry were summoned from Oldenburg, and torpedo boats filled with troops surrounded the battleships and SURRENDER DEMANDED.

Germany's mastery of the situation in Turkey was so complete that she dictated the postponement of Turkey's entrj r into the war until a powerful wireless plant at Constantinople was completed, and guns and munitions brought to Turkey. • DELIBERATE MURDER QF RED CROSS MEN. LONDON, Oetboer 14. Mr. Robinson, in again confirming recent German violations of the Red Cross, says. Some units' proportion of casualties among stretcher-brearers exceed those of the infantry as a result of deliberate sniping. Two days ago three out of four members ef a stretcher party were sniped at close range and shot dead. A British officer, in a shell-hole near, seeing the shooting, seized a Red Cross flag, and, waving it conspicuously marched straight to the snipers' hiding place, and halted a few yards from the German position. The Germans, presumably curious, withheld their fire, Speaking- in German, the officer poured out his indignation, pointing out that the German stretcher-bearers were moving unmollested. The Germans listened in silence. The officer finished, then turned back, tossed away the flag and floundered to, the shell-hole. SWEDEN. SWEDISH POLITICAL CRISIS. STOCKHOLM, Oct. U. Herr Eden, - the Liberal leader, has been requested to. form a Cabinet owing to the failure of Herr Widen to do so.:- .■ .>■■ ' • --,.-•'

A small fight resulted in two sail- ! ors being killed and some soldiers | wounded. The rebels soon surrendered ! as practieally all ammunition had been 1 thrown into the sea. The ringleaders from each ship were courtmartialled were shot next morning; ten others from each ship were court-rnartialled and fifteen wore shot. The remainder w-ore sentenced to an average term of 20 years imprisonment. It is understood that the mutinous cruiser w r as the Hamburg, stationed at Heligoland. The captain and most of the officers were absent from their ship. The mutineers overpowered the remainder and quietly left their moorings for Norway. Many destroyers followed and ordered the Hamburg to stop and in five minutes return or be torpedoed. They obeyed and thirty men were arrested. It is believed the majority were shot. AFTER THE WAR. PUNISMENT OF GERMAN MURDERERS/. LONDON, Oct 14. A great meeting of sailors and firemen at Cardiff, to devise after war punishments of Germans for submarine crimes, passed a resolution asking employers to refuse to employ Germans on land or sea; requesting the public to refuse To buy German goods; desiring master mariners to refuse the German flag; the boycott to continue for at least two years, an additional month to be added for every future crime.