GERMAN METHODS
A REMARKABLE STORY. CONQUEST OF INDIA, CANADA, AND AUSTRALIA. New York, Jan. 22. The New York World prints a sup pressed article from a Berlin paper in which the former commercial magnate, August Thyssen, stated that many Germans in 1912 were asked to support the Flohenzollern war policy, and were offered rich rewards. The Hohenzollerns said that war had become a necessity for the preservation of the .military system, and offered him a grant of 30,000 acres of land in Australia and n loan of threequarters of a million dollars to develop the land. Other firms were promised special facilities in India, and a syndicate was formed for the exploitation of Canada. It was calculated that Germany could conquer Australia, India, and Canada by the end of 1915. The promises were made by llerr von 'Bethmann-Hollweg and confirmed by the Kaiser. Herr Thyssen adds! "When asked to guarantee a million dollars in fihe war loan of 1910 I declined, whereupon my war contracts were cancelled and my business suffered."
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 January 1918, Page 5
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171GERMAN METHODS Taranaki Daily News, 24 January 1918, Page 5
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