MUNITION WORKS CONTROL.
GERMAN PURCHASE SCHEME
NO LIMIT TO EXPENSE.
London, June 13.
New York reports regarding the scheme to obtain control of the principal gun and ammunition factories in America say that the secret service agents of the Germans are spending millions in buying stocks to Eecure control. The scheme was planned at a conference when Herr Dernburg and Count Bernstorff were present. A German banker asked Bernstorff if he understood the "magnitude of the financial problem involved. Bernstorff replied that, as the fate of Germany might rest on the plan, the Kaiser was prepared to pay any sum. There was no limit to the amount of money available. .
FRANCE INTERVENES.
WORKS PLACED AT DISPOSAL.
Paris, June 13.
The Journal des Debats states that Senator Humbert's mission to the United States on behalf of the French Minister of Marine, has resulted in Mr. Charles Schwab placing the whole of the works of the Bethlehem Steel Company, and every other industry in which he is interested, at France's disposal. Mr. Schwab wrote: *i Our two great Republics 'ought to stand shoulder to shoulder." ■•■' He expressed'an.affectionate regard for France, and hoped = that she would soon reap a rich harvest of victories. „ v \>\
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15944, 15 June 1915, Page 8
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