THE KRUPP SCANDAL

Otago Witness, Issue 3099, 6 August 1913, Page 26

THE KRUPP SCANDAL

BERLIN, July 31. At the trial of the seven military officials who are charged with selling secrets to Krupps, Lieutenant Milan admitted that he had communicated secret information regarding competitors’ prices to Krupps. He considered there should be no secrets between the State and Krupps, and he did not fear that Krupps would divulge the information he gave to a foreign Power. August 1. Mr Brand, Krupps’ agent, gave evidence that it was his special duty to ascertain the other competitors’ prices. Herr Liebknecht’s knowledge of the affair was derived from Herr von Metzen, a former Chief of the Bureau, who kept a number of secret reports, and had warned them that he intended to use them. August 2Mr Brand was under the strictest observation by detectives for three months. He is not an educated man, but is highly intelligent. He served in the technical department of the army. He gave evidence to the effect that he was quite unconscious that he was doing wrong.. His evidence was less incriminating against the officers than it was at the preliminary inquiry. He was sharply cross-examined in regard to the discrepancies August 3. Each of Krupps’ directors denied that the firm ever used the information they received about their competitors’ prices in order to raise their own charges.