Salt Lake Herald | 1892-12-04 | Page 1 | Germany is in It

GERMANY IS IN IT A Groat Army Scandal JUSt Brought to Llchc BERLIN Dec 3 Prussia today found its Panama scandal in the Moa bite criminal court when after having beon taunted for a lack of veracity Rector Ahl wardt produced five official documents which proved to be reports made by colonels to generals adverse to the Lowe guns These must have been stolen probably by an officer who i found out is liable to ten years penal servitude A greater scandal or more sensational episode epi-sode could not have occurred Army officers who wore present in large numbers stood aghast First they looked incredulous but when the judge examined the documents and pronounced them authentic au-thentic their dismay knew no bounds Telegraphic messages ware at once sent to the emperor who is shooting in Saxony to apprise him of tie startling news and blow I watch had fallen on tho army The documents show that out of 960 Lowu gucs used at Wesel 590 were unserviceable I juns I serviceable twenty of the chambers were burst and broken entirely It must be remembered re-membered that there are 425000 Low guns in the German army This is terribly ter-ribly awkward for She government which is bound oy necessity to do everything to I hush up the scandal