New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-28
MORE ALLEGED LETTERS.
Refer to French Underwriting of
Y. S. SMpbuiLding Co.

The following are additional extracts
from letters which have been published as al
legged communications sent to other members of
the firm Of Alexander & Green D. Charles B.
Alexander in the Gunner of 1907, when Mr..
Alexander was in Paris trying to collect the
French underwriting for the bonds of the
United States Shipbuilding Company:
July 29-Yesterday about 5 o'clock I learned that
Sengman had sent the telegram which submitted
10 you py cable In the mean time treated
oud ge him me e Sean w Sa9 rp6 Sd Of fnat the
company than that if they chose to ask the Hunt
that Rogniat had been really impeded in raising
the money by the Seligmap controversy.
polite 9a n II rasF to has ma h3a bsF Sa
IN tneSe agreements to pay the money and intended
iron hand if necessary-and that all the collateral
people who we're injured by their failure to pay
%hG sRPsaFed as The q the gFoup
little talk about the enterprise and the personnel
partner to pay the money. He has told the OPP
penheiims that they had their checks in their
am more impressed every day with the integrity
ers are ike hVsteTica7 Women and seem ready 70
rum themselves by default on the indication or
any hostile Jew banker The Oppenheims think
h co R hey cyl a e eeTa 9 s fh s n tn
to SEND in their checks rather than ruin the enter
prise lose their profits and leave themselves with
a large resulting liability:
SScFlblng to Rogniat in the earlier part and to
9GaTeXeF IN the latter part the fact that 1t vas
pledged word. Schreyer the close of the inter
the statement that he would give his reply to-day
at IL Rogniat thinks he will get about so per
interview win the Italians at Il: cabed you las!
that HaTjes C. p MoPgans Paris sc paPtner VAS VAS
behaving himself and Rogniat hoped to get about
se The bst2ry Of the G Eo sgma 6
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ton; that he brought me from Rogniat's office in
on Rogniat carrying these two copies and dis
cussed the cables with him. and that there was no
that they had really emanated from selgmans'
! feel as If these two cables had put an entirely
different face on the situation here. / have siren
whipstick whether they should comply with
been doing good deal of talking. suggested that
It would be a good idea to consult with Sharvey.
the shirt man. This, of course was sarcasm on my
This morning I have seen siIvey and have told
him Jh2t IN the light Of these telegrams there
sist u5on their paying the money which they have
hold any one Of them who omits to pay-that had
my war paint on and was determined to collect
must remember in this matter that am not deal
4b az tSSe ei9otSIal phases nave to be dealt
r % ain He t4 fbis tha{ hhey always go through
July Si1I have been an hour with sehreyer, the
publicus Ghe Trust Company of the Republfc) had
done and how he had lost his underwriting I re-
pied that this was a matter entirely personal be-
tween us-that he had assured in the most
absolute manner that he prepared 10 carry
out his undertaking, in the last interview I had
with him, long after he had known of all the
things which he had been rehearsing; that I had
three witnesses Of the interview. and that I had
been deceived and betrayed I asked him, however,
for al explicit answer as to what he would do,
and he said he would tell o'clock
After repudiatng all the responsibility for his
son and denying the interview, he closed by saying
that he had not told all these things before
and Of his inability to pay because Rogniat had
tod him TO say everything to keep quiet I
closed this Interview by SAYING; SO Rogniat and
YOU ConSTIred to deceive me- I am going to
Rogniats and attack him in regard to what
SchTeyer has said.
Oppenheim. who was with me at schreyer's
thinks produced a grand impression and did good
work tcl5 him l was not there representing
the Mercantile. but IS a general friend explaining
my views: that the Mercantile had only one dutV
and that was to enforce its rights. He asked him
II would give him the dOssiar OF everything that
had happened rom New-York. and | INTERRUPTED
ard said that when man made a Dromlssory
note he could not delay his DayTent for the pur-
pose of asking dossier He then said he only
wanted the dossier to use in selling bonds