Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-10
German Officials Are Exercised Over
Situation.
EMPEROR TAKES KEEN INTEREST
Going After American Trade Captains
Wherever Found.
STANDARD OIL m THE GAME
Nt'-spaPers Charge OF Interests with
RribinE EmPIoyes I'm Hope of
Securing orders from Pros.
pectfTe BuyerE.
BY MALcoLM CLARKE.

hEhLlN. July Especial DISPATCH Il
The Bee)-The ACKNOWLEDGEMENT trad,
war Of Whioa We have heard SO much /,
assuming de4nite and acute shape In and
out Of ths sinpirs- So far the German,
fseem 70 be tlE Eggressors The American,
are mindinE their own business, going sfts,
she trade On merit-and generally Fpeal,ins
-Eotting u. This latter fact is what seem,
20 be grieyinE the German official ana in.
oustrial world and he leading 10 measure,
thai are 10 say the least somewhat I'M.
professional These MEASURES appsr.ptlx
have she active support Of the hfrbes,
authority-which means the emperor. In.
oor his ms3esty's stimulation the imperial
EevsrnEnsut is going right after the Amer.
can trade captains wherever they can b,
found
Protests 10 the Porte.
Al sxoallent Illustration Of this Rovsrp-
tneutal activity is given by the recent dis
patch inszired by official sources" which
was translated 10 the correspondents here
Among other things this dispatch set ont
that.
BarOn Marschall Won Bieberstsin. IN.
1ernan ambassador to Consts rffl,r,r,ls
IeIHesentea 70 the sublime porte thai For
The Turkish government 10 grant conc.s
slons sought BY an American finaDcia1
Snoup would be TO controvert the 1ufnfnE
1nent and the European arnhassadors Ths
American state department 4hereur,ov, -,
qussted this government TO look into the
AtAuter me reply OF the foreign Office
20 the state department has beer fore
muihteo and IN substance ss most fa,,or
abe "a principle 10 American enterprise
case. specific German conceEuioyps 5rs - :
rersely effected. Accordingly IA is rnr
eesteo that the American financial inter
ests reach an understanding Nth fba
owners Of the Bagdad railway
The 'owrers Of the BRgdad railway are
strong German financial Interests which so
not take kindly 10 the idea Of American
enterprises participating in the ders3or,.
ment OF the far east such developnapt
w0nld- uf course. carry kath II Commerce., !
snd trade relations with ths dekss penpla-
ton there. II is the same e'fnfiu~pnst, tfS,
protested aEAinzt the par4scination ~
American capital in the chinese ioan. II
Is generally considered thar. as in .he
Chinese case. TIE intervention Of the WASH
tngian goverulz1&sf VIII force an enc "a ~.
underground work against American in
terests with the Turkish government. Tbs
activities OF the pushing Germans have
NheFefore dsfented themselves IN this in
stance
S1HAdsrf DIs Wins.
somewhat similar situation tbo,,.h
----c ~--+N-~At mes AAA come 10 a hend
at Hamburg with the collapse Of the Vcr-
ernnents case against The standard ~,
company. This unexpected fiasco has 1s4,
the German business and official v,oTls -
something Of s mid dRna
The Hamburg snattsr began with N. 49,.
charge Of an employe a native eserrn.n
Who had served the neutschs vacuum on
company As salesman. The Deuts.hs
vacuum company is the lubrieattns IN
branch OF tbs Standards orxaniRntyo, s,
oer1nAus- The fornaer salesman v,s,t .,
rival houses with stories CHARGING "a.
stanearn with various corrupt prac1ieas
me matter NRS put In shape by tbesa
rival concerns and submitted n .hs
Fremdenhlati, strong paper with 49,
81 enterprise" II transpired at ths 49,.
ms that the persons who instirntea -.
puohestion. German distributors az B1s-
saan Austrian and Galscian oils. lcnav, -.
ehArees were unfounded But ths P,rsv,-
denblAtt accepted the charges IN rood
iaith and soon began the crusade A. q -.
thst would have given pointers TO some AZ |
its American Contemporaries.
NswEP1per-s Aeusasioa..
II vas charged among other things tbu,
The STANDARD people had for years beer T., l
! ne haoit OF hFisinE employees Of Intending
pnsess Tor nne purpose of securing their
oroerk' or rssteneihng barrels oOntalpins
AhisiAoT oils Win brands representing a
hsrter quality and by doetoripK ..,,'-...-
By = manipulation of purchase a. ..s,,,.--
prices has shown reduced prorI,. -.
reEultine lower amount subiee4 i, -
taxes These and Other cha-w.. -
readily believed by the general publ,,
they were rlght in line vita ths publ,-s-
ions that had appeared IN AmeriuaD n.v.,
i,Afers ana magazines and repreduces ~,
ne enterprises Fremdenhlatt 7-hs -.
-A-e began IN September last ana s,as r.,
1p continuously untl the pubic prosecr,te,
~ tAAnatnrg t0k up the case on behals az
me government. This II was RsneraIl,v -
posed meant the finish OF the stsn,,s,'I =
Germany. But TO the oonsternasion =, -
; reinenhlntt and the psopis bebsns -.
-harGes, the public prosecutor. Ertrr : ,.--
Ano extensive hearing. exoDersfs5 -
a Atneilean concern ard gave Il A clear ~
" health. 0'"
70 those accustomed 70 the eompRp,,s
lAaai netloenee regarding its business !,
~ some Niet q surprise 10 see how ,
noeh ni the mysteries OF ths OIL buSipes-
unfairly revealed
standard eiFes Pact.
TOT ne ursf time an record
&c NSe given exact facts regarding the
A's-.1 o. ,Ae s'Andand enormous foreign ,
BUSINESS II was shown thar the total ~ :
,eiroieum products exported from "a. :
-nited States To foreiEn toa,,-,s,
-mounted for the year 10 81 sac yW n,
ans haze amount the standard .xno-,,.s !
s.ea'.lA or well 0ser 40 per cent. 70 Co.
nany alone the United states sem s1s
u ~ IN petroleum. products Ead ose- a
'er cent of this total Was shipped sns G
.isirlolied b. the Standard. Tae n.nr.- .
entaure o. the standard. who ure.ent,s q
hess figures. made al eKtlanatory st.f.- .
nent nat caused the German busiBes. Z
Aorld 20 sil % and gaks notioe .
crude production IN the Unitsd stut.. e. q