Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-28
IBMANY WOULDLOSE
DIPLOMATIC SERVICES
BYRUPTURE WITH U. s.
of r elati on s
Would Mean Discontinue
ance of Americas Friend
N Offices in Belligerent
Countries.

uAsHtNGToN, July 2s - What the
.,onlc allies, and particularly Ger
,y would stand to lose outright in
os money and valuable services should
.omatic relations be severed between
~ and the United States is graphically
avn by data secured today from the
,.,srtments Of State and Commerce.
aseld diplomatic relations come to an
the German Empire would be de-
.assd OF the good offices OF American
massey and consular officials in % ooun-
IN. with stations in threescore cities
.ss ocalities.
shonld a state Of war be declared, 10
a,rnan and Austrian ships (of which Sc
~ qerman) are interned in American
/ ..ae and these, together with the wire
=, towers at Tuokerton and Sayville
.r valuable German property in the
+ rrIled States and its dominions, would
4 secured without a blow.
~ value of the ships alone is esti-
rated to be more than $l0o,oOOOOO. The
,sus OF the diplomatic and consular
a,vlces which the United States is at
sssent performing for Germany cannot
x animated in figures. The value of
n wireless towers and the German
uleerty runs into many millions more.
ID offset this, only such American pri-
~ uroperty as is owned in Germany
ssnld be lost by the United States
fhe American embassies, legations and
essulates which are in charge of Ger
nany's interests are those in the follow
ng countries:
great Britain, Belgium. France, Rus
n.
west indies, Barbary States, Congo, Por-
sasnl, Persia, Canada, Australia, Austria
I,ra. India, Ceylon, South Africa, Hon
aaras and Bermuda.
The cities in which American Consuls
.ft buslly working for Germany as well
3 for their own country are:
France and dominions Paris, Nice,
famatave, Roen. Lyons, Nantes, Bour-
asaux, Havre, Martinique, Algiers, Mo-
rcco, Guadaloupe Tunis, Tahiti and
Saigon.
chlna-Harbin.
Japan and doninons- Yokohama, Kobe.
Dsny, Nagasaki, Darien and Seoul.
pcrtugal-Lorenso Marquee.
Persia--All offices.
Great Britain and dominions-Liverpool
Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Moncton,
NIAGARA Falls, Orillia Ottawa
Australia and Australasia, all offices.
ceylon--Colombo
indla-calcutta. Madras, Rangood,
Bombay
ether points not classified:
Nassau. Porto Antonio, Karachi, Hong
kong Alden, Singapore, Penang, Cape
Town, johannesburg, Bloemfontain, Dur
tsn Belize. Bridgetown, Barbados.
Iurip Island, Gibraltar, Malta, George
town and Hamilton.
This list is presented to give an idea
Of the magnitude of the area through
which the interests of Germany are
being safeguarded by friendly Power
without recompense.
The lst of German and Austrian in
termed hips is too lengthy for simple
reproduction, but 1t comprises a total
tonnage of 550.O00 with total crews of
hw men. These ships, and the number
tthem interned at the various American
as. follow
Aw York. rs; Hawaiian Islands. 0; Bos-
~ s; Norfolk, A Baltimore, Philadel-
& "a New Orleans and Pensacola, each;
Weston and San Francisco, each;
little, Savannah, Jacksonville, Tampa
10 San Juan. p. r., each.
n case of war Germany would have to
ne these conditions.