Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15
Activity Of German Agents
Alarms Allies Commis
sion Here to Borrow.
Latter Warned That They
VIII Be Made to Suffer if
They Extend Aid.

] New York. Sept. 15.-The pro-Ger-
/ man campaign against the aotation
/ of a billion dollar credit loan in taa
United States to Great Britain and
( France appeared today to assume the
proportions of a countrywide plot
threatening even the personal safety
OF the SIX members of the Anglo
. French financial commission.
Members Of this commission, OF
which Lord Reading. lord chief justice
of England, is chairman, have doubled
their body guards. it became known to-
day. They have been requested by the
police Of New York not TO announce in
advance tbeir plans for amy day and
in no instance appear ON the streets
without detectives guarding them.
More than fifty threatening letters
have been received by the commission
Their contents run the scale from
abuse 10 threats against the lives oL
the commission. Some of the most
threatening Of these letters have been
turned over to the police for iuyestt
cation, it is said and New York detec-
Jives are now reported to be engaged
in seeking the writer's
Largely on advice OF the police the
commissioners do not visit the iinan-
c]al section in a body or even in
couples, Each commissioner travels
through the streets of New York Hu
accompanied by any other commits
siouer At least one detective is att
the heels of each commissioner IN his
trips about the city and in some eases
il is said there are several,
Whether this active opposition IS
sporadic in Its nature or is organized
is not known Bankers and other cal
Iers at the headquarters Of the com
mission have expressed the view from
their talks with the commissioners
that tine opinion Of the commissi ioner5
themselves is that it is of an organized
nature.
Movement Countrywide,
New York. sept I5-Tho Anglo
French financial commission heard TO-
day that German agents, alarmed at
the momentum gained in the last few
days by the movement 90 lend Great
Britain and France a billion dollars to
be spent for Supplies here, had insu-
tuted a couutry-wide campaign against
the fotation of the proposed credit
loan
Some Of these agents. the commission
was informed. were known as men
who had furthered the spread OF the
German propaganda during the pres
euce in this country Of DIR. Bernhard
Dernburg Who furnished the fRau-
cea to maintain these agents was
matter which aroused the interest of
the commissioners. According 20 in-
formation which came to the commits
si0ners attention the German attack
on the proposed loan was launched
from the cover Of American citizens Of
German parentage, nativity, OF sym
pathy. although these citizens were
not the prime movers in the agitation.
The attack included not only the neg
ative in refusing to participate which
the agitators hope viii be taken by
banks with large lists Of American de-
positors. il was remarked. but em-
braced extreme measures against
any banks with German-American de-
positors helping in any way to finance
the loan. This campaign. according
10 reports from sources regarded as
reliable. contemplated heavy with
drawals, wholesale in extent, from