Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-09-15
Police Guard the Anglo
French Commissioners
from Possible Harm.
NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN
ORGANIZED, ONE REPORT
German-American DepositOrs
Promise WithdrawaIs-Move
for Rival German Issue.
EXPLAIN IGNORING OF
SOME MONEY FIRMS

NEW YORK. Sept. 15.-The pro-
German campaign against the fiota-
ton OF a billion dollar credit loan in
the United States to Great Britain
and France appeared today to as
sumo the proportions of a country
wide movement. 1t is alleged that
1T already threatens even the per-
sonal safety of the six members of
the Anglo French financial commis-
sion.
Members of this commission of
which Lord Reading, lord chief JUS
tice of England. is chairman, have
doubled their body guards it became
known today. They have been re-
quested by the police of New York
not to announce in advance their
plans for any day and in no instance
appear on the streets without de-
tectives guarding them
More than fifty threatening letters
have been received by the commis-
sion. Their contents run the scale
from abuse to threats against the
lives of the commission. Some of
the most threatening of these letters
have been turned over to the police
for investigation, it is said, and New
York city detectives are now re-
ported to be engaged in seeking the
writer's.
Never Appear In Body.
Largely upon advice of the police.
the commissioners do not visit the
financial section in a body or even in
couples. Each commissioner travels
through the streets of New York un-
accompanied by any other commis-
sioner. At least one detective is at
"a II dc, IN, I. l.
trips about the city, and In some
, cases, it is said, there are several.
Whether this active opposition 10
sporadic in its nature or is organized
Bankers and ether CALI
ers at the headquarters of the conn
mission have expressed the view,
CLEANED from their talks with the
commissioners. that the opinion of the
commissioners themselves is that 1t
is of an organized nature.
Other forms of the opposition to
the fiotation of the big loan, according
to word received by the commission
today, have been evidenced in wide
spread threats by German-American
depositors that participation by the
banks in which they have their funds
would be followed by Withdrawals.
Hear of Organized Withdrawals.
In the case of savings banks, the
commission heard, organized with
drawals of funds approaching the
magnitude of runs on the banks were
contemplated.
Basil B. Blackett, secretary of the
commission, in his talk today with
newspaper men, declined positively to
touch upon this subject, but confined
his remarks to the general situation.
He was of the opinion that ann loan
to be placed here should be oDen to
participation of the entire public, pro-
German and pro-Ally alike in senti-
ment.
From another source it was
learned that invitations had not
been sent to certain large
pro- German banks because the COM
full still as to whether these bankers
would care to take part in floating
the loan. 1t was understood that
such invitations would be forthcom-
ing, If the commission could be as
sured of the sincerity of the pro-
German bankers in allowing it to be-
come known that they would welcome
ap invitation to come in.
Origin of Campaign in East.
The movement of opposition to the
81 900, 900 900 war loan from what the
commission heard, had its origin in the
East and its greatest activity in the
Middle West especially in the large
cities where the pro-German element
Is considerable in numbers Although
not so manifest here in New York as
elsewhere. 1t was said, the plan 10
by no means inactive In this city.
This was evidenced. according to re-
liable reports by a flood of protests
made by German sympathizers to
some of the largest banks here, voic-
ing in terms so alike that their in
spiration was believed TO have been
a common source, their indignation
that the bank in question should even
consider lending money to Germanye
enemies
Yelled threats, 1t was reported, have
often accompanied the protests and
certain institutions here now p'an-
ming to participate in floating rs
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