The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29
SEPARATIONS SEEKTO BUY WAR SUPPLIES
 IN UNITED STATES ROumania, Servia, Greece, Bulgaria, China and South
 American Republic GOLD IS COMING
 IN LARGE AMOUNTS By Mid-Spring Fifty Millions Will Have Been Received in This
 Country-Is Coming to AL
 most Reluctant Hands
By HOLLAND

New York. March 27.--(Special)-S na- tions, one of which is a bellgerent, are now negotiating through representatives either here or in London with American industries for the purchase of what in the aggregate is an enormous amount of war material. These negotiations are exclusive of those which have food sup plies or cotton in view. The six na- tions are Roumania, Servia, Greece, Bull garla, China and one of the South Amer ican republics which it is thought ex- pedient rot at this time to identify. The presumption is that the South American nation is either Argentina or Chile. The recent and sudden approach to the United States of Greece. Roumania and Bulgaria is thought to indicate that these nations are either persuaded that the war will be prolonged and that they will become involved in It, as Seryia is already in- volved, or else that it is the desire of these governments fully to be prepared for any possible emergency in the fu- ture.
 Roumania was represented here in mid winter by a commission whose arrival and departure were known to only a few persons. This commission returned to Roumania, by way of London, disappoint-
 
 tracts in this country. For this two reas- ons are now given-one. that the Rouman- ian commission believed that the prices asked by the American manufacturers were too high, the other and the more probable reason being that the commits sioners learned that 1t would be impos- sible for the manufacturers to make and deliver the commodities within the limited time which the commissioners asked.
 Negotiations have been resumed with Roumania, principally through London, and the reasons are good for surmising that it will be with the assistance of Eng land that the American commodities that are bought by that country will be paid for. The aggregate of Roumania pur- chases, if these made, will be from SS000,000 to S10000,000, although that sum is an estimate not purporting to be an ab solutely accurate statement.
 Apparently Roumania wants rifles and other munitions of war, such as great guns and the facilities for manufacturing in Roumania war equipment of this kind. Nowhere else in the world can these fa- cilities be at this time obtained save in the United States.
 The representatives of Greece are very earnest. They are anxious to secure a large supply of munitions of war, and they are not worrying about prices. Their chief concern seems to be that these ar ticles be manufactured and delivered to Greece at the earliest possible moment. Apparently, Greece is to be aided in finan- cling these purchases, at least indirectly, by England. Servia wants various muni- tions of war and appears to be in very good condition to make payment for them There is as yet no disclosure which would give information about the com modities which the representatives of Montenegro want to buy in the United States.
 What China Wants
 China perfected, early in 1914. negotia-