Evening star., 1915-09-15
PRO-GERMAN CAMPAIGN
AGAINST LOAN BLAMED
Members of Commission Not An
nouncing Plans in Advance Nor
Appearing on Street Together.
CONSIDERED ORGANIZED PLOT
Wholesale Withdrawals of Funds
From German-American Deposito-
ries Planned if Banks Par
ticipate in Loan.

NEW YORK, September IS.
The pro-German campaign
against the fotation of billion
dollar credit loan in the United
States to Great Britain and
France appeared today to assume
the proportions of countrywide
plot, threatening even the per-
sonal safety OF the six members of
the .Anglo-French financial COM
mission
Members OF this commission, of
which Lord Reading, lord chief
justice OF England. is chairman,
have doubled their bodyguards, it
became known today. They
have been requested 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 detectives guard
ing them.
More than fifty threatening
letters have been received by the
commission. Their contents run
the scale from abuse to threats
against the lives of the commits
sion Some of the most threaten
ing of these letters have been
turned over to the police for in
vestigation, it is said, and New
York city detectives are now re-
ported to be engaged in seeking
the writers.
Guarded by Detectives.
Largely upon advice of the police the
commissioners do not visit the hnancial
section in a body or even IN couples.
= Each commissioner travels through the
streets of New York unaccompanled
by any other commissioner. At least
one detective is at the heels OF each
commissioner in his trips about the
CITY. and in some cases, it is said
there are several
Whether this active opposition is
sporadic in its nature or is organized
is not known. Bankers and other callers
at the headquarters of the commission
have expressed the view, CLEANED from
their talks with the commissioners.
that the opinion of the commissioners
themselves is that it is OF an organized
nature.
other forms of the opposition to the
fota.ion of the big loan. according to
l., vv,i nm, h yro
been evidenced in widespread threats
by German-A American repositories that
participation by the banks in which
they have their funds would be follow
ed by Withdrawals.
Organized Withdrawals Planned.
I'm the case of savings banks, the
commission heard, organized with
drawals of funds approaching the mag
nitude of runs on the banks were con-
templated. Basil Blackett. secretary of
the commission, in his talk today with
newspapermen declined positively to
touch upon this subject. but confined
his remarks to the general situation
He was of the opinion that any loan
to be placed here should be open to
participation of the entire public, pro-
German and pro-ally alike in sentiment
From another source it was learned
that Invitations had not been sent to
certain large pro-German banks be-
cause the commission was somewha,
doubtful still to whether these
bankers would care to take part il
floating the loan. 1t was understood
that such Invitations would be forth
coming IL the commission could be as
sured OF the sincerity Of the pro-Ger-
man bankers in allowing it to become
known that they would welcome an
invitation to come in.