The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-09-26
GERMANY PREPARES
F0RBIG'I@bE Nk
Hopes To Be Able TO Win Back
South and Central Amer
lean Commerce
Csy IN. Assooiassd Pfes..,

BERLIN, September 23-AThat Ger
man business men mean TO make de.
termihed effort to recover lost ground
IN Latia-Amerieah markets after the
war is over, IA the conclusion thai may
be. drawn from rapid growth Of the
German Economic Association for
South and Central America. This
oFgaHiEati6R, which was only formed
On September !, aisi5, Nae already
about Zoo membefs,S consisting Tor
tha most part Of German business Arms
inteFested N the South and Central
Americas trade. iaa tayeiettl
In an interview With a correspondent
Of The Associated Press the manager
of the Berlin head ONCE Of the aseosia-
ton said that % ID ihafhtaining but a
quieseent existence now in3vieg OF the
fact that no business correspondence Of
Germans with the countries in question
Ne possIbleS soqafes'5t
the society, kdwevery mas Representa-.
tiyes, usually German business men, in
NIL :senters, of trade An th0ee countries:
and nearly all Of them have stayed
where they were and managed, hccord
ing hast accdunts, 20 keep their besi-
,nesses going in, some way 4 The sery-
ices Of these men win be d. AVN upon
again immediately after the wkr,closes
to give adviceg 40 20 the best 3 ways
and neaAs' for restoring German trade
THAT this fight 10 regAih lost groand
win not be an easy one 10 evident to
all German business men. . se%t "a
t,There are different, views among
as, - said the manager Of the associa-
tion, tsas to, our pf6spectA for recover
ing this lost trader Our exeeiient yor-
iganization with ,Aashts everywhere who
are thoroughly WSn eduippedifdr Riy.
ing as quick and accurate business re-
ports, fwillis be stfohRly' IN our favor.
This, together With the fact that Ger.
tain eIasses 81 German koods held a
preferred position, I'M the South and
Central American markets before the
war, make not b, few Of DOR people in.
rclined to believe that We shah recover
ground rapidly. I, ag@ Sfra',t gRepl4
a0n THE other hand, W Fecoehize
the fact that new dfficuftfes have
arisen during the. war. The Americans
lhaye> gone in and have been doing
excellent and effective work IN winning
South American trade, have planted
branch lbanks, and have greatly de-
iveloped transporta tionl facilities. This
IL one difficulty which We BY mo means
lunderrate. ptgftt Bltfltita5 E
/ "Another "a found in the fact that
railways are In some places owned or
controlled by English or French CAPT.
tal; and wherever. this is the case the
roads win probably make diserimina-
tons againsteo German goods that
would pFste nt their shi tihs IL 1ato .iB-
terror markets I'M eompetitiOn with
British and French goods. British cap
itall in other forms also enjoys power
fai advantages in South America, and
we are 9 caleuleting y that those aid
vantages will be used against MS to a
much greater degree than before the
war Altogether therefore We see chat
the fight for the South american
markets win be n iifhcult one, for JUS;
IL viii call for all our. ability ih, organ
ikation, and In the, manufacture and
marketing of goodsiEali the courage
that we can bring 10 our help.,.co