The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-08
TRADE FUTURE IS
BIG ANXIETY To
GERMAN PEOPLE.
pan-Germans Deriding Talk
OF After-War
Boycott

The Hague, June 8.-The furious
annexationist propaganda, having it's
origin in the Industrial centres Of the
Rhine Province and Westphalia,
which is flooding all Germany, is met
by increasing anxiety in banking and
export circles regarding Germany's
economic situation after the war. AL
though they are howled down by the
Rventlowians and other annexation
ist~ enthusiasts, the great German
banking papers constantly repeat
their warnings. Apparently cooler
headed Germans realize fully that
they would pay for annexing' the
smallest portion Of France or Bel
GUM by losing all hope of recovering
their world markets.
In order to overcome this less noisy,
but increasingly powerful opposition,
the yannexationists resort to a new ar
gument, namely, that American. sell
fishness will not allow President Will
sons administration or any other
government to deprive America Of
the advantage Of reciprocal trade
with the Central Empires. The Ma
tional Liberal organs Of the Industrial
magnates now assert, in direct con-
tradiction Of what they said a month
ago, that the entry, Of the United
States into the war will not produce
economic disasters outweighing Ger
many's military advantage in Europe.
The Wezer Zeitung reprints the cable
dispatch sent by The Hague cores
pondent Of The New York Times on
May 8, as reprinted in the London
papers, in which it was pointed out
that America with the Entente pow
ers, could SO close the worlds mar
kets to German trade that, whatever
her military position might be, her
financial ruin would be certain. This
assertion was openly admitted by. sew
eral German papers at the time.
This great National Liberal Annex
ationist shipping organ now declares
that this idea of closing the world
markets is +typicaIly American in its
exaggeration.' Under the prominent
headline, dollar War; Dollar
Peace" the zeitung proceeds to ar
que that America. as heretofore. will
fight Germany economically, and
more with dollars than with soldiers.
But it says. the economic truth is
somewhat different than people i'm
agine cover there" It is great, but
says that Germany's is not less, as
thirty-three months of war have
shown.
"GermanyIs foremost enemies, . it
says, "are European, and these Ger
many has mastered in such a way
that she. can hope Tor German
peace; and when peace Is made it will
be shown that the Paris conference
has Matched an egg out of which no
dragon will appear to strange Ger
man trade. The Central Powers COM
mand too large and too well popula-
ted an area for the Allies to give up
their trade Hghthearredly. and Ger
| many. also possesses potash, with
which here enemies are obliged pain
fully. to dispense. When peace comes
Germany will see that her economic
| future is not fettered, but assured,
and that applies to the rest of the
world. So we need not be frighten-
ed at. Americas warnings, as Ameri-
ca was always a braggart Neither
America nor her allies will give up
the market of the Central Powers
I'VE do not inted to send troops
over the Atlantic to defeat them in
their own country, and they will be
able to say that they are unbeaten;
but an unbeaten America is no coun-
terpoise against her unvictorious al
lies. We need not beg peace of the
United States, as we did not declare
war. If America wants peace. good !;
but She must first get down off her
high horse, and she cannot expect
that we will hold the stirrup.n I'll