Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-10-18
PROGERMANS
THREATEN To.
HURT RETURN.
Of BOND SALE.
The Treasury Department Dis
closes an Organized At
tempt to Defeat the Object
and Purposes of the Liberty
Loan.
(By Review Leased Wirei.

(By Review Leased Wirel.
WASHINGTON, Oct 17.-Pro-Ger-
man agents in the United States ac-
cording to reports to the treasury de-
partment, have directed their energies
toward defeating the Liberty loan.
Their organized propaganda has borne
fruit, from Minnesota to Texas, II Is
asserted in scattered localities where
efforts have been made not openly
but by indirect methods TO discourage
subscriptions.
AGENTS at Work
The work of the pro-German agents,
officials assert, has been carried on
for more than two weeks. Some Of
the workers have had the temerity,
reports to the treasury indicate. to
conduct their operations here in the
national capital.
Official recognition of the propa-
ganda against the loan was voiced to-
CAV by Col. Herbert NJ. Lord, repre-
senting the war department at the
war risk conference, at which details
cf the new soldiers and sailors insur-
ance law are being explained to Off
GERS and enlisted men from the vari-
Gus cantonments.
An Organized Eirort
There has been an organized ef-
fort" said Colonel Lord, who was
chairman of today's meeting, Ito dis
courage and defeat the loan
This effort, he added, has been
made by seeking to misrepresent the
patriotism of the new national army.
An official account of the proceedings
of the conference, which was held
behind closed doors, issued tonight by
the treasury department, reads as fol-
lows:
Slander Refuted
'In convincing refutation OF the
slander, which was to the effect that
the men CT the national army opposed
the war, Colonel Lord announced that
subscriptions from the army for the
loan already aggregated S26,00O.000
and that some OF the subscriptions
were written in foreign languages.
War Insurance Taken
"The announcement caused great
enthusiasm among the delegates from
the army and navy, marine corps and
coast guards attending the conference.
500 of whom swarmed up to the plat
form following the address and signed
war insurance applications, all OF
which except 40 were for the maxi
mum OF $4,000"
From Four Channels
Assembled from various sources the
efforts of workers against the loan ap-
peared to have been directed along
four channels:
Attempts to discourage prospective
buyers of Liberty bonds.
Efforts to prevent certain banks
from handling the bonds.
The publication, in certain newspa-
pers and other mediums of publicity.
of editorials and articles which, while
not directly opposing loan subscrip-
tions. tend to discourage buyers.
The prevention, so far as local and
sporadic efforts can prevent. of the
placing of Liberty loan posters and
advertising literature where it will be
most beneficial.
Personal Pleas
Attempts to discourage buyers by
the personal plea method have been
mostly confined to the east Instances
have been brought to the attention
of officials where buyers have been
approached, apparently in a spirit of
great friendship and advised not to
buy the bonds.
Center of Activity
Efforts TO prevent banks from hand
ling the bonds have centered chiefly
in Wisconsin. Minnesota, North and
South Dakota, Montana, Missouri and
Oklahoma. The president of a Wis
consin bank has advised the treasury
that his depositors, mostly German or
of German parentage, have withdrawn
many thousands of dollars from his
bank because he aided the first Lib
erty loan.
Denver's Loan