The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-03-09

Will be Put Under the Hammer
by A. Mitchell Palmer.
THE PLANS ARE REVEALED
Germany's Nationwide Grip on Amer
lean Industry and Trade to be
Broken Forever

Washington, March 9.-Proporty in
the United States, owned by the kaiS-
er himself. the former chancellor, Won
Bethm2nn Hollweg, the German Jun
kers' generally and the German v
eminent itself, viii be the first to g
under the hammer in the plans O. A
Mitchell Palmer, alien property Gus
todian, to sell German-Owned property
here to the highest bidders.
Mr.. Palmer's testimony to tie n
ate appropriations commit. ee in which
he proposed necessary Legislation.
makes plain properties o. m rely nj
nor individuals probably will not b.
sold. The direct purpose of the move
is to break w the Outposts of ku,tu
in America.
"The time has come" Mr.. Palmer
told the senators. when the owner
ship Of some of these great German
properties should be permanently s D.
arated from German capital AMI hat
the enemy n,i~ht as well knew that
the connec ion which he has been . be
to maintain with American industry,
and commerce is broken. not simply
du~ir* tho war, but broken never to
be restored
The German empire, through is
financial operatinnS. has r"' ~ IN
dustrial ?nd commercial chain I'll
way a"rGss the country and t'rougl
our insular possessions. We have be-
come so thoroughly convinced It
would be wise and highly desirable
at this time if the ownership of some
Of those properties could be perman-
emily taken away"
If the LEGISLATION be adopted. Mr..
Palmer stated. i was his intention to
sell principally the enemy pro" er';es
in this country in which the Ge' man
government and the 'junker" CAPT al
istic class are interested.
The Hamburg American and North
German Lloyd wharves and docks at
Hoboken, n. J., Mr.. Palmer told sena-
tors, are "a part of the German en-
pire's commercial grasp upon this
continent"
Senator Owen, Democrat, Oklahoma,
said he understood part of their stock
is owned by the kaiser represented by
Herr Balm.
There is no earthly question about
the intimate relationship of some sort
between the German government and
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. line" Mr.. Pal
mer told the committee. Neither is
there any doubt about the relations
between the German government and
a large number of other great indus
trial enterprises in this country which
have come within the control of the
alien property custodian"
, Plans OFT German shipping lines
to hold their Cock properties for ex-
tension of German commerce after
the war were disclosed by Mr.. Pal.
men. who added
THAT is a fair indication of the
hope and purpose of enemy capital
that not a day shall elapse when the
war is over before they again put
their grip upon the commerce and in
dustry of America. You cannot strike
a heavier blow at the enemy today
lost his connection with the industry
and commerce of the American con-
tinent.
These large enterprises are close
ly affiliated with the German govern
ment. Where a German subject has
an investment over here of private,
individual character, we ought not to
disturb it. But these great industries,
these great concerns financed by the
Deutsches bank, supported by the
junker class, are the kind we ought
to Americanize."
In one city Mr.. Palmer did not
name, he said seven or eight great
mills were entirely German owned.
ut is a part of the German trust
in this country" he said. 81 am max
ing chocolate in Connecticut, rails IN
Pennsylvania, woolens and woTsteds
in New Jersey, chemicals in New
York, lumber in Florida, raising sugar
in Porto Rico and Hawaii, Tobacco In
many states in the south. making beer
in Chicago, lead pencils IN New Jer-
sey and conducting all these concerns
MANY of which are making enormous
profits by reason of the very condl-
lions for which the enemy is respep-
sible-war conditions. If l must sim
Div sit here, with the possibility OF
returning both principals and profits
to the German owners at the end Of
the war. | am doing tremendous IA
yor to the German empire, our enc
my
1.-THE desire is that the title as well
as possession shall be permanently
taken away from the German own
ers"