The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-20
GERMANY TRIED TO
FLOAT PROPAGANDA
THROUGH j. S. FIRM
Kuhn Loeb and Company, How
ever. made Conditions so Diff
cult That Huns Had 10 Seek
Pastures New.
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Washington. Doc. 10 When Al
fred l.. Becker. deputy attorney gen-
cral OF New York resumed his tcst-
nony today on German propaganda
before the senate committee he told
how. The German government wan
'gfavciy dissppointed' In its hopsa
Of Financing itA propaganda through
Kuhn Loeb and company OF New
York. German officials. he declared.
believed that the standing os the frnt
OF A. N. Marhurg and company o.
Hamburg. Germany. would give th"m
an Influence with Kuhn, Loeb and
company through otto ~. Kahn. Qua
Of It's officers. but the hank imposed
such difficult conditions that thoy
had 10 go elsewhere FOR financial ar
rnng0mcnts.
MIR Bcckcr gave the committee a.,
account Of an affidavit made by Count
Minotto an Italian subject and q
son-in-lnw of Ar. Louis Swit'.
whose iuternmeut wa ordered Nv
President Wilson la that affidaVi.
count MlnottO told of u conference
he had with Mr. Kahn in 1915 iu
which an Investment IN tho Angie.
French loan by Kuhn. Loeb and com
pgny was discussed Mr. Kahn was
quoted as asyi ing that white bis firni
had not invested In the loan. DE and
Mortimer Schin did not deny havins
Senator Wolcott Of Delaware OBJ
iected 10 this testimony on the ground
OF irrelevancy Mr.. Becker said the
purpose of reading the affidayit was
10 show that IN 1915 Kuhn, Loeb ami
company were painfully neutral
senator nelson asked u the NJ
Marburg company, Of HAMBURG was
not brother. on related ln some way
10 Paul VI Wurhurg. formerly mem
ber Of the federal reserve board. H.
replied that such was the case.
Mr. Becker said also that the pur
pose was 10 show that While NJ. Kahn
was telling the French Novornmcnt
that they had subscribed 70 the Anglo
French loan they we're also telhna
the German government that the
had not subscribed In this conncc-
ton Senator Reed, Of Missouri, ask
cd whether the loyalty Of Paul NJ
Marburg was being questioned. and
Mr Becker said very emphaticsllY
that there was no such question iu-
y0lvcd
There Is not a man who has been
more loyal 20 our country than FauN
NJ Warburp and ! think that the
country will suffer materially by his
having left the federal resursr
board remarked senator KING ~
Utah
senator Nelson also remarked tbut
he had met Mr., Kahn while the lat-
TER was IN Minnesota and that he VI a.
satisfied that there was no more
loyal citizcr than he,
\ portion Of an affidavit dealing
with a conversation between person
w hose Identity was not disclosed.
Count Won Hrrnaiorft former Ger
man hmbassador and ". v. Combs.
the former democratic national com
mitiec chairmsn WAS admitted INTO
the record The conversation is al.
legged 20 have dealt with Bernstorfts
efforts to obtain q newspaper 70 tako
Gormany's side OF tie war The un-
identified petson Was quoted as say
ing that the New York sun would not
accept an advertisement for the salc
OF securities unless Il was shown post
tiVeiy nat the investment woIld he a
legitimate ore.
II have my eye on Hearst ana
- meet he will be the man, Befns-
torff remarked, according 10 ii'o aifi-
davit.
The affidavit says the nnnamei
peraon making the statement had scv-
eral conversations with Won Berns-
torff,
The afnan, declared that about .