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our lifeblood which has been sucked
by the German cobra for years, tc
nourish itself and to finance it's das-
tardly war preparations to satisfy
it's colossal egotism and greed, be-
fore which honor and decency are
trampled under foot.
The Physical Property
Must Be Retained
The Hun properties in this coun,
try must be cleaned up. The money
will, Of course, go back to the Ger
man owners after the war, but the
physical property located in this
country must henceforth be Ameri-
can owned. This can be accom-
plished partly by legislation. and
partly by shrewd administration.
Much of the American property
owned by Germans in the past has
been held nominally under other
auspices, by American citizens who,
unfortunately, lent themselves to
the Hun schemes, or by corporations
with American names. Yet by care
full supervision the German can be
prevented after the war from buy
ing in again on American property.
American wealth must not again
flow out of this country into the cof-
fers of the enemy.
Germany's gigantic foreign trade
was the result Of long and patient
work. "Thirty years ago." says
Bernard N. Baker in his book,
Ships" chat empire was just re-
covering from the throes of the
Franco Prussian War. It's people
were feeling afar for an opportunity
to share in the worlds trade, and
having achieved a wonderfully pro-
ductive industrial system at home
launched upon a campaign for for
elgn trade expansion.
"By 1885 the beginning of a mer-
chant marine had been accom-
plished, and approximately $4,000
tons in shipping was registered I'M
der the German flag At that time
the German exports amounted to
1851 100000. BY 1918 the tonnage
had increased to 2,681,0OO, and
during the exact same period the ex-
ports from Germany increased to
$2,4OO, 100000"
The principal factors accounting
for her merchant marine were her
ability to produce iron and steel
cheaply, and consequently the abil-
ity to build ships cheaply; the en-
couragement of shipbuilding by free
admission of raw materials for ship
construction, low rail freight rates
on materials shipped from the in
terror of Germany, naval contracts
and preference in the construction
of vessels for subsidized lines, low
wages, expansion of the foreign
trade of Germany, with adequate
banking and credit facilities, pool
ing agreements among the German
steamship companies to avoid dupli-
cation of routes and to insure
maintenance of rates and payment
of deferred rebates, and preferential
railway rates on goods shipped by
specified steamship lines.
Her Ships Built
At Our Expense
The German government did not
aid the merchant marine in general
by subsidies or bounties. Why? She
did not need to. Germany built her
merchant marine at our commercial
and military expense. Prior to the
war we used to pay foreign ships
over S30O,0O0,000 a year to deliver
our goods overseas. Of this money,
which was dead loss to us--money
which our industries had earned
Germany came near getting half.
Furthermore, our tourists left S175,-
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the Atlantic" idea. So how cou,,
we be the tool of England when -
were really the unconscious Too, y.
Germany? One month later Alf,s,
Balfour begged US not to neglect ~
build steel ships. Mr.. Denman him
self has publicly stated:
AT no time was any sort Of :,
f1uence brought to bear BY anv fon.
of British interest to influence ~.
Shipping Board in favor Of a wooa
en- ship programme. The Bri+;sh
took up wooden ships then1selve,
both in Canada and by contracts ;,
American yards, before we did .,s
we rather interfered with tbs;,
plans by going into the building =,
these extensively. In fact. the orIr
British point of contact in the wbol.
matter was representation by .
British shipping agent that sim,
the ships we were building woDld
go into a common pool ANYWAY !,
behooved US not to take any stems
that would curtail production n
wooden ships for them, which M,
talnly was not an effort to encon,
age US to build short lived wood.,
ships while they were building n
perior steel ships
Must Control Her
Raw Material
In view of all this it must /.
clear that in order to end this m,
and not have a repetition of il no
must break Germany economicarv
for many years to come. With the
taking of the German-owned pie,,
we have just begun to unloosen tbo
tentacles of the octopus. We mus,
go on and make sure that it will
never get back here. To isolate
Germany, to refuse to do bpsi.
ness with her for specified
number of years, as some Senators
have proposed, will do no good, for
she could still get Russian food and
take IN Russian money with the
manufactured goods she would sell
to Russia, Bulgaria and Turkey
The only way to prevent this is to
prevent her from getting the sur
plus raw materials for foreign
commerce.
And this can be done by our mer.
chant marine cooperating with that
of Great Britain, by refusing to
carry to Germany the raw mater
ais she needs for the refining of her
war chest. This method can be
put into operation without resort 10
any national or international con
troll Of raw materials (such as nj
trate, rubber, cotton and many Other
things) at their source. If America
and Great Britain work closely TO-
gether in the administration of this
policy the problem is solved.
| am demanding an understand
ing with Great Britain whereby the
two nations Will control two-thirds
to threefourths of the worlds ship
ping. This condition will do more
to insure permanent peace than any
other one means, because these
ships, as boycott against unruly
nations (and against those which
help unruly nations'. would be
more effective than all the treats
and international diplomacy put To- J
gcther.
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Germans Escape
Seamen' 8 Law

For instance, there is the La Fol
lette seamen's law. 1t is a. good law
in many ways, since it improves the
working conditions of American sea-
men, But it also puts American
steamship lines at a cruel disadvan-
tage with those of other nations,
particularly Germany, and I believe
it was deliberately urged by the Ger
man lobby for that reason. The fact
is that the improvement which this
law grants to American sailors. and
the consequent increased cost of
operation, hits American, English
and French ships and those of other
nations. but-and this fact may have
been unknown even to the originator
of the law-though it appeared to
hit the German just as hard it
didn't. Its provisions could not an
ply to German seamen. because thew
are, even in time Of peace, under
naval control. DID American spon
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routes had to be withdrawn for war
work. The poison of the German
steamship lobby blinded American
eyes to the national emergency.
In consequence Of our lacking de-
livery wagons to carry our trade
overseas the price Americans had to
pay for chartering or buying neu-
trail steamers or to build new ships
here at home went sailing skyward.
Fortunes were made in ships over
night and German interests here
were not behind in taking advantage
of the situation to line Won Bern
storff's money chest to carry on his
sabotage and propaganda. 1t was
the same policy which used the New
York Stock Exchange to make
money for Germany whenever it was
known that U-53 or other depress-
ing news would be coming along to
send stocks down. 1t was rumored
at the time that the Bernstorff
clique made s75,O00,O0O out of the
U-57 incident off Nantucket, with
American destroyers standing by.
1t is my firm belief that the Ham
burg-American Line lobby existed
in this country and worked with
deadly effectiveness for a period of
years in blocking American CONNER
cial prosperity. 1t camouhaged it's
purpose by newspaper articles whose
true tendency the editors themselves
did not suspect. 1t played with
shrewd confidence on the fact that
the American public took no interest
III these matters and that, conse-
quently, Congress, the mouthpicce of
the American public, was asleep. 1t
worked directly and indirectly-di-
rectly on Congress by specious rep
reservations, and indirectly through
the general public by the falsifca-
ton of issues, as shall show. Mr..
Bernard Baker and myself have for
many years been blocked by what we
believe has been the German steam
ship lobby which has done everv-
thing to manipulate Congress to it's
ends and to keep the American peo-
pie from waking up to the fact that
they were the commercial slaves of
other nations
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000,O in Europe yearly and the
Vaterland and Imperator each
trip took $550,000 of it. Her grip on
the situation, aided by her powerful
Hobbies and propaganda campaigns,
prevented our even getting look in.
America actually supplied the money
to put herself out of business in this
matter of foreign shipping.
Having, through her merchant
marine, laid her hands on the for
eign tribute money which she had
marked for herself, Germany
showed the utmost ruth1essness in
grasping it. Even prior to Belgium
the German business man considered
all agreements but scraps of paper
if he could get away with it. An in
stance is the case of the trade route
between Europe and the Argentine.
On that route were English, French,
Italian and German steamship lines.
All signed an agreement to charge
fixed freight and passenger rates,
graded according to speed, cargo
capacity, etc, Of each specific ship.
A few months later the German
lines would be getting more than
their rightful share of the traffic,
and an investigation never failed to
unearth the fact that the Germans
were breaking their word and re-
batting behind their competitors
backs
Having lost, with the outbreak of
the European war, her own world
trade, Germany determined that
America should not grasp the gold
EN- opportunity then offered her to
catch it. Of the story Of German
Vaccination and intrigue in this
country before our entrance into the
conflict only a fraction has been told.
But | believe that when revealed it
will show gigantic efforts to have
been made to prevent this country
from acquiring a merchant marine
in the first place, and, later, from
building a fleet which would have
trade value after the war.
The German Lobby
At Washington
For years the big German steam
ship companies trading to the
United States maintained lobby in
Washington. ! have been intimate
ly affected by that lobby, for it has
blocked all our efforts to get that
American merchant marine which
would free the United States from
being the commercial dependent of
foreign nations, and especially Ger
many.
In September, 1914, the Secretary
Of the Treasury endeavored to Sc
cure for the United States the
nucleus Of merchant marine of
oeep-Sed Sn1pS. l1du ne Deen allowed
by Congress to purchase the fleet of
ships then on the market-pur-
chased them at $50 ton, against
$175 a ton, and even higher, to-day
we would have had Immediately
seven or eight hundred thousand
tons of splendid merchant ships and
the regular trade of the United
States never would have suffered as
it did during 1915 and 1916 because
foreign ships on regular trade
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Taking Over of German Piers First
Step To Prevent Hun From
Financing Next War
By Ralph E. Cropley

(fr Cropey Of the of s. N. & Co., York; Iona
student shipping problems coautho
Baker the bill under chich the United Shipping
constituted.)
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sors of the bill know this? Perhaps
not. Did the German lobby know it
when it was urging the bill? Well,
rather.
The La Toilette law benefited the
German merchant marine by MAX
ing it difficult to operate American
ships in foreign ports and foreign
ships (outside of German ships) in
American ports, because Section
1880 enabled the crew to get money
which invariably resulted in drunk
enness and lack Of efficiency, and the
desertion clause of Section 16 made
it difficult to get and keep crews. Be-
ing under naval rulings, German
crews couldn't desert and go scot
free. Furthermore, other sections of
the law increased the cost of opera
ton for all other ships except Ger
man, and, as soon as it was in oper-
alton, before we had a scarcity of
ships, drove many of the few ships
the United States had in overseas
trade to haul down Old Glory and
run up a foreign flag in order to
keep American shipowners out of
bankruptcy. Even though the bill
became law in 1915, Germany was
preparing to protect her trade when
peace came.
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Fight on the
Wooden Ship

Then there was the "chain of
wooden Ships" which was urged at
our entrance into the war as the
speedlest means of getting shipping
constructed for the transport of
troops and munitions of war. Of
course, these ships would be almost
useless for trade competition with
steel ships after the war, and Ger
man influences knew that we'll. Yet
the wooden ship idea was right, up
to certain point, only it should not
have been adopted to the exclusion
Of steel ships.
The fact was that the idea camou-
tagged the real situation as far as it's
orlglnators and the public were con-
cerned, for efforts were given pri-
marily to creating wooden ship
yards and building wooden ships be-
cause it was said that steel ships
couldn't be built, as the steel wards
were Overrun with work. (Con-
tracts were let for steel ships, but
not proportionately as they should
have beenD Now, in 1916 those Of
us who were working to get the
Shipping Board bill passed were told
by the steel ship builders that if the
new Shipping Board could show that
American ships would be able to
earn their upkeep in times of peace
the steel yards would double their
capacity at their own expense within
one year. again the influence of
the La Toilette law If they could
have doubled within one year when
we were at peace, certainly in time
OF war, with government assistance.
they could have done it in less than
half the time. This has been proved
by the work at Hog Island, Newark
Bay, etc.
How the Germans must have
laughed over that "chain of wooden
ships across the Atlantic New
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-30

an Zionist organization. was organ
lied. Sewing circles we're imn:ediste-
Is>orEanized under leadership Of AIS.
Nathan Musher.
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GERMANY NAMES CHIEF
FOR LOST COLONY

AMSTERDAM. Jan. 3O.-The Ger
man emperor has appointed Privy
Councillor HsLer 90 b. governor OF
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THE CITY'S SOCIAL SIDE.
Secretary and
Mrs. Baker Are
Dinner Guests

The Secretary Of War and Mrs.
Baker are the guests in whose hou-
or Mrs. Ross Thompson will enter
tain informally at dinner tonight
Mrs. Thompson will so to PhiladeI-
phia this week 10 spend the week
end with her son, who is in school
there.
Senator and Mrs. Willard Salisbury
will entertain at dinner tonight. Mrs
salisbury will receive tomorrow
afternoon.
Capt. and Mrs. Perry Belmont en-
tertsined at luncheon today in COM
pIiment to Mrs. Henry ;. Lippitt,
who is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. George
Howard. Mrs. Lippitt has been
spending the winter in the South.
=
Lady Iister-Kaye entertained at
luncheon today at the ShOreham.
Mrs. Joseph :. Frelinghuysen. wife
OF Senator FTelinRhuysen of New Jer-
sey. Will be at home tomorrow after
nOOn lOE TIC - Alhit SCdsOA-
=
Mrs. Marshall Field will be hostess
at tea on Friday afternoon.
:.
Mr. and Mrs. William Ziegler, Jr.,
OF New York. have leased the resi-
dence OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Plead
well on r street for the season. Mrs.
PIeadwelI. who has been South all
winter. has returned TO Washington
and is at the Altamont apartment
house.
Mr.. ZiegIer has recently been COM
missioned lieutenant in the ordnance
department.
Mrs. George r. MRrye was hostess
at an informal luncheon yesterday in
compliment to Mrs. r. Burial Hoff-
man, OF New York. who is staying
with Mrs. James Mcdonald.
Maj. and Mrs. w. c. +. Nicholson.
who have been visiting Mrs. Nichol-
sons parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
T. Carry. at the Shoreham, left Wash
ington last evening for Texas. where
Major Nicholson will be on duty. Ma
jor Nicholson Is a son OF Brig. Gen.
W. L. Nicholson. L. s. A., who is
temporarily in command at Camp
Meade.
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scott BrnrI'rcll viii como To Wash.
ington today from Harvard to spend
week with his mother. Mrs. Charles
Cromwell.
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Mrs. r. y. shepherd has been ap-
pointed 10 represent the District ut 60
luTbia in establishing n L. y. G. bed
in the American military hospital No
in France. Mrs. Shepherd j. prominent
In southern relief work. and this honor
has only com" To siN others. who have
bccn appointed in like manner to rep
resent various sections Of the United
States.
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WOMEN
FORM CHAPTER
TO AID z|ON|SM

That the coming Jewish democracy
in rehabilitated Palestine will be q
land OF equal suffrage, where women
will have their say in making the
laws, Is almost q certainty.
At least Washington women be-
lieve this. and 100 Of them are today
devoting their energies. not only to
the spreading OF Zionist propaganda.
but TO works OF mercy.
Last evening about 100 women OF
Jewish faith met at the Young Mems
Hebrew Association, l34T Pennsyl-
vania avenue. and made extensive
plans to aid the suffering thousands
in Palestine.
A chapter of the Hadassah, the wom-
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Wife of Assistant
Secretary of War
viii ArtUe Today

Mrs. Benedict Crowell, wife OF the
Assistant Secretary Of War, aud their
two children are expected to arrive
in Washington today from Cleveland.
Mr.. Crowell has been occupying an
apartment at StoneleiEh Court. but
has leased Mr.. and Mrs. Gist Blair's
country residence at Silver Spring for
the remainder OF the season.
s..
Mrs. james Hamilton Lewis. wife OF
the Senator from Illinois. Will be at home
informally tomorrow afternoon from
to O'Clock Al the Shoreham Hotel.
=.
Miss Helen Nicolay and Miss Florence
7. Spofford will be at home informally
this afternoon at their apartment in the
Woodward. Receiving with them will
be Mrs. Gertrude Matthews Shelby. who
is connected with the Noman's Council
OF National Defense
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Mrs. Roscoe { I;ulmer has gone to
New York To- spend week with her
huS band, Commander Eulmcr. l.. :. y
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-30
BRAZILIAN SHIP CALLED
BACK TO AMERICAN POT

AN ATLANTIC PORT, Jan. 3D.
In response to wireless orders from
her owners. an American steamship
which sailed for Brazil on Saturday,
has returned to this port The veS-
sells return gave rise to renewed
reports that C-boats were active OF
the Brazilian coast.
Cabled reports received here sew.
eral days ago stated that several
German submarines were sighted off
never confined.
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Miss brakes Lecture.


Miss Alice Hutchins Drake will
speak tomorrow in the club room at
COZ Eleventh street at IL o'clock.
Following the regular review of cur
rent history, Miss Drake will speak
on the Worlds Famous Highways"
This will include the approach to
the AcrOpolis. the Via Dolorosa, hte
route of the Canterbury Pilgrims, the
Corsa. the Nevsky Prospekt, the Ber-
lin and Bagdad railroad. and many
others which will be discussed from
the standpoint of history. In the
evening Miss Drake will repeat the
program at the Ontario.
The Martha Washington Chapter.
II. 4. r.. will entertain at a knitting
and card party at the residence of
Miss Mary Perry Brown. 1865 Mint
wood place. tomorrow afternoon, from
= to 3 o'clock. An admission of 25
cents 81 asked. the funds to go to-
ward the expenses OF the patriotic
work carried on by that chapter. Tea
will be served at ) o'clock by Miss
Brown, the hostess.
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the German colony Of New Guinea.
The Cologne NolkzcitunE explains;
1T may sound curious that a COVER
nor should n appointed to a region
which we have lost during the war.
but the fact Is thus clearly empha-
sized that Germany has no intention
OF renouncirt: her colony"
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MarshaII-Joaes wedding.

LieTi. Julian Howard Marshall, Of
the British army, whose marriage to
Miss Eleanor Howard Jones will take
place this afternoon at Old ~. Paurs
Church. Baltimore. came to Washing
ton on Monday to report at the Brit
ish embassy. Canon William l.. De
Nries. of the Cathedral of IS. Peter
and Paul, Washington. will officiate
at the wedding. He will be assisted
by the Re-. Charles \. IIensel. rec
tor of the Church OF the Rcdeemer
and the Rev. DIR. Art hur Bsrksdale
KinsolvinE, rector of Old s.. PauTs.
No invitations have been issued for
the wedding and a small reception
for the two immediate families and
few friends will follow at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Dobbin Penni-
man, in Ba' .imOre. Mrs. Penniman
being an aunt of Miss Jones.
Lieutenant Marshall will have as
his best mai Lieut.. G Provost Boyce.
and the usha"s will be Lieut.. Guy HOl-
lyday, Lieu;. Emory II. Niles. Lieut..
!. \, DushaGe pennimau. and Ensign
:. Preston petre. Of Baltimore:
Henry Kel!v end Lieut.. Henry Baker.
OF Washingt N.
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EdaUard N. Hurley
GtUes Dinner At
Metropolitan Club

Edward y. Hurley. chairman OF TIE
shipping board. entertained a dis
tinguished company OF men at Dime:
last evening at the metropolitan
Club, with u number OF his assOci-
ates OF the shipping board among
the guests. In the party were Sena-
tor James Hamilton Lewis. senator
Henry +, Hollis, Justice J. Harry Gov
inGton. Judge William Hitz, De-u
Gay. Of harvard University: Harold
AnberG, y. W. Shaw, Joseph Cotton,
Nr. Bass, OF the shipping board; John
Walsh. Edward +. curling, Judc,
John Barton Payne. John \. Donald,
Edward J.. Carry. Thomas J.. Logan,
Patrick Joseph Tumulty. Raymond T..
Stevens, George Rublee, Robert u.
Pstchin, Mr.. Mcdonald, Of the Federal
Trade Commission: J. u. \. Morrow.
Charles Day, and Amos Brown.
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