The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-30
HUN SHIPPING MAN
PREDICTED CRASH
OF GERMAN TRADE

"NNANfN HANHAA wv 90 " NNH
r%cspondoncc OF Tho Associated rfosnl.
Albert iiallin. general director q;
h llamburR- American Steamship
ON pany. who a reported 10 hnVu
committed suicide Just before the
signing OF the armisticc. had predict
ed disaster for the German overseas
trade as an outcome OF the war. This
IL disclosed by tho publication here 81
"A letter which Herr Hallii had writ
ten In december 1917. apparently 60
Dr. R%othenau. a privy councillor AZ
Berlin \ copy OF this lcttcl was
made public here by y NJ Paxton. a
resident OF sydney. who received II
from a friend In London. In u Ballin
declared h a whether Germany or
England M victorious In the war
The consequences to German foreign
trade would be disastrous. The letter
reads IN part;
Most of what We read in the news
papers as To "a preparedness forl
oiubnfking on brisk rad n manu-
tacturec as soon as peace has been
concluded Is, ! fear. written with the
manifest intention OF hcartenine "a
people who ave notoriovsly ignorant
OF our actual economic conditions an
all that threatens them
lie said that the German mercan-
tile marine was in ~ pcrilous on
dition,' and that tho bill 10 recstnb-
iish and strengthen II. which at the
time OF writing was before the Reich
stag. would show no results Tor ~
least five years. In that time Ger
many's great maritime competitors,
Britain. tinted states and Japan and
the neutrals OF Norway, Denmark and
Holland would profit enormously.
Balm reminded his friend that he
(Ballin> tainly begged Berlin author
tiles not to engage in Unrestricted
submarin" warfare; n he continued;
lyon and I know that the AMER
leans are probably tho most idcalistiC
nation IN the carth's surface, In an
t%agonizlng America We ave lone a
disastrous thing, q thing which viii
throw cold shadows on M economic
life FOR n generation" The latter
part OF Ballin's letter ran
"Dut " am concerned hou u
relations with tho United states. |
am still moro anxious about our re-
lntions with Britain I rcalige as
before that al the increase IN our
wealth. all tho success which attend
ed our enterprises in the year before
the war. we're owing 10 our intercourse
with the British empire. Her home
ports. hcr dominions and colonies
were freely opened 80 our shippers
and traders. Sometime I wondered
nj this generosity. and even called II
folly. H. II 10 be imagined for a
moment that those old relations will
return?
II am not 10 be supposed. dear
Herr Gehcimrut. 0prlVY CounCilorb as
saving one word In favor al Grcut
Britair's policy IN this war. I believe
that snc entered 1t from some bare
motives.
Consider what We are risking We
look forward To- resuming u seR
trade. We build our prOudest eNpec-
tations ON this. How are we to re-
sumo IL iu face Of an A~uglo-SaNpn-
dom which loaihps and mrst lOathc
our presence among them
but Ne must beat England. YOU
say. no matter what n consequence
I agree. All 7 say rs p q whether W.
beat her or she beats us the consc-
uuonces will DE the spmc-disastcr 10
our oNer-sca tYhdc ~ Britain 80 Wills
1t. We Way. In tine event OF victory,
Impose ali sorts OF conditions sccur-
ing MS most favored nation treatment
securing us free entry into British
ports everywhere. No sane man he
licVes that these conditions VIII help
MS.
With u hostile british empire.
CALLED and frcttc! with IA military
success. raging at it's losses. hope
lessly a%ilenatcd. how are we 90 pro-
cure the raw material which this cm-
pre- alone can supply ihtl Ei'bl
empire Is self contained and we are
not. and all the military Victories ant
an the Wild will-O'-wisps about Ham
burg to Bagdad' viii not help u.s.
Herr BALM died suddenly In Berlin
on Nov. .. The cause OF his death has
not been officially stated. but II has
been reported hat he had been sum
moncd TO the German army head
quarters and criticised by Genera
Ludcndo,f for opposing pianss of the
military party and that Railin then
appealed to tho then German empcr
or who sustained fudendorf's state
ments aud suggested that BALM
either adopt them or retire from
public life. Thereafter. according "a
reports. Rallin appeared to he greatly
depressed IN spirit. some reports re-
cciVed in London stated that he had
committed suicide
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