Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-12
HERR BALM PREDICTED
DISASTER FOR GERMANY
Greatest Figure in German Shipping
World EninIy Protested Against
Unrestricted U-lfOut Warfare.
AMERICA lDEALisrlc NATION
Realized That Commercial Success or
|atlcrlnnd Was Due to Trade In
tcrcomrse With British Empire.
Must Beat England at Any Cost.

LONDON. January Especially
- tSpcciaD Albert EalIin. general di-
rector of the Hamburg American
steamship Company. who is reported TO
have committed suicide Just before the
S!rninS O! the lrnisticc. had predicted
J hISaStcr FOR the German overseas
trade as IN ont ,une of the var. This
IS disclosed by the publication here
Of q letter which Herr Bailin had writ
ten III December. 1915. apparently TO
bi. ho'hanau. pr!vy councillor AT
Ecr..n. y copy OF THIS letter was made
pGbiie here by j. II. Paxton. IA resident
of sydney, who received i; from "a
friend al London In 1t Balm de-
rla.ca tnat whether Germany or Eng
land MAS Victorious in the war the
consequences 10 German foreign trade
would be disastrous The letter reads
IN pax.
Most OF what we read in the news
papers Is 10 our preparedness for en-
barking on nrISH trade ana manufac-
-uf"fs IS soon as peace has been con
SiG"eG IS, fear. wrltlcn with the man
Hest Intention OF hclrtcninp our Dco-
pa "np are VIGOROUSLY ignorant OF
our actual economic conditions and all
mat threatens them
lie said tina; the German mcrcan-
tue marine was ia "a peIItous condi-
iun. ana that The BIZ TO re-nsiaDiia.i ,
an" a. ai rem, tnen !, which at The time
=.
"ont" snow no results for AT lcas: five
years IN that time Gcrmany's great
i,nl"I.iine compeiitors. Bri,ain In.
United states ana Japan and the neu-
lIals, .sUrway. Denmark and Holland
"onia proit, enormously.
fa'i'n reminded his friend that ne
- i'-ii.b Ea!nly begged Berlin author
tics 'io' 20 engage n Unrestricted sub
'"'tIihe "Ari"re; ana he continued:
l"u ana Know ;hat the Americans
~" p'"baniy the most Idca!is,ic ma
ZION On The earth's surface. In an
thEoni.ins Ameriyu we have done
hlr4strons thing. a thing which viii
throw a cold shadow on our economic
IL t"i 4 generation, The latter part
Hi bttl.n . letter ran;
bnl ~ am concerned abou; our
'"..'.t:s Win Tic United states. |
SAT sun ;abrv aNN.OGS doOut our re-
-. 10. i.%%~ VIZ hr'"tH .,ealze IS
Cur wealth all tu" success which at
''A"'H "Hi "njr.ur!scs IN 'hc years be-
""d"-r with iug British emD!rc Her
nom" ports. ner dumiTious anu colonies.
"rTN tS"r!% opened 20 our shippers ana
S.H"ro.liS. ard even called /, folly.
- ~ 10 Hc mas .uei for Il moment
Inn, thos" oid relations will return.
am not - ne supposed. dear Herr
i"he!inT@' tpiIvy ,ouncI!or). as say
ine on" word IN favor or Britains
policy ia THIS war. believe That she
catered ~ from some base motives
onEide, what We are rish.ng We
!o"N forward 10 resumime our sea
I'""'' - "h!.a our prpudcst tApcc-
i-'t!"ns on THIS. How are We 10 re-
sumo .i in iuu- Of Hn Anglo Saxondotn
"Htch icathcs .,nd must loa:he our
nt"-rncr among th.nI
Bar "" must beat England, you say.
no matter " NAT tho consequence.
asr"r. All Say H. that whether we
o-It ncr on snc beats us tn. consc-
pHcnr"s "iit De INC same--iisaster To
oar overseas tr:,d" II Britain so wills
H. - may. IN the rvcnt OF victory.
impose ~ SORTS OF rond.'ious securing
~ mp~i-i9Nor"d- nation treatment Sc
curing V* free entry into British portg
every whrEe. 80 sane man believes
'nlt ,N"s" conditions Wiil hello US
'Wlth q hostile british empire. CALLED
%nG tre,tel Win our military success
raging at its losses. hopcicss!y allen
d'"d- now ri. NO 10 procure the raw
material which this empire alone can
supply. That great empire is self
contained ana W are not, and all the
military Victories and an the Wild
wlil-"'- he wiSpS about Hamburg to
Ba"Gad' viii MOI help us