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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
.CzERN|N DECLARES
ARMY Baked HIM
Compares His Experience as
Leader With Efforts of
President Wilson.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Monday, July 2S.-The Ma
tional Zeitung will publish tonight
excerpts of an interview of the
Austrian correspondent Karl Novak
with Count Czernin, the former
:. arian foreign minister,
: Concerning his report in 1917 of
: Austria's condition. Count Czernin
told Novak that it was his opinion
even before Rumania entered the wal
that peace was necessary, but he fall
ed to convince Gen. Ludendorff and
Ludendorff's colleagues, and conflicts
between them were fairly violent.
At Brest L.tovsk, Count Czernin
pleaded for peace of understanding,
but accomplished nothing.
My mission was a miniature of
) president Wilson's mission to Versail-
les" Count Czernin declared. "Presi-
: dent, Wilson wanted peace, but Foch
had the military supremacy. Presi-
dent Wilson at Versailles found his
Brest-Litoysk."
Resigned Because of Intrigues.
- COPENHAGEN. July 2s.-A dis
patch from Vienna says that Count
Czernin, former Austro- Hungarian
statement to the effect that his re-
port to Emperor Charles, under date
of April II. 1917, was handed to
Matthias Erzberger,. without his
knowledge, by certain irresponsible
persons. Herr Erzberger, Count
Czernin says. acted in good faith, and
declares the handing over of the re-
port was link in the chain of minor
1ntrigues which caused him to resign.
Count Czernin asserts he will shortly
publish book clearing up these
matters.
"a Copenhagen dispatch of Sunday
said Count Czernin's report had been
published at Weimar, the seat of the
cipal point of the report was the
necessity of opening peace negotia-
tions before our enemies are aware
OF our expiring power" The report
warned Emperor Charles of the de-
ceptiveness of hopes founded on sub
marine warfare. and emphasized what
Americas entry into the struggle
would mean. Count Czernin's report
was made the subject of an attack on
Matthias Erzberger in the German ma
tional assembly,
Kuehlmann Holds Back News.
BERLIN, July % (by the Associated
Press).-Dr. Richard Won Kuehlmann,
former secretary for foreign affairs,
interviewed by the Munich corre-
spondent Of the Zeitung am Mittag
on the disclosures of Matthias Err
berger regarding the peace overtures
of 1917, said that he did not con-
slider himself privileged to make pub
lie confidential affairs which occurred
during his term of Office without
authorization from the foreign minis
try. DR.. Kuehimann said he doubted
the utility of any such publicity.
DR.. George Michaelis, the former
imperial chancellor. in a statement in
the Taeglische Rundschau July 81,
disclaiming responsibility for the re-
fusal of peace overtures in 1917 at
. tributed to him by Erzberger in the
national assembly, said that the pro-
posals were laid before him early in
September and that he discussed them
with Dr. Won Kuehlmaun
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
Crochet Spreads

s. Value. July Rid @ M
dance Price, Each VAsOO
-72x84 inches; plain hem; in
two good designs; strictly all
perfect. Limited quantity. !,
Kann's-Street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
"kOOltex" Grass
Rugs
PRICE Rid dance $40

-8x10-ft. Heavily Stenciled
Grass Rugs, specially low priced
to clean up. The lot contains
about IS rugs, most of which
are stenciled designs in blue
and brown colorings, and some
plain greens. One day only.
Kann's-Third Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
''keds"

Sold for Sz.o0, $3.50 and $500,
July Rid dance CT 7E
Price ............ ~ xsIo
ALI our Better "Keds"-the
ideal shoe for vacation wear.
An opportunity you cannot af-
ford to miss.
Kann's-Fourth Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
Mother Goose
Rhymes
BleaChed =
Pillow Cases j..

Each. 5UCr
45x36 inches. Regulation size,
hand torn; made the straight
way of the cotton. affording ex-
celient service; will not split or,
wear. Kann's-Street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29

WOfnel1'S Dresses
July Radiance coo 7E
Price ......... @ASs]O
Odd Dresses, mostly our one
of-a-kind high grade models,
taken from our regular stock.
-Georgette and silk combina-
lions, tricolette, printed Geor-
gette combinations, crepe de
chine, taffeta and serge. Plenty
of white and flesh Georgette
dresses, all sizes.
Kann's-Second Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29

NeCkWear
Values to sl.se, July Zoe
Radiance Price .... ~
Included in this lot are odds
and ends of neckwear in Geor-
gette Crepe, Organize, Lace and
Pique.
Kann's-Street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
Special Steel Die
and Stamping
Offer

we Will enSraVe a new Stccl
die in any two or three letter
monogram. Your choice of 81
styles and stamped in any col
or. Your choice of
-48 sheets of Cranes Linen
Lawn in white or blue.
-4S sheets Cranes Kid Finish
Paper, in white.
-48 sheets Cranes CHARTERED
Oak, light green.
-(48 envelopes, not stamped,
with any of above.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
Peanut Brittle
Special o..
Package of
Chocolates

--opeciaI Tackage OF Assorted
Chocolates or Chocolate Cow
cred Cherries, regularly sold
for l5c. kann's-Street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
House Dresses
s ysl'e' to S1.77

Limited quantity of House
Dresses in percales, ginghams
and chambrays. Light and
dark patterns. Also stripe, with
plain collars. Sizes IS to 46.
Bargain Table-Kann's-First
Floor,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29

Odd lot of Lace-Trimmed
Scarfs, including several at
tractive patterns.
Kann's-Fourth Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
WOnen's Tailored
Suits

we are Offering at this
price an odd lot of these cor
sets, in sizes "a, IS and Sc.
Kann's-Second Floor.
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Felt Mattress

P Pdes .' k.aaanee $I4.SS
ALL White Layer, 45-Pound
Felt Mattresses-about 20 that
lust came in on back order.
Could not be duplicated today.
Rolled edge style, E inches
thick. Made of soft resilient
white cotton felt that will not
lump or harden.
Kann's-Third Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29

"A deposit OF one-1ourtn Vdlue VIII nc
Hudson Seal Coat, 80 inches long, large collar,
bell cuffs, self border, belt. Choice skins. Sum- q
Hudson Seal Coat, squirrel collar and cuffs.
Coat is 80 inches long. Belted. Summer Sale q
Hudson Seal Coat, 50 inches long, wide fare, extr
and bell cuffs Best quality pelts. Summer Sale q
price ~
Hudson Seal Coat Sc inches long, extra large
collar and cuffs Of skunk. Belted Summer Sale q
price ..''..... ~
Hudson Seal Coat, Sc inches long, beaver cola
All choice skins, fare model with belt. Summer q
Hudson Seal Coat, squirrel collar and cuffs. Care
skins. Coat is 36 inches long With belt Sum- q
mer Sale price ~
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Personal Wotchfu
The Real Defence

Beyond all this, however, will have
to come constant watchfulness and
patriotism on the part of all Ameri-
cans.
Unless they realize that war is going
on the German will be able to work in
his opening wedges in many places.
Unless they are on the watch for
propaganda they will succumb to much
Of it.
Unless they are willing to make sac
ritices in temporary price advantages,
and understand that those sacrifices
will be to their own advantage in the
long run by keeping the American pro-
ducers in the field, and preventing the
Germans from recovering and exploit
ing a monopoly, few years will find
the Hun exacting heavy tool from us.
Finally, unless there is a careful
preparation made, if another war should
come, we would find the German. as in
this one, in control of many of orr
most essential war industries, and able
to cripple us beyond estimate.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
German Papers
Gaze Best CIeaps

AS has happened so often, the Ger
mans themselves gave the best of as
sistance in seeking out these proper
ties. German organization demands
that the central authority shall know
all that is going on, and throughout
the war the American investments and
companies were continually reporting
to the home offices. Since November,
1916, when the government took over
the Sayville wireless plants, most of
the messages have passed through the
hands of the naval censors at Sayville
and copies Of all these messages have
been kept. There are 27O,0O0 Of them.
Mr.. Garvan had these messages as
sorted and searched, and he then be-
gan Investigations on the strength of
the information unearthed and the re-
lations shown between American COM
panies and Berlin. One big concern
was seized, for instance, following an
inquiry started because it had con-
suited a Berlin person about some
raises in salary, though on the surface
it was purely American. Mr.. Garvan
feels confident that there were few
German concerns here which did not
consult their German owners at some
time during the American control of
the wireless, and he has got hold of all
that did
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
No Legislation Ye:
10 Meet Ne,o Menace

Against this gathering menace Amer
ica can set no measures for defence
mat nave been taken, no preparedness
that is ready, except what has been
done by the Alien Property Custodian.
This is much. Many measures have
been suggested, some have been pre-
pared Opportunities for defence or
tor counter attack are on every hand.
but there has been laid before Con-
gress no comprehensive plan, nor has
one been offered, and the protection
now given by the great war boards is
vanishing as they fall to pieces. In
deed, they were never built, and thew
have not the powers, to give such pro-
lection.
One thing has been done, not indeed
Tor the protection of America, but for
the benefit of American trade, and that
is the great damage inflicted on the
German machine in South America
through the efforts of the intelligence
division Of the War Trade Board. Its
weapon has been the use of the enemv
trading list for the control of exports
and shipping which the export and
bunker license power gives, and with
this 1T has forced into liquidation many
German interests in South America.
and has driven others to expensive and
Gripping subterfuges.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Must Dislodge Hun
Within, Our Gates

81 have already referred to the i'm
portance and necessity of dislodging
the hostile Hun within our gates,
whose methods are such as to unsettle
the future peace of the world" he says
again. And he reports that the fight
has started.
with the cessation of hostilities
something of new fighting spirit has
developed" he reports, "and lawyers
who, while the war was on, would have
been unwilling to play any part in re-
sisting the just demands Of the govern
ment in taking enemy property have
not hesitated to throw all sorts of OBJ
stacles in the path of the Alien Prop
erty Custodian"
His evidence does not stand alone.
The spread of new propaganda, the
appearance of German agents all over
the country. the appointment of high
officials in Germany because Of their
familiarity with America, the diplo-
matte attitude and commercial prepara-
tions Of the whole German fabric, all
prove the same thing. The main out
line Of the German campaign, IN
AMERICA, is already coming into plain
view. With a startling accuracy it
follows the lines laid down by Herzog,
the commercial Treitschke
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Huns Still Hare
Vast Resources

10 back up her campaign Germany
stlll has vast resources outside her own
territory. Her policy of secrecy and
the elaborate camoufage under which
she has worked make it impossible tn
DO more than guess at the figures.
Those given are such a guess. con-
Cured in by several men who have
been in close touch with the matter.
and are as of the beginning of the war.
Since that time there has been 2
heavy seizure in Allied countries. much
injury done in neutral countries hv the
blockade, the trading with the enemv
lists, and similar measures. and. on
the other hand, a considerably IN
creased German investment in neutral
countries and in Russia. Whatever t.
now amounts to, this sum is out of
reach OF the measures taken by the
peace conference to put German home
wealth under control, and will be avail
able for financing her new war.
These are the figures: The United
States, two billion dollars; South Amer
lea, two billions; Great Britain. one
ollllon; Europe, two and one-half bill
ions, and Africa and Asia. a billion
and one-half, making a total of nine
billions.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
$7o0,OO0,OoO and may run as high as
ST 900 600 OOn

$70O,000,00O and may run as high as
$1,000, 100000
Mr.. Garvan believes that the Gus
todian's office is now within measur-
able distance of completing the task of
finding and selling enemy property
the job of administering and disposing
Of it will last for many months. Some
parts of the country have been swept
clear already of practically all that
can be seized under the law, and q
minute search of other sections is
going forward rapidly. New York,
which was, of course, the chief centre
of enemy investment, is practically
clean, and within another month or six
weeks the bulk of this work will be
over.
Indications of new enemy properties
are still coming in, but most of these
now involve only small amounts, of
little Importance from the point of
view of commercial strategy Under
the law, too, those which have not been
reported, and may still be discovered,
will be subject to seizure for failure
to report, even after the signing of
peace.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Kaiser Tried TO
S0Ue Lnuaders Here

So vital were these American invest
ments to him the Kaiser] that wher
the seizures began he sent an unprece
dented note of protest to the State De.
partment. In this he said:
"The condition put upon the dis
possession, which is left to the dis
cretion of the President, that it
shall be necessary for the national
security and defence, cannot be ac
cepted as valid ground for such
rule, since the above stated ground
can always justify a seizure for
use during war, but not lasting
acquisition of the property.
The German government must see
therein an attempt to shack)e
through measures of force, the op
portunities of German interests in
the future consciously a;ned
to do lasting injury to German eco
nomic existence"
The recovery Of these interests will
be sought in every way--throueh law
suits, through attempts to repurchase
both openly and secretly, and through
the use of such German agents as still
remain inside the seized organizations
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Bad Faith and
Bribery to BE Used

slXTH:-BAD FAlTH Germany
taught us what "scrap Of paper" is.
In commerce. as well, her merchants
are notorious for their failure to keen
their agreements. American business
men already know what Germans
word is as good as his bond--it re,
quires full security to make either
worth anything. Germany will count
her Willingness to break faith As an
asst in her new war, as she did in the
old.
"Commerciol treoties win como aoniy.."
s1ys Herzo0, "hke other intevmntiomal
n0yeoments, and pvobabty aoiu be broken
n0ntn. They must be couched In such
teyws thnt they bvimg odvanta0es 10
the e2poyt tvade as lang as then nre
kept G,sd do not threaten 1ts suistencs
whcm, (oy u little v0victy. they are ar
bftvariLy nbroOated."
sEvENTH:~~BKIBERY. Any Ameri-
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Germany Has Big
Army in america

sECOND:-ESPIONAGE. The coun-
Try is full to-day of German agents; it
has never been cleared Of them. Cap
tain George 3. Lester, Of the Military
Intelligence Division, testified before
the Overnan committee that there was
q silent army of more than 100000 per-
sons registered at the German and
Austrian consulates, ready to give
their services, usually without pay, to
the enemies Of America. That army
has never been dlsbanded. Some of It's
members were driven away-they are
beginning TO Yeappear. Some were in
terned-they will soon be released. A
few Of the worst we're imprisoned, but
even they will practically ali be freed
within two years.
Men who were on that list permeate
our business life. They are agents and
executives for our factories and trad
ere. They are confidential accountants
and sxperts. They have their fingers on
syery pulse. Legally, they cannot be
~uchsd, but there they are.
German industries" says Her
zo2, must therefore be constantly
informed, IL IL seIf-evident
mat for this purposs the Industrial
ears to making private connections
wnich have deeper insight into
tns special conditions Of each case"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Secrecy to Marx
Huns aggression

RTH:-SECRECY. The German
goods will come under other trade
marks and names. The German agents
will appear as of other nationalities
Plans for this have been carefully
made and are already in full opera
ton. The most astute purchaser will
often be deceived, and it will more
than often be difficult to detect the
hand of the Hun behind apparently ad-
vantageous proposals and offers.
''1n the immediate future" says
Herzog, the presence of anything
German among formerly hostile ma
tons will evoke emotions which are
not advantageous for the advance
ment of commercial relationships. Of
this there can be no doubt. Germans
will certainly be more careful than
ever not to give offence. But in this
they will be successful only if they
take as a pattern the Swiss method
in linguistics. Men in manufacture
and industry must take care in fu-
ture to use foreign languages in the
native way. We need not
fear that Germanism will suffer be-
cause of this.
"a foreign exterior is necessary
for purposes of protection.
German efficiency must link itself
with conformability not hitherto
exercised. Denationalization
of goods should not be avoided.
The intrinsic quality Of ex-
ported goods must be typically Ger
man; their external garb, for better
or for worse, will have to be anony-
mouS--neutral"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11

can who has anything for sale which
the Germans want can get his price.
Bribery has always been Prussian
weapon. The chief clerk, the confden-
tial employe, the private secretary
who has information can always ind
market with the Hun agents..
ready before the war the German or
ganization succeeded in buying its
copper from America at a price that
averaged 5 to 10 per cent lower than
Americans themselves had to pay. The
German organizations are strengthened
for this now. By joining hands and
placing tremendous orders they will
seek to cut under the American market.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Other Hun Firms
DriUen Underground

Those concerns which have not been
taken over have been driven so far un-
derground that they have been put to
great expense and badly crippled, and
they will have to stay there or be
seized when they come out. In the
mean time, in the strategic industries
at least, American companies have had
time to get a fair start, and, with
proper protection through the next
critical years, should be able to meet
German competition with more than an
even chance of success.
Furthermore, some thousands of
patents owned by the enemy and bear
ing royalties have been seized and sold
to Americans, or will be so sold. These
form double protection-they enable
the American owner to manufacture
here the article which had previously
been imported from Germany, or made
under German supervision in this
country, and they also form a protec-
tion against German imports of that
article, which would infringe that pat
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
TaCo Weapons IN,
american Hands

Aside from the limitations which
may be put on German commercial ag-
gression by the peace conference, or
which already have been placed on it
by the Allied terms and by the cir
cumstances growing out of the war,
only two possibilities so far have been
suggested in the way of purely Ameri-
can defence. The first is the revision
of the tariff with distinct view to
meeting the German menace. The sec
ond is the transfer to peace uses of
the commercial weapon which has
grown out of the war-the import
license.
Great Britain already is using this
last named weapon as a protection for
her industries not only against German
competition but against all the world.
Under this system she absolutely con-
trolls all imports, whether of manufact-
ures or raw materials, and assures
that there will not enough Of either
come IN to prevent the full production
OF her own factories, mines or farms,
or to andercut the prices necessary
tor their prosperity. Incidentally she
prevents the importation of luxuries
which might drain off money needed
for other purposes, but that is more
or less a side issue.
1t has been suggested that such q
system be introduced to protect Amer
lea, and on its behalf is urged that it
does not give the home manufacturers
or other producers the same oppor-
tunity to raise prices that tariff
wall does. One such measure, designed
to give the American potash produc-
tion time to develop, already has been
introduced in Congress, and another
to do the same for the dye and chemi-
cal industry is being prepared and
will be submitted by the Chemical
Foundation.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Germans Ai,Uoys
Working Together

F1FTH:-MUTUAL AID. The Ger.
man invaders, often if not always
camouflaged, will always be found
working together against the Ameri.
can business man and buyer, their
manoeuvres controlled from Berlin
their joint efforts being centred on
man or business, which is often
unaware Of attack, and still less often
aware that he is between two hostile
forces, which are cooperating against
him.
Organizations to assure this have
already reached tremendous proper
tions in Germany, and the consolida-
tion is still going on, with every :ndi-
cation that it will not cease till every
German exporter has been brought in
side single. great cartel, which will
control all their outside activities.
What we need says Hcrzog, ais
safeguarding Of industry, as
whole, against the special interests
of individual industries, which could
only be satisfied, to the detriment
OF industry in general, and there
with the whole export trade.
War conditions have caused or
carnations for the purchase, sale
and distribution of material to spring
up IN our economic life, the posi-
bility OF whose formation every one
would have doubted before the war
economic organizations with formerly
unthinkable authority, and oper-
ating, perhaps for this very reason,
with shining success. Smooth off
their rough edges and you can easily
imagine similar bodies in time Of
peace"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
CermanyIs Turning
10 Latin Countries
South america To Be Fa.
Uored Zone of Teutons
in Efforts to Rescue
Shattered Markets

A Washington dispatch to "The
San Antonio Express" says:
Despite the reverses of the war, Ger
many is making strenuous efforts "a
provide Jumping off" places from
which she can make still other efforts
TO regain her lost trade, according to
information which has reached the
State Department from various sources
She looks to South America as her
great future stamping ground" be-
cause of the presence there of neutral
at the present time, and this accounts
is another place that Germans have set
IN the category of "likely zones OF
occupation" and the United States IA
listed among countries which do not
regard Germans in the same light that
they are viewed by the British and
French.
Hundreds Of Germans, it is known.
are anxious to come to the United
States as soon as the peace treaty is
signed. The government, however, viii
not permit an influx of population
from the enemys country and they
therefore will be compelled to turn
to other lands. The attitude of this
government Is known to many of them
at the present time and this accounts
for the rush on the Mexican and Ar
gentine legations, especially in Berlin,
by Germans who seek by migration TO
escape the war penalties the Allied gov
ernments will impose on their coun-
try. Most of the prospective emi-
grants, though, carry with them au-
thorizations from German business
houses and corporations to open
branches in the countries TO which
they are bound