LOAN IN AMERICA.
PRO-GERMAN PLOTS.
BANKERS' CHANGED VIEWS.
(Received September IS, 1.30 a.m.)
New York, September 17.
In connection with the floating of the allies' loan, accumulating evidence of organised hostility amongst pro-German citizens suggests a deep-laid plot to strike at the very root of American prosperity, as well as threaten the lives of members of the allied loan commission. It is stated that the names of every bank officer with German blood in his veins is in the possession of those directing the agitation.
A project is mooted . for floating a big German counter-loan.
Certain Wall Street bankers, hitherto classed as pro-Germans, regard the success of the allies' loan as a fundamental necessity, and, believing the prosperity of the United States is involved, they 'will assist in raising the loan.
Mr. Jas. J. Hill, the " Railway King," after visiting a prominent German-American banker, said the American bankers must choose between the United States and Germany. The prosperity of the country demanded the success of the loan. Drastic methods would be adopted, if necessary, to quieten pro-German opposition.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16026, 18 September 1915, Page 8
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178LOAN IN AMERICA. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16026, 18 September 1915, Page 8
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