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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 24th. 1917.

GERMAN FINANCIAL SPY AND SCREW” SYSTEMS.

SENSATIONAL REVELATIONS AT A LONDON MASS MEETING.

AMMEDIATE CLOSURE OF GERMAN BANKS DEMANDED.

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THE PRACTICAL MAN WHO ERINES ONLY

OF BIEKELSE

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more

of Canson-street Hotel; London, recently wall but you have forgotten that if a man had sunken, or before Berlin, for the benefit ansmittedlish frm J. Lionel Barber & Co., Then we can inspect their books to find

the

CALCULATING The second purpose of the German bank

THE WAR INDEMNITY.

in the heart of the Empirė must see that the school days that inter arma silent the sedulously and more radically the know to a penny what we were work, and The German bank at once obtained a stay fully shut out all inquiry into the deadly

Pible

(Cheors.): ^. When the decision is

not of a group of experts, but of the British nation. Hear, hear.) And it is

more

a matter upon which any one of us-any ordinary man or woman of common sense which had is amply entitled to express an opinion

stances operations of

to

would

there

the

DR. ELLIS POWELL'S SPEECH.

had

PREPARATION FOR DEFEAT.

German

should

thein to:

.It

"They poison the air above,

They poison the wells below, They polson Pity and-Love-

With the fumes of Hate and Woe, They poison the heavena clear

They poison the ocean's swel; Satan rooils in, fear

famofanking are conducted in an could have been any; doubt, about the aim loud applause, in seconding the resolu- concealment's sake, as they said. The struction of the Hapsburg Monarchy Public Prosecutor or with the resentment

•Well nware that have beenIVERY UNDER Sargum

Dr. Ellis Power, who was received with suggested that the transactions or they Kaiser is to be protected and pampered annat pretentious persons they must

intricate network of technicalities with the coils of which it is very easy for an expert to stifle the voice of those who he

and resources would be furnished to fine of 68. Krupps. The London branch of the clinch the matter he (the speaker) caused Bull's neck, even if the British armies ("Shame.") In order to the plan to keep the German foot on Joba He could not understand the spirit of by means of Gwinner's claborate spy sys- connected with the Disconto Gesellschaft not be defeated on land and sea we should Deutsche Bank got the facts and figures inquiries to be made in quarters officially were victorious in the field. If we could an Englishman who was prepared after tem In many instances even the amount as to Gutschow's identity. He had the be beaten at the peace, if a single Ger- this war, and after the way this war had of the English tender, or the rate at utmost difficulty in obtaining any in-man or naturalised German entrenchment been fought, to sit down at the same tablo which the contractors were to be assisted formation whatever, although at last he survived. The German banks wih a German, still leas to take the hand by their bankers, was made known to did succeed in getting it admitted than entrenchments, they were of a German (Loud cheers.) But they Krupps, who could then out the price and Gutschow got off with a fine of 6s., while which had proved impregnable for three

were Some sensational statements were made wards in the ordinary course. He could knew from sad experience on would not secure the order. A British firm, about an Englishman who, laat year, committed years, thanks to the Unseen Hand. The fortreases imagine a gentleman of nice legal preci almost nothing that some men to compete for a Belgian order, incauti an spalagous offence was fined not be. Russians lind found the Unseen Hand, masa menting held in the Great Hall sion possibly saying That is all very do for gain. (Ilear, heur.) We thought ously opened an account with the but £108. (Hisses.) Take one more cost. and lopped it off. Well, one of its fingers

those banks were in liquidation were in example, he was

before for Deatsche Bank. All information abou. There was recently put down for, trial a in England was the German banks. Let "under the naspices of the British Empire the Bankruptcy Court-you could not mother's grave for a

is its position was instantly

to libel action brought by a well-known Eng us have that finger off by closing there. Union, to urge the Government to come forward and given, preference to he was willing to trafic with bit sinton German Arm, which, thanks to its posses against the Deutsche Bank- cancel the Nicenses: granted to the Ger.one class of creditors over the rest His honour, and he maintained that it was on sinn of that knowledge, got the order. consisted in letters and cables sent to less parallel influences to those which answer to that was a very simple one: a level with those things to contemplate That was the system whose rascally ex- South America damaging the credit of paralysed Bussin were also successfully The libels the whereabouts of the other finger-un- "man banks and to close up their business When he saw an Englishman fighting with the possibility. of associates with that PTICO

a wild beast he was prepared to give him of men who had ravished and slain and pestry who would bhow, the British the English firm and imputing that they employed to paralyse #8. forthwith."

over the wild beastlond devastated and defiled wherever they had protecting from well-carned oxtirpation cables were essential to the success of the Treasury was at this moment engaged in had failed to meet their obligations. The Lord Leath of Fyvie, who presided, cheers) and if our very complicated, old been able to spread beyond their those

a preference

their own Shame" a

GET BEHIND THE BANKS said: These German banks differen would not hear the strain of giving an things to contemplate transactions about fashioned peace-ridden bankruptcy law

borders. It was on a

English plaintiffs. Frem first to last they That was the way to do it. They would tirely from English banks

received not the very smallest assistance nover know the real secret of the survival The latter Englishman preference over a wild beast which he could not argue, but which they a banking he would answer for it by saying that a felt in the very bottom of their so that organisation London was anellary to terests protected that the English firm gestion of their distinguished chairman, from the controller of the Deutsche Bank German, banks and Gerindral of are purely organised to do

In fact, so sedulously were German in doms until they had acted upon the sug- business, the primary purpose of Gerpassed through Parliament within swenty German commence and German finance, exhaustive surv whereabouts, will alco

necessary urgency act could have been

Since the war they had learnt the first. It was to obtain an exact and had to search all the cable offices, and and explored the books of the German -man banks is to develop the commerce of four hours, (Renewed cheers) These which they were trying to weed out, was sources and

and record of our refinally subpoena the Western Union Cable banks, the German brokers, and their the German Empire--(hear, hear)-by Governmentre kept in baing by our the handmaid of German statecraft. view to the estimate of the maximum warments which ought to have been submit, had a report on the banks by the chairmen

enemy banks

Co., at the last moment, to produce duca political allies. Quite recently they bad controlled day by day by They knew that every acceptance by indemnity that could be exacted from us. bed by the Controller in the first instanes of the London County and Westminster the advios and direction of their secret and those concerns were actually in asian policy. Its business was tainted with own national wealth. But the Kaiser, verdict for £3,000 damages against the gentlenen say that their instructions wers insiduous penetration, at all times by uninterned Huns their own managers Gorman bank was an instrument of Prus We had never prepared a census of our Mark the sequel. arying and spy: departments. (Hear, position to issue a malicious slander something from our point of view, for thanks to the German and naturalised Ger Deutsche Bank. Did they think that the to take the report (of December 16th, The jury found a Bank and Lloyds Bank. But these two henr.) Me: Massey (the Prime Minister against the credit of a British firm. They more Mischievous than fraud. It was in mari banke, firms, companies, and brokers English: plaintiffs got their money, No. 1918) ns a base. and representative of New Zealand), at a had to be taken into court. (Cries of evil that ought to be purged out of

hald lately, said anceting

We who are Shame!") He had always heard from mare

That restriction art where the wealth was to be found. Sup- of execution on the terms of the money political secrets which more exhaustive the peace when it comes will not be an leges, and he thought if that had any water that might be poured upon protinguished and obscure, had achieved its Deutsche Bank, would the English plain-useless. These people were parts of the

most insidious disease. (Cheers) But he could imagine the scoruful cold treachery, ofheinl and unofficial, dis-ended the other way, in judgment for the ports by Treasury officials were utterly pose German and naturalised German being brought into court. If the case had investigation might have discovered. Re intermitent pance, just to last a sufficient application it would bave laid it down period to enable Germany to recover its that the Germans should have no focus position, dividend known to us all who to the get the Gorman congue beliefs, have had it stay of execution? machinery of humbug and conceniment. atrength mantl

l get into a position to attack strend in any British court. (Hear of the individual feet of conqueror. We as again. must make this impos- hear.)

boasts that he was a practical man. The were to be asked for an indemnity of No") The Treasury would have com Theers.) The

wanted to pat all that on necessity of

AIN OF THE GOVERNMENT TO KEEP THE: taking this in hand at once is that Gor

practical man was a man who wonid say;00,000;

If we had pleaded that what cost to themselves.

pay up no-matter at the serap henp, to substitute energy, BANKS ALIVE.

Ob that is all very well, that is the many is preparing for peace as thorough-

we not possibly pay, we should have English plaintiffs, unlike German banks, concealment, and philo-Germanism. They then, the honesty, and patriotism for dilly-dallying, But of hysteria, the language of been shown a census of our own wealth, did not enjoy political protection. looked to Mr. Boner Law to do it, and Some purists suggested that our Gov- Yes, that was the same sort a minute and detailed record of all our And in the face of damning facts like they were there to offer their earnest and ly as she prepared for: war. But look out, the moment peace parlows begin in holders of acceptances, and that that the spheres would be less lovely than the terests, put together by the foulest system effrontery to stand up in the House of Hear

ernment might have financed British of man in whose cats the very music of financial, industrial, and commercial in these Mr. Herbert Samuel had had the enthusiastic support to the enterprise.

violence Barnest, then this country will be flooded with German-made literature, arguments make of British money and British credit (Laughter and cheers.) That class of man ever been witnessed in the history of the Hand was a myth. Talk about the Lid- discover the Unseen Hand. So far the would have been a very strong use to chink of the shekels in his pocket.of treachery and double-dealing that had Commons and declare that the Unseen behind the banks, and then they would and pleadings, all cleverly disguised, and He (the speaker) did not think so. What we would always have

hear:) They must get round probably there will be plenty of people the Government did was not merely to never yet learnt, and probably never called peace oratike, pacists, etc., and, finance the British holders of

among u He had world.

den plague!" Why, there were two hid mysteries of the German banks, like the "am sorry to say, a certain number of but to finance the whole volume of accepte immortal principle that "life is more than of the indemnity would have been met more virulent of the pair.

acceptances would learn

Our remonstrance about the amount den plagues, and German finance was the real facts about Donnington Hall, had pro-Germans will also join hands to

great, enduring, and erente pence undesirable and detriances of those banks; in other words, they meat and the body than raiment, He with a similarly callous

(Load ap been concealed by influential tactics, Ar rejoinder, plause.) mental to the Empire (Bear, hear.) the Englishman who found himself tious. That this public maceting calls statistics of your wealth have been com

were not ready to come forward and help concluded by moving the following resolu Look at our ledgers, wherein exact

one way of indicating highly placed con- POLITICO-FINANCIAL CONFEDERATION.

tempt for the British people. It was part MR. RONALD MCNEILL'S SPEECH, suddenly at the outbreak of war in the upon To forthwith annul all licenses operation of certain of your own politi- parts of a vast politico-financial organisa~ nowadays they poisoned French wells with The truth was that these banks were public life with German money, just as of the Germans' plan to poison British unfortunate position of being a creditor

the Government piled by our own banks with the Co Mr. Ronald MeNeill, M.P.; Now,

tion which stretched from the United arsenic-⠀ at first sight, it may appear to be to do that bank. They were not willing to alien enemy banks, and to withdraw clans, who have countenanced our plank an act of some audacity for a person gave the same protection to every neutral business;

to do that unless at the same time they all instructions for the continuation of (Sensation)

Status, across Great Britain, and right who makes ao pretence of being a trained holder and every enemy holder. Every(8.) To forthwith close these banks.

across the Continent of Europe to Con- Enancial expert to address a meeting in holder was put on exactly the same foot leaving the Official Liquidator to deal. In his third objective the German had dominante throughout the world.

stantinople. It was an organisation the City of London upon such a subject ing, and was given the assistance of the with any outstanding balances, the pur prepared for defeat; or, rather, he him

directed at the creation of German pre as this. But if I had to excuse my pre Government through the Bank of Eng pose being to eliminate the possibility of devised a plan which would enable him umbered among its partners, or syuk mence here it would be on the ground that land. What was the effect of that upon there being any representatives of Ger- to turn defent autho I entirely repudiate the notion that the the German banks He did not think man banks and institutions in this coun-banks and brokers had made to Among its obscurer agents were Tribitch Lest they should poison Hell."

pathisers, or business associates, various question of eradicating the influence from that there was the slightest doubt that the

victory.

Baanciers and politicians in all countries. us of the enemy whom we are now nixit of the Government was to keep the(s) forthwith appoint & com-secrets-such as share gambling by politi-students of European intrigue knew of it. they got a business committes to work is a matter entirely for experts. banks alive and their businesses alive, and mission of business men with full powerful id frivolous wives. (Loud and pro-stance, there was no higher autho- there would soon be explosions that would when pero is being considered; special business to discover useful Lincoln and Mrs. Wheeldon. All close (Applause and roars of laughter.) If upon that subject, it will be a decision the consequence of doing that was that to examine, analyze, and report upon the longed applause.) They had not stayed Steed, the foreign editor of the Times. London. (Hear, hoar.) Only the Commit

clans, or politicians meddlesome, spite- For they were given all the protection and affairs of the banks, and the business

on such subjects than Mr. Wickham blow up the German entrenchants in than the

protection which an done by them for the three years at discovery, either, Brivish institution would get immediately needing the declaration of such transaction eminent operated January Mr. Steed told us the reason why corruptible men, determined that the dead- They had incited In an article in the Edinburgh Review for tee must be composed of fearless and in- es, owing to the

circumstances

accounmodation for the Austrian Emperor, as well as the ly truth should be made known, no matter Arisen

War Fronter

Further, with superhuman any British bank I

old in the peace. The Anglo-German-Ameri-over in the process,

was toppled -in some cases be done vid Hamburg, for of the Government, he thought it was set tion, said: We had learnt out lesson real reason was that the operator should would strike the power of Prussia Ger of Judges and other highly placed people, can intriguers now realise that the de-be, for they would be threatened with the at rest by Sir William Plender himself, u bitter, bitter lesson-and this old land in that way provide conclusive evidence many a deadly blow (1) By removing as be (he speaker) had been. (Laughter.) because he told them in his report that it would be much older still before ever we of his own guilty furtiveness. He would from German control some 42,000,000 of Incorruptible they must also be for was not until January 10th that liquida- gave the German economis, assesin therefore be more helpless victim when the 51,000,000 Hapsburg subjects of whom within twenty-four hours of the appoint- tion was ever contemplated in the direc- another chance to work for our undoing pressure was applied, by means of the Germany now disposes; and (2) hy cutment of the Committed every member of i can almost imagine the gentleman of Shame)--because the Government, as he the stricken field or in the financial arena. Potsdam's be funncial indisting in twain the vast financial'organisait would know that if the, promise of

he received from the Government We had found the Gorman, whether on the expert class saying when a proposal (the speaker) said, they were anxious to of this nature is made to him with a very keep the banks alive until as they than a secret asgassin. (* Rear heart placed politicians had been an open book the Balkans and to the East It was the kind of thing they were up suppliant air of authority Well, that thought, this more or less inconvenient and applause).

to be much less of an open sportsman cretions and necessities of all their highly Europe and extends through Austria to his silence it was his for the asking. tion that controls the econmic affairs of future baronetcy or earlim would buy à proposal that would have very far episode of European war should pass

to our enemies. (Hear, hear.) Thanks

Art you to their wily and devilish foresight, they hail that, the financier of New York, Jacob against, to say nothing of the reaching effects, and it will mine well away, and the financial operations of THE FUE BIG D'."

though not avowedly, on their beWAS careful consideration." (Laughter.) Well, London went on, on the old footing

are right!" and applause.) That had doubtless been able to pose that fatal Schiff (hisses)-strove, and is still striv- destruction of records, or re-writing of sideration as you like, always, provided was right in saving

(Laughter.) If he financial

principal instruments of German alternative completly dilemma wasing, to promote & movement for imme books, during the last two and half years, that. We start with one axiomatic pro insolvency the head offices made remit Darmstadter Banks and the Disconto was with impotence and injury for us, venting the position, and that is that no

the Deutsche, Dresdner, and as pregnant with promise for Germany as ped there would be You can make will have so far-reattances, the effect of our Government's Gesellschaft We had had the dubione (Sensation.)

some chance of pre- be said that such tactics as these verged relaxation of effect, or so disastrous an effect, as if you Germany and the German Government of London--three D'a whose work might be action was to relieve the head banks in pleasure of weleeming three of them in

economic and financial grip upon the pro-German influences among us quite German upon criminality. Yea, but there were were to fail to drive Germany from her the necessity of meeting their own liabili- characterised by another three. L'e-as Unseen Hand from knowing any of the AN INTERESTING CASE.

world, and of retaining the lands of the capable of protecting criminals engaged frenches and dug-outs in the lines of

Thus far we had been prevented by the Hapsburg crown as a German bef? British commerce. Just as we are now. ties. (Cheers,) LOVE I

in the suppression of evidence that driving her from villages that she has ITISH MONEY SUPPORTS GERMAN CRSUIT (laughter and applause)--as well as books of German banks and German association of the German banks and in-

Dastardly, Devastating, and Diabolical deadly secret, which are concealed in the

monacrd scheming politicians. ("Hear, defiled in France (Cheers.) Now, dur In other words, it was a fact that at another 1) which he would not

If they required proof of the business bear" and ** Shame.") ing the two and a half years which won the outbreak of war, astonishing as at cularise. (Laughter.) The German banks For instance, he (the speaker) anders with politicians and other classes davo passed through in this awful struggle might sein, we were using the creds of and the German brokers wore, in fact, Dresdner Bank's dispatch or attempted elading our own they could have nothing sure then that the cups had con deta was in a position to affirm that the of person in all lande unfortunately in by holding these meetings. He could as- It had been asked what good was done we have had to endure the shame for it the City of London and the credit of the parts of a vast organisation of espionage dispatch of securities and documents to better than one glaring fast. In the last than satisfactory.

nothing else of seeing the Government British Government to support German of this country carefully fostering chemy credit throughout the world while it case was that of the City man who the Treasury within a month of its ecur which took place in this country-the sold by tens of thousands and segerly und betrayal. typical illustrative Berlin on the eve of war was known to and biggest politico-financial share deal of the last meeting in that hall had been.

The reprinted report. interests ocial, commercial, and financial file. of money from the Bank of England to clock at night and found the two Gerrence. Yet the whole thing had been con Marconi affair fhear, hear) various in-prused by all classes of the community

enemy influence in our involved an advance of some £12,000,000 returned unexpectedly to his office at t ten Cheers.) Not the most delicate a lovely these banks under a Government guaraian clerks busy making duplicates of his still concealed so far as officialism could of American Marconi shares taken from literally reached the boiling point at the

cealed: from the public, and was, in fact, terests adjusted their bargains by means (Applause) "plant could have been cultivated and antee (Cheers.) If his information was a single transaction passed through out of the bag by The Financial News were numbered one of the German banks, treachery that permeated every depart watered with more devoted care than has correct, the ternis of the advance, and it

books, for transmission to Berlin. Not compass it, though the cab had been let a single fand

Public indignation had been bestowed upon this poisonous weed was very significant, were for the dura- German bank in London, or through the and the Daily Mail. Further, he was in a Gerrano American conspirator, a memment of our national life.

Among those interests presence of this internal and sleepless. which has befouled our good English stil tion of the war and for twelve months books of a naturalised German broker, or formed that an immense mass of doen ber of His Majesty Government public man, whose recollections covered weed there is none inore poisonous meant was that there might be an ample formation which could be extracted patched to Germany on the Ambassador's Name Name") If they wanted the fire which can never be checked or quench-

of a German 22 trade protection society, monta and securities belonging to the Dis than the German banks, and for this margin after the war was over to arrange reason that the German banks have been those financial operations of advances and therefrom with regard to the financial boat after the declaration of war asmes, they were: (1) the Dreadner Bank, ed until Germanisui, consumed. (Loud

penetration

agent. ouer day: You boys have kindled generating plants which have supplied

lied repayments in order to make quite certain and commercial status and operations of ( Shine") This transaction would 3,000 shares (3) Mr. Jacob Schiff, the applause and Heat, power to the whole network, not merely that there should be no permanent dis- the of Gorman financial intrigue, but turbance of the operations of the banks, parties. The so-called German "trade have been stopped, but, as he understood; notorious German Lace plotter, were there to-day to su fuel to the fame Lord Leits has so well point d'out, to the Cries of Shame, and Voives: Shoot same game. A duplicate of every entry, terests of Germany and secured safe Attorney General-the present Lord Chief solutions which they were asked to sup agencies worb all playing the Cabinet Minister intervened in the in- 50,000 shares; and (3) His Majesty's then by the demands incorporated in the re- Well they whole network of German political them and Impeach them. activity Hear, hear.) They have cont

every fact, every figure--ave, every comma transit for

is what we have to consider-alike of The actual amount of the securities now He doubted if there was a single bus of "Shame la und Abominable") Hel Brussels, 2,500 shares. People enid !! Give facilitate preparations for the next war. addition to the Kaiser's Justice 10,000 shares; and (4) Colonel port. These lans and dens of treachery bined the two, and the ohjeet and that

and every semicolon went to Berlin, and resources (Bensation and general cries Thys a German penetration agent at count not be preserved intact, ready to was there docksted for use. (Shame, Financial intrigue has hold in those banks amounted to, he concern of any importance in Grethe speaker) had positive documentary us facts."Well there wore. Zacts and He would remind them that they were not beep in the long run to encouipass first believed, about £26,000,000, and he simply Britain whose secrets were unknown to He had no such positivo evidence in the lenged contradiction either from the living England. They owed ruthlessness

evidence of the Dresdner Bank outrages names. the complete penetration dominating the laid it down as a proposition, which no the German Government. The Bribien case of the Disconto, but he had no doubt Dresdner Bank Of Schieff, or the Lord and relentlessness in this matter to the He (the speaker publicly chal concerned alone with the interests of a British Empireund in the end its destrue one would contradict, that they ought to people had no idea of the pitch of per- of the truth of what he said. It was, Chief Justice (Loud applause and cries memory of tion. (Hear, bear.)"

Mr. Ronald MeNeill demonstrated to Bank of England and British creditors German and naturalised German protec The people who had perpetrated these Thys, who was dead. For one case of this orn

have been tralised and the debt to the fection to which, under powerful pro however, useless to ask public questions of "Bravo."

He could not challenge in the myriad graveyards applet the complete satisfaction of his audience matched at once which would enable the tion, this systent of encyclopedic espion scandals were all lying low, in the hope species which had thus escaped into the These men had died in the hone

so-called dead who BlOpt what had been the real result of the banks to be wound up and their Ban age had been carried.

along the West- preservation of the German bank.

("Hear, To managers interned. (Applause). He was and applause.) effect, we had actually been using this not going into the juridical niceties which

that the storm would blow over without light there were, no doubt, a hundred re sacred cause would win and that their the revelation of their perfidy. He hoped lating to different episodes and different excrifice would not be in vain. And here their credit of the British Government to found a large place in Sir William Plen

THREE PURPOSES IN VIEW.

their cowardly anticipations would be persons which were being carefully con in Englanit, in high places in the State, bolster up German institutions Mr. der's very able report, dealing with the

falsified. (Hear, hear.) McNeill took the view that rather than exact legality or illegality of the way mean and dirty system. In the fi DEUTSCHE AND DISCONTO much that they could defy suppression to make those deaths & mockery and 4

Three purposes were served by this

ccal dHear, hear.) The banks new warh powers who intended, if they could, see the German banks put in the Bank they ought to treat those securities. He place, It gave our German trade rivals an He would give recent instances of the at the hands of the old gang" by the laughing stock by preserving and con ruppey Court with resulting immesse caxed very little for that. One simple, unfair advantage in all, the markets of working of the Unseen Hand to foster the two great to chart out chaning facta colidating every German interest in our daniga to German Government would have ranitted funds for him, and that was that here, in this to

credit, the German plain, and obvious fact was quite enough the world. All our secrets were known interests of these concerns, In October was now for the new men to net with midst, and by betraying as utterly at the cases except that of the Deutsche Bant valuable German securities, and what aged to steal a copy of his rival's tender Aliens' Restriction Order for changing menice to our commercial and financial centuries our junior in the constitutional

né the contractor who had men Mr. Gutechow was summoned under the Teuton fortresses which were a perpetual ashamed of ourachves

siderations by extirpating B ring

of war (Hear, hear.) We ought to ba they ought to do was to lay hands upon So far from reguiting our hospitality by his residence wthout furnishing the Be shem (Cheers.) Having done so, what playing the game, German

Country two He proceeded-Assuming for nught they to do with them? He might in

wally ing. (Applause) The purpose of school should have shown us how to deel Germany had behaved

Som flare: He (the speaker) know that And that the Germans, without making determining the exact ownership of vari-misim ar cripple the batsausn than to take Disconto Gesellschaft. He also, surzised id antrilised Gorman olique in high speaker to pause) But as Rustin had set Any Aght at all, had been willing to accept ous creditors when one group of creditors his wicket by bowling A fair ball fact would be carefully concealed from THE TRUTH COMING OUT,

feld who was more concerned to Gtecho was the London manager of the George's hands against the pro-German longed applase, which

compelled the that blow to their credit, however unlikely after another were satished; but he would hear.) He would give a couple

ball (Hear that under invential suspices that places. (Renewed applause.) us the example, then in seamed, would the British creditors tell them how he would deal with them. men cases on Gwinner, under the reporter specially to hear, the case was the nature of the political influences foundationen hoar, boar and, general

God's us follow (load and prolonged ap name let then have had a fall? Not at all. The He would satisfy the British creditors of

Ven a director of the Eastbourne Beach. He therefore sent Now they might begin to discern what second way in which they might have the banks first. He would then find out Baghdad Railway, was a champion Pros The reporter told him that from first to which bad kept the German banks live applause) order to eradicate the curse planes even if we had to re-excavate the whole of our constitutional our own Government, through the Bank apply) Co of England, making advances to the (1)-In supplying some of the shipping family (hisses) and therefore wakin to be mentioned. Not only that, but the of national sentirent and vilest out now but for ever

with Krapps, the hage German armament that Gatschow was the manager of the man company retained firm. He had married into the Speyer Disconto Gesellschaft, was never allowed mans on the Privy Council, in derision these bank, from among us not only extent of British acceptance which had been destroyed by German fluentially conareted with the British solicitor for the defence made a great rage of sil-appointed a naturalind hear.) In other words, our Government submarines, and

honld have come forward and said

We will meet the debts of the British (2)-In compensating Englishmen Shame When an English firm was very big position in the txty of London" man the supreme indge of appeal o

Privy Council (Laughter and poins of the fact that Gutschowa

(Lear, hear" and held creditors of these enemy concerns by whose homes had been destroyed by in competition with Krumps for a foreign(Laughter.)

British officers and soldiers, advances, which might be dealt with after. Zeppelins. (Che-ra)

order full details of its financial position Gulshow was let off with the ridiculous of protest) Theo outraged, were

haar and Shend and generalleries

may consider uninitiated.

FOSTERING ENEMY INTERESTS.

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by all means let us have as.careful s con business as usua in case of tour. Digue were known as the quarters where the ghastly dilemma was diate prace. If the war could be stop in order to defeat investigation. It might

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hand of all the specimens af longer." What did that mean? What it without being sucked dry of all the conto-Gesellschaft was allowed to be dis- Name!")-and a Belgian who acted me the ist hali ceutary, had said to him the

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BELL THE SECURITIES.

a German

frontier.

to make up the shortag existing in all country, we had a very Inrge block of liev competed with the same last, at the Eastbourne Police cours aout regard to these sorry and shabby con- peace if we could not be told during

ENGLISHMAN ✔ WILD BEARTS.

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moment that that supposition was wrong be told that there would be a difficult as dastardly manner 88 & bono giration Officer with the proper particu- that mecting was to strengthen Mr. Lloyd with this area thing. (Loud and pro...)

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afeguard the British creditors was by what balance there was, and he would sian spy. He had a working alliance last the cardinal fact of the case. viz. protected the German turtle to naturalised Germanism, as represented by

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of Germaniam, and pro-Germanism, and

general applause.)

The resolution was carried with enthr

and the proceedings terminated parts of with the singing of the National Anthem