IN AMERICA.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 20 January 1917, Page 5

IN AMERICA.

ABOUT "FRENZIED FIN AITCE. * ’ ALLEGATIONS OF WHOLESALE ROBBERY. BOSTON. Jan. 1. . Congressman Henry (chairman of the Eules Committee) publishes a letter bv "Frenzied Finance" Lawson, offering to convince President Wilson of the wisdom of suggesting au immediate investigations into stock market manipulations. In response to the requests for information regarding the allegations that news leaks between officialdom and Wall Street, Mr Lawson professes to be able to uncover the operations of the false newsmaker, aiming completely to befuddle the American people. He says the so-called lealc last week was only one of a series ini which the people were robbed of hundreds of millions of their savings. A (10,000.000 dollars’ worth of direct plunder, some of which was split with important people. Mr Lawson predicts that, similar leaks arc coming. The letter sdggests that a beginning should be' made before the records can be destroyed. Idle result might be a sudden drop in The cost of living, and the complete exposure of the man who said to Germany: “Give me 50,000,000 dollars in margins, and I will end the war by making it impossible for the Allies to finance themselves.” His trip to the Lmperor was tor the nurposc of pert acting the scheme, and to return in an. undersea boat *10,000,000 of American scene. Les, with the object of smashing the market, dividing the profits over 50:000,000, and beginning a new smashing tank campaign.