UNITED STATES.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 September 1915, Page 5

UNITED STATES.

THE ANGLO-FRENCH LOAN. DOES NOT VIOLATE NEUTRALITY. BANKERS EAGERLY SEEKING IT. New York, Sept. 18. American bankers are already'pledged to take up a large proportion of the Anglo-French loan. The commission is willing to allow pro-German banks to participate if satisfied that the offers are genuine. German propagandists are organising protests all over the country against the flotation. Some pro-German New York bankers are actually resentful 'because they have not 'been invited to participate. (Mr. Lansing announces that the loan does not violate neutrality, because it is essentially a credit loan for the payment of the Allies' obligations in America. The first formal conference of the financiers lasted from 4 o'clock till midnight. There is a general feeling of optimism. Cotton-growers have been notified that England and France will care*for their interests. A DEEP LAID PLOT. COUNTER-LOAN CONTEMPLATED. Received Sept. 17, 10.25 p.m. New York, Sept. 17. In connection with the floating of the Allies' loan, evidence of organised hostility amongst the pro-German citizens is accumulating. The evidence suggests a deep-laid plot, striking at the very root of American prosperity, as well as threatening the lives of members of the Loan Commission. It is stated that the names of every bank officer with German blood in his veins are in the possession of those directing the agitation. A project is mooted to float a big German couDter-loan. It is certain that Wall Street bankers, heretofore 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 the loan. BANKERS TO CHOOSE. LOAN MUST BE A SUCCESS. Received Sept. 17, 11.30 p.m. New York, Sept. 17. Mr. James J. Hall, the Railway King, after visiting Mr. Schieff declared that German-American bankers must choose between the United States and Germany. The country's prosperity demanded the success of the loan, and drastic metihods should be adopted, if necessary, to quieten the pro-German ODDOsition.