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Show BEKLTX, -Tan. 8. via wireles? to Tucker ton. The Ameriean Association of Coniiiiori-c and Trade, umbrae in the Ameriiau business felony ot Berlin, to-day to-day sent a wireless appeal to Secretary Secre-tary of -State Lansing and leading congressmen con-gressmen at V.'ahin jton praying for aidion to assist Americans rpresent-niX rpresent-niX Ameri'-au firing here vho--e bo i-ne-s i- paralyzed y TJritish interference interfer-ence wih i-onuii'.'i'i'e. The inrbsajjo snys , in pai t : r.on-et a 'ilislie'1. b-a.di n A iner-ii'.'iii iner-ii'.'iii citizens nam : I i a u non-ron t ra-ba ra-ba ml A mcrii-au ooiis a re faeing ruin ov.-inp to their inability to obtain merchandise. Immediate, action ac-tion is neeessarv. It is pointed out that British measures in many cases assist instead in-stead of harm ins; f irrmany. since the stoppage of imj-orts ?uch as the unwarlike articles, including tvpewriters, loeks, carpet sweepers and photographic films, merely j leaves tlte field ent irely in the hands of German competitors. |