Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-06-06 | Page 4 | Will Fight Hun Domination in Trade Matters

ILL FIGHT DIIT1IN TRADERUTTERS United States Making Prep-f Prep-f I ! arations for Economic j Struggle Expected to Begin After War. ; WASHINGTON", June 5. What may bo i the first step in a general policy of more active participation by the United States in preparations of the nations at war with Germany for the after-the-war trade struggle has been taken in the appointment appoint-ment of an economic representative of ' the state department to join the Ameri can embassy at Rome. It was learned I today that the new envoy is about to proceed to his post. ; Though the recommendations of the Paris economic conference never have 1 been formally accept ea by the United j States, which in the past has viewed with disfavor the attempts to interpose artificial arti-ficial obstructions to free commerce, even ; with former enemies, recent developments ! in Europe have led to conferences here ' between representatives of the entente j powers and officials of the state depart- i ment and the war trade board, which may result in a complete change of the ( attitude of our government. Plans of the Germans. The attention of the war trade board l has' been directed sharply to the far- reaching effect of the new treaty of alli-1 alli-1 ance which has been negotiated between Germany and Austria-Hungary. This ! convention is soon to be followed by a : similar arrangement linking Germany and , Austria with Turkey and Bulgaria, not ' only for military purposes but with the design of dominating the world indus- j trialiy and commercially. Gigantic I schemes have been drawn for the con- i trol of all sources of supply of raw j ; material upon which industries are based, generally at the expense of Germany's present enemies, whom the Teutonic rul-i rul-i ers hope to force to accept peace treaties 1 conceding this control. The entente powers and America, as the plan has been explained, would be excluded from the markets of this Mit-teleuropa Mit-teleuropa combination, but on the other i hand would be forced to buy Germanic I products at prices to be fixed by the I makers. Self-preservation. t So the American officials have been told ! that the instinct of self-preservation dlc- 1 ; tates that some arrangements be made between the entente allies and America ! that will protect them from this menace. and insure mutual aid and assistance, not l onlv throusrh financial loans and credits, ; : but bv special tariff arrangements insur ing their supplies of raw material against 'i German control, and looking to the free exchange of this material between the ! nations that have made the fight against Germanic world domination. Making a beginning with Italy, rear-ranging rear-ranging the American system of short credits on a more generous scale, and . ' planning future continuous supplies of raw ; materials in return for Italian products, it is expected that the United States government gov-ernment soon will extend the policy to : other countries associated in the war.