Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-12-01 | Page 1 | Americans Are Not Halted by Germans

AMERICANS ARE NOT HALTED BY GERMANS Berlin, Dec. L Taking cognizance of the impression in the United States, that German diplomacy Is responsible re-sponsible for the delay In ihe American Am-erican lallway project In Asia Minor being approved by the Turkish parliament, par-liament, the semi-official Wolff's telegraph bureau has been authorized to say: "The difficulties encountered by tho project lie iu the hardly realizable fundamental principles of the scheme Itself. The German Interests, whose rights would be affected by the project pro-ject in one way or auother, up to the present have observed an essentially waiting attitude; at any rate for more than a year thev have undertaken no steps bearing on the Chester project. Tho same Is the case as regards Ger man diplomacy. "Contrary to the impression conveyed con-veyed b.v reports. German Interests b$ all means welcome the investment of capital of other countrlos, especially especi-ally of- America in Asiatic-Turkey; it only Tor the reason that the economic progross achieved by such Investments Invest-ments would redound to the hcnetlt of tbo railroads alread in existence or In process of construction, which lailroads aio being oporalcd chiefly, with Geiman capital ' oo