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Show GERMANS DEMAND RETURN OF MONEY Berlin, Jan. 16. In spite of the German government's decision not to have an official exhibit at the Panama-Pacific exposition at San Fran Cisco, plans for Individual exhibits arc still entertained In cases where there is an apparent possibility of increasing increas-ing the sales In America of specific commodities. ' The budget committee of the imper iai parliament today voted to return to the German potash syndicate 5125.-000 5125.-000 of the $2,000,000 forming the so-called so-called "propaganda fund" which was raised by imposing a tax on all potash mined in Germany under the law of 1310 and which was intended for ad vertising the merits of the German fertilizer at home and abroad. The monsy returned is to be utilized for arranging a potash exhibit at the San Francisco exposition. The house also voted ths return of $226,000 of the fund for the purpose of advertising potash abroad. It was stated recently that the German potash syndicate was about to bring a suit against imperial Chancellor Chan-cellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg, demanding de-manding the return of the entire $2,000,000. oo |