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Show i Certain Interests Held Responsible Respon-sible for Selling Liberty 1 Bonds Below Par. I WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 Forced sales by German interests were charged with responsibility for the selling of Liberty bonds below par, by Secretary McAdoo in an address today I before a conference of about 100 rep-' rep-' fesentatives of Liberty loan committees commit-tees from all parts of the country. "Some persons sell these bonds for malevolent reasons," said Secretary ' McAdoo. "Investigations that I have recently made convince me that tha hand or the kaiser is behind certain sales. Of course, I am not in posses sion of evidence which would convince con-vince a jury of this assertion, but 1 I (jould convince any fair minded man Of ihe truth o it. Thoughtless per-1 per-1 sons who think they have done their dutv when they have bought then j bonds also sell them. The thoughtless thought-less persons can also be changed to thoughtful ones if we will show them now their sales are affecting the gov-ernment. gov-ernment. We can not influence the kaiser's people, but we can put them In the penitentiaries, and I want to see them there, for we must deal relentlessly with all the enemies ot America." The secretary added he hoped It would not be necessary to raise more money during the next six months 1 than is now provided by law, but Explained this, question must be de-I de-I termined.by congress., The conference of local Liberty loan leaders, called for the purpose of exchanging ideas on campaign organization in -preparation for tho third loan, will continue most of the week I nn |