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Show I PALMER 1 REVEALS 1 PERFIDY j . . I H Tells How Germany II Confiscated Proper- I I ties in Rumania. H KANSAS riTV. Mr . Oct. J. How If Germany confiscated American property u In Rumania by compensating the private I owner "in worthies? stage money" ws by Attome Gtnetnl rainier toll to-ll day In an address before the Missoml Bar association. Extracts from the official offi-cial order of General von Markmeon, commanding of the German forces In Rumania, carrying out the scheme bj which practically all mineral nnd all other oth-er properties in Rumania owned or controlled con-trolled by the countries at war with Get -man' were confiscated were read by the a itorney-peneral These, he said, constituted con-stituted "very striking evidence that Germany has not told the truth with r. spect to Uic treatment of American property The German government. Mr. Palmer said, decided to "purchase' what It desired de-sired to take from Rumania and author-Ixrd author-Ixrd lh Issuance of notes by R German hank which were established as legal lender by military authority. These notes as placed in circulation In ox-change ox-change for perfectly Rood commoditlei , were "secured" by the deposit of German marks at the relchsbank In Rerlin Hu'. I lie deposits, the attorne -peneral said, never left Berlin and the scheme contemplated con-templated thiit Rumania should be forced 10 HJ-sumc the nw currency and thus ;ele."e the deposit? to the German pur-hase'5 pur-hase'5 who made them. Worthless German Money ' It was In this worthless stupe money," Mr Pabnei said, that the consideration foi Amerluait properties was payable sn'i s a consequence Germany obtained such properties for nothing-." Mr. Palmer recalled that such transactions tran-sactions were expressly ratified in lhj Ru-lif, rest treaty which Rumania an- nulled, howevei when ihf changing fortunes for-tunes of war made It possible In view of the treatment of Amcrlcon property In Rumania and the uncertainty uncertain-ty as to what "the Germans reafly havu done to American properties in German:.. ' it was this country's obvious duty when j the treaty of peace come to be written. Mr. Palmer sold, to "afford to American j Interests every protection that cou'o reasonably be exacted " The provisions of the treaty he said, (ruarantced this protection In the fullest measure. |