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Show eo Germans' Free Trade Secrets Will Leak 1 Out to the Allies COBLELNZ. Oct 26 (By The Ae?o-cint.-d Press.) German tiuolncss men have bri-n worrvlnp more than usual recently for fear their Irnde secrels w-lll become known to the allies through "th? gap in the west," ns the occupied . i : Is called According to Information reachinc the headquarters of the American forces In Germany there Is n feeltnp of uneasiness among the German business men that numerous trade secrels Including th dye Industi v whJch Germany has always al-ways carefully guarded, may become available to foreign concerns through the visits paid to German factories by entente emnomie missions. Reeent instructions published by the ' Inter-allied Rhineland hi-h commission provide that no obstacles shall be placed In the way of commercial and other missions mis-sions authorized by the allied and asso elnted governments entering German factories fac-tories "with the owners' consent." These instructions confirm the rights provided by the arml-silo- lu seaieli . man factories for material taken during the war from tho invaded regions of Franec and Heighim and for the supervision super-vision of factories by the economic sections sec-tions of the armies if there should be I reason to believe thut war materla s arc being reduced. However, it is now determined that the German factory owners within the occuplel regions hae a legal right to object. If they so choose, lo nt n commercial representatives visiting ih -lr ; plants and thus findinc out the special .'technical processes which are the secret j possession of many Indutrlcs in this section sec-tion of Germany, notably of the steel and Iron works of the lower Rhine valley. val-ley. Now the German manufacturer.-, along the Rhine arc endcavoilng to devise de-vise a scheme to prevent ihe economic missions from visiting their planis when evei they so desire without any formal notice to the factory owners. |