Chapter 7

Chemical Commercial Policy-Evidence of the U. S. A. Alien Property Custodian-Pre-war American Situation--German Price Cutting--Salicylic Acid-- Full Line Forcing--Bribery and Corruption--German Patent Policy--Propaganda and Information--Espionage-Activities of the Dye Agencies-Manoeuvring Raw Materials-Chemical Exchange Association -Doctor Albert's Letter-Dye Agency Information System-Dr. Albert on Chemical Warfare-The Moral Aspect-Report of the New York World-German Policy Regarding Dye Supplies to the U. S. A.--Professor Stieglitz's Evidence Ehrlich's Discovery--Drugs and Medicinal Products-The German Monopoly-National Health Insurance Commission-The Royal Society--Novocain--Beta-Eucaine--Photographic Chemicals-War Activities of the I.G.-The Rhine Factories and the Armistice-War Mentality of the I.G.-German Attitude towards Inspection-The Rhine and Chaulny Contrast-German Revolution and the Industrial Leaders-The German Peace Delegation -Recent Signs of Government Interest-Nitrogen Fixation-The German Nitrogen Syndicate-Haber Process Prominent-The New German Dye Combine -Aggressive Nationalist Policy. 186