The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-09-14
Du111ba And. Bernstorff

having been caught in such way that moth
ing was left for him but to make complete ac-
acknowledgements of his diplomatic guilt, adds
weight to the reeent allegations made by the New
York World against the German ambassador,
Count Won Rernstqrff, which include about every
thing which Ambassador Dumba has been doing.
LeslieI Weekly III it's current Issue, summarizes
the Worlds expose as follows:
"A nationwide sensation was created recently
by the publication in the New York World of a
series of articles concerning pro- German activities
in the United States. The articles were based on
correspondence which fell into the hands of the
World and which indicated that representatives
of the German government promoting a
variety of schemes in this country to injure the
cause of the Allies. Among those implicated in
the affair the World says were Herr Won Beth
! mann olweg chancellor of the German Empire !;
| Count Won Bernstorff, German ambassador at
Washington; Capt Franz Won Papen, military at
| tache of the German embassy; DR.. Herman F.
Albert, chief financial agent of the German gov
eminent in America; Hugo Schmidt Western rep
| re5entative Of the Deutches Bank of Berlin Hugo
| Schweitzer German-American chemist S. Sulz-
berger, banker of Frankfort, Germany; Herr
| WaetzoIdt, trade representative of the German
government in the United States, and agents of
| the German secret service.
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and control the american press to establish news
papers and news services, to finance lecturers and
moving picture shows, and to publish books-all
with the object of stirring up discord among the
American people to Gernlany's advantage. 1t is
averred that the pro-German paper Fatherland
published in New York, has received monthly pay
ments from the German treasury. 1t is alsC de-
duced from the correspondence that the German
government is building, a large munitions plant at
Bridgeport, Connecticut, which has contracted to
supply the British and Russian governments with
its products as "a Blind and without intention to
deliver the goods, Except to Germany through an
adjoining neutral country.
/ Moreover, the correspondence reveals that Ger
man agents have been striving to foment strikes
in establishments manufacturing munitions of wal
for the Allies. Among the asserted steps taken tC
shut off war supplies from Great Britain and
! France were the securing by Hugo Schweitzer Of
the transfer to himself of contract between
company in Newark, New Jersey, and Thomas A
Edison for 81 100000 worth of carboic acid ar
attempt to tie up two plants producing lquiC
chlorine, which has been used for asphyxiating
purposes in the trenches; move to acquire con
troll of the Wright Airship Company OF Da"ton
Ohio; the holding up of shipments OF dyestutf
from Germany in order to intensity American in
dignaion at the British blockade policy; and the
organization of movements in favor of imposing
an embargo on munitions of war. The names o
a number Of well-known Americans, men anC
women, mentioned in the documents in con
nection with the embargo project
THE World calculates that 100000 per weel
of German government money has been spent ii