Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-17
PHILIPPINES PLOT
TO STIR SED|T|ON
. LAID TO GERMANS
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came to the United States instructing
d. A. Thomas. the agent of the British
government in he United States, to
place himself in touch with sources of
information in the United States con-
corning German activity, and it is be-
lieved in Washington that some of the
disclosures of the past few days have
resulted from this. Mr. Thomas is a
member of parliament and known as
1.-The British coal king" He was sent
to the United States by the British gov
eminent to further it's business inter-
ests, and is stationed at New York,
although he is today in Canada.
U. Employees Investigated.
In addition to the disclosures published
the past few days by the New York
World. something in the nature of a
''bombshelr': was thrown into official
Washington today by the publication in
the Providence Journal of a story which
declares that two persons in the State
Department and four in the Treasury
Department are under investigation by
the Department of Justice on the ground
that there have been leaks in import
ant information and that data has found
its way into the possession OF Count Won
Bernstorff, the German amba ssador and
Capt Boy-Ed, the naval attache of the
German embassy, which they were not
supposed to have.
stood to be active today in this investi-
cation, through the bureau of investi-
CATION. and it is also said that Bruce
Bielaski. chief of the bureau. has been
lurnlshed with an opportunity to eX
anime the documents which are said
TO be now in the possession of the New
York World in relation to German ac-
tivities in the United States.
Arms Said to Have Been Sent.
Whether any of these documents bear
on the alleged Philippine plot could
not be ascertained today.
The details of that alleged plot so
far as they could be ascertained to-
day. are that German officials two
months ago, at the time the exchanges
of notes between Germany and the
United States government were going
on with the greatest public tension,
purchased from the Standard Oil Com
pany a tank steamship, which sailed
from San Francisco for port in Java
tostenslbly) and that this ship carried
arms and ammunition, in the form of
rifles and cartridges. intended for. the
use of seditious Filipinos.
the Philippines had been Instructed to-
receive these arms and ammunition
foment an uprising, and equip the Fill
pinos with the rifles and cartridges so
that the United States government
might be occupied with such a seditious
uprising and it's attention distracted
from the negotiations with Germany
on the Lusitania tragedy and SUBJ
marine warfare.
Arms Are Disembarked,
1t is stated that the captain of this
ship. knowing that he was concerned
in venture against the laws of the
United States, which is severely pun
ishable. lost his courage before he
reached the Javan port to which he had
sailed, and disembarked his arms and
ammunition upon an island in the
Malay archipelago.
Information as to this cargo of arms
and ammunition. it was charged today
had been furnished to the Dutch gov
eminent. Java being dependency of
Holland, and Dutch warship met the
tank steamship and searched it, finding
no arms.
Secretary Lansing today authorized
the statement that the State Depart
ment has made no investigation of
charges against German officials in the
United States as to labor troubles,
purchases of ammunition plants, etc
Attorney General Gregory refused to
comment on the attitude of his de-
partment.