South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-13
PASSPORTS WERE
USED BY PAPER
Providence Journal Answers
Charges That Story by Dr..
GoriCar is False.

! PROVIDENCE. r. l.. Nov. 1s.-
I The Providence Journal saturday
morning said:
I'm view OF the declaration made
/ yesterday by some unnamed individ-
Iual for the Austro-Hungarian embassy
l i'm washington that DIT GoriCar's ac-
I cusationS are false and absolutely
/ baseless. the Journal this morning be-
! gins the publication OF a series OF
! facts They viii prove beyond ques-
/ ton the guilt Of the Austro- Hungarian
EN- assv through the specific acts OF
/ Consul General NIber and his Office
| force or spies anC TiCksters.
"Geza De Berko. the editor or a
/ Hungarian publication in New York,
/ known as the Napscana, published az
| No. us Second aV.. in this city. was
! brought before the department OF JUS
tice several weeks ago 10 answer 10 "A
| charge OF having allowed his pass
port TO be used by one Capt Pista
Csiszar. an officer Of the Austrian
army and for four years an emplOye
! Of the Austro- Hungarian consul gem
eral at New York.
Mr.. Berko at that time told the
/ authorities that Capt CsiSzar had
stolen the passport from his home
and used il on his voyage 10 Europe
/ on Oct. Il, 1914, on the Italian steam
ship Stampalia.
/
| Csiszar's arrival in Europe he had
written 10 him apologizing for the
| theft This letter which was de-
manded by the officials Of the depart
ment Of justice, BerkO promised 10
! search for. He has not yet found IT,
| He told a representative OF the ProVi-
/ dence Journal last Friday that ne was
still searching for it, but that II had
| unfortunately been mislaid.
The Austrian embassy and Consul
| General Won Nuber were greatly con-
cerned about Mr.. BerkO's inquisition
/ by officers Of the department OF JUS
/ tice.
They had cause to be, for even il
/ Mr.. Berko was telling the truth about
| the alleged theft, the Austrian en-
/ bassy and Consul General Won Nuber
and his assistant in the office knew
all about the theft. They knew. when
! Csiszar sailed from this country that
/ he was sailing under fraudulent
passport
The Journal prints this morning
positive proof Of this assertion bE
/ publishing in facsimile postcard and
a letter received at the Austro-Hun-
garan consulate in New York from
! Csiszar.
The postcard is signed 'Berko', hay
ing been written on ship from which
/ Berko could use no other name. But
/ the letter is signed by his real name
Both documents addressed personally.
in the same handwriting to Samuel
Angyal, an official OF the consulate.
The Csiszar postcard which Ia
wrote 10 the consulate, using the name
Berko in conformity with his false
/ passpc ri. follows:
IS S. Stampalia, oct Il. 1914.
-" Yesterday we luckily left Gibral-
tar An English torpedo boat has
/ stopped us. and searched US. but with
out any further trouble allowed Us 20
/ proceed on our voyage.
81 hope that we will happily reach
Genoa on the 21st Of this month.
Very truly yours,
(Signed)
"'GEZA DE BERKO."'
The letter which was mailed in
Belgrade, Nov. %, 1914, translates as
follows:
Mr.. sam Angyal. care Of Austro-
Hungarian consUl-general, "a State
street. New York, L. S. A.
q. Mr.. dear Mr.. Angyal:
" j have not written you for a long
time but the cause OF IL was partly
because since my departure from New
York / have received no letter. partly
because l have nothing TO write about.
AS / wrote YOU already elf you
have received my letter. / was on the
23rd and the oath of October in Wen
ma 10 call on the minister of war and
foreign affairs To the former | hal
10 submit petition ara was assured
that il Will receive speedy attention
" The minister Of foreign affairs.
Count Berchtold, { have called on per
sonally md handed the letter OF his
excellency Mr. Dumba, whose reading
did not envy 10 the minister of for
gn affairs because on my voyage To
Gibraltar l had it hidden between the
sole OF my shoe.
' Greetings TO all. Next time 1
will write you already from the battle
field, but only postal cards God be
with you, my dear --ngyal
Very truly yours, (Signed)
tPISTA CSISZAR, Captain
"Berko's newspaper in New York is
said 10 be the personal organ of Con-
sui General Won Nuoer, and BerSo
is known 20 have sent wireless mes
sages to the emperor OF Austria and
TO Count Berchtold. When asked why
he did not at once report the loss
Of his passport 10 the department OF
justice, BerkO replied that when he
saw that it had been stolen he gave
up all prospect of going abroad and
did not think it worth while reporting
TO the department OF justice A Jour
nal reporter who visited Consul Cen
eral Won Nuber's office IN New York
could not get an Interview. The Jour
nals information has IL that the pass
port which Capt. Csszar secured was
taken from Berko's residence by an
templOye OF the consulate who went 10
Berko's house for that very purpose.
with or without BerkO's knowledge.
and that the passport was afterWard
handed to Csiszar by Won Nuber."
The Journal article concludes;
The original communications from
Capt. Csiszar TO the AustrO- Hungarian
consulate as we'll as a mass Of other
material proving the absolute guilt
, Of the Austro-Hungarian consulate
were turned over yesterday by the
Providence Journal 10 the United
states secret service and Will be
printed in these columns in due
course"
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