The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-08-18
GERMAN SECRET
SERVICE IN u. S.
How IL Has Conducted an Active Cam
paign, Trying to Involve the
United States in War.

New York, Aug. ls.-The New York
World has begun series of articles ex'
posing workings of German secret serv-
ice in this country under direction OF
high German officials, including Chan
cellor Bethmann Hollweg, Ambassador
Won Bernstorff, Captain Won Papen, mil
itary attache of German embassy, Hugo
| Schmidt, western representative OF
Deutsche bank, Dr. Albert, chief finan-
cial agent of Germany in this country,
| S. Sulzberger of Germany, and Herr
Waetzoldt, trade representative of Ger
many in this country. The World pub
fishes full correspondence. Ii asserts the
propaganda was intended to involve the
United States in the war. Transfer was
early made through the Deutsche bank
of 81 100000 to the credit of the German
ambassador.
1t is claimed that 30-day option was
secured on the American Press associa-
tion for 100000 cash and the retention
of the present head at $4,000 salary.
1t was proposed to incorporate an Amer
lean news agency with bureaus Mt New
York and Berlin at cost of S250,000 to
supply impartial news" Effort was
made to purchase the New York Evening
Mail. The German government paid the
expenses of Edward Lyall Fox, the mag
azine writer, for his good articles" and
the German chancellor recommended Il
renewal of the arrangement.
The World claims that the German
government is now actually engaged in
the building and extending of large
munition plant in this country which it
secretly controls for the manufacture of
castings and other explosives
and that this German-owned company
has a contract for the entire powder out
put of an explosive company. 1t is fur
ther claimed that it has expended hun
dreds of thousands of marks in develop |
ing its plant, which is scheduled to be- |
gin turning out projectiles for Germany |
September | and to be running at full |
capacity by January THE manner of
while not disclosed, to |
be conducted with the aid of neutral |
country in close proximity to Germany.
Further allegations are that Hugo |
Schweitzer, German American chemist,
lad transferred to himself the contract
ii Thomas A. Edison to supply New
lrk firm l,2l2000 pounds of phenol at
,ost of ST 100000, to be delivered in
laily shipments until March, 1916. and
hat Captain Won Papen took active
teps to prevent expectation of liquid
hlorine to allies so that Germany might
ave a monopoly of killing by asphyx
ating gas, and detailed plan of "ty-
ng up" two purely American" plants
) submitted.
1t was also proposed to acquire the
Wright Airship company of Toledo with !
he assistance of one of Wright's con-
dental men,"
German agents have been active it is /,
lleged in fomenting strikes in Amer ,
an establishments manufacturing mu- !
itions of war with the conniyance of
isloyal labor leaders and agitators. One
tier to the embassy mentioned $4,000
5 the price of strike in Detroit, i,
leveland and Cincinnati
An anti-arms campaign was promoted :
Y the German chancellor and smbassa- !,
or, Chicago embargo conferences being :
Ianaged so as to make the movement !
ppear purely American" A report TO
T. Albert mentions Roger Sullivan, SEN
tor Hitchcock and DIR. Aked as friend ;,