New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-18
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Drahtlose Telegraphie, which stated
that Germany was greatly interested in
obtaining permanent land stations in
the neighborhood of Nicaragua, be-
cause they would be of great value if
the Panama Canal were fortified.
con January 10. 1910, DR.. K. G..
Frank called on the then manager of
the Atlantic Communication Company
in control of Sayville. Mr.. Richard
Pfund. and asked Mr. Pfund to accom-
pany him TO the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Mr.. Pfund's testimony as presented to
the meeting was as follows;
81 told him that | would go with
him if he wished me to, but that If
he wanted to see a battleship 1t was
not necessary for me to go; that any
body could 90 aboard a battleship. DR..
Frank replied: oh, yes but ! want to
examine the fire control system |
knew this TO be something that the
navy wished to keep strictly secret and
confidential.
81 told DR.. Frank that | would take
him to julius Martin, electrical expert
of the navy yard. | took this action
because knew very well that Mr.. Mar
tin would not allow DR.. Frank or any
body else to examine the fire control
system on our ships. When Dr. Frank
went to Mr.. Martin he got scant salts
faction. DR.. Frank was acting in this
matter, Of course, in behalf Of the Ger
man government, and whatever infOr-
nation he would have been able TO Sc
cure in the Brooklyn Navy Yard ha
would have transferred at once to his
government"
After Various Secrets.
Several times DR.. Frank has at
tempted to secure secrets from various
electrical concerns to be turned over
to the German government, and one OF
his original letters, asking that GER
tain parties secure under false pre-
fences an electrical contrivance which
its owner desired to keep secret was
presented to the Secretary OF the
Navy"
Details of the attempt OF Commander
Petzmann TO ascertain whether a wire
less station Of Sayville could be used
secretly to forward messages to the
German feet, and his efforts TO get
other information, were laid before
the meeting, the Journal says, and
the paper turned over to the Navy De
partment a map of the Philippines
which had been prepared in the German
Foreign Office and on wnieh various
locations had been picked out az the
points where it had decided the United
States should build wireless stations
when any work Of this kind was done.
evidence was also presented TO the
SECRETARY of the Navy" says the
journal" (Which showed that Hans
Bredow, general manager Of the Ger
man Telefunken Company and an oihcer
in the German army, attempted 10
gather under German control in 1913
an entire chain of wireless stations IN
south and Central America to connect
with Sayville.
"Fvidence was presented to the Sec
rotary of the Navy at this meeting that
a civilian still employed in the cleo
trical service of the Navy Department
ia in the pay of Germany, and as PROOF
of this statement it was shown that two
wears ago, when the government desired
a special report on conditions at Say
willie. the report was in the possession
of the German government before II
reached the United States government
cat the close of the session, which
lasted for several hours, The journal
Dresented to the officials a series OF
letters proving the charges made, IN
cluding all the correspondence prellm-
mary to the establishment Of the Say
Vile wireless station. This correspond
ence included letter, dated August 70,
1911. from the Gesellschaft fur Draht-
lose Telegraphie, in Berlin, introducing
their engineer, Van Der Woude, and in
closing copy of their instructions to the
engineer, requesting the latter TO main
tain the strictest secrecy as TO the pur-
pose of the Sayville wireless station,
and also squesting him to make 1t
appear that Land was being purchased
and the work was being done Tor the
firm o. Stollwerck Brothers
Germans Behind Ship Bill.
"Durir.. the fight Owe the ship Pur-
chase bill at the last session OF Con-
eress il was persistently charged ana
as persistently denied that German L.
terests and German bankers were con-
cerned in the outcome. The Providence
Journap now has positive proof Of the
fact that the German interests dld
everything in their power TO force this
bill through Congress as a preliminary
Hamburg American ships tied up in
New York harbor
1.-THE active agent in this propaganda
was Otto H. Kahn, of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
The Journal is able to state authori-
tatiyely that Mr.. Kahn attempted to Sc
cure a loan of S2,5O0,000 from the Ma
tional City Bank of New York, pledg-
ing the Hamburg-American ships as Sc
curity for the loan, which was to carry
6 per cent interest, and to which there
was TO be attached an additional clause
carving 10 per cent profit 10 the bank,
contingent on the sale of the Hamburg
American boats to any person or per-
sons.
"This offer was refused by the Ma
tional City Bank, and Mr.: Kahn then
10 obtain loan from the Ma
tional Bank of Commerce, of which in
stitution a brother of Paul Warburg IS
a director. The National Bank of Com
merce also declined the offer, which
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