Bisbee daily review., 1915-08-22
Sunday, August %, 1915.
THE GREAT CONSPIRACY.

THE GREAT CONSPIRACY.
The exposure by the New York World of the amaz
ing German conspiracy against American neutrality is
to have farreachng effects There has
been much loose talk Of such conspiracy for many
months and pretty definite charges; but now by
documentary evidence the World seems to have proved
the existence of situation for dangerous and Of
fensive than the American public imagined
The published letters whose authenticity dispu
ed indicate powerful thoroughly propaganda
in the United States maintained the expense the
German government and operating partly through the
German embassy Washington, the purpose Of win
ming American support for Germany. turning American
sentiment against Great Britain and above all stopping
the export of munitions to the Allies
The outstanding facts of this campaign are its by
pocrisy its audacy, its oTensiyeness to friendly ma
ton and its compromising on the great
of American citizens involved in it,
The unmaskng of the propaganda which has professed
to be "proAmercan" and neutral" seems complete.
The "Fatherland, for example the magazine published
by George sylvester viereck which has loudes
its denuncations of government policy and the
subsidized American pressT shown itself
supported by German government to the extent Of
$3.50 month paid Editor vereck by Dr. Albert Ger
privy director of the American cam
paign Letters are reproduced showing that the German
sought to arrange for the substituting
Of American correspondents; that plans sub
mitted to the German government for the establishment
of ostensibly American news bureau to provide pro
German in disguise American papers; that an
effort made buy great distributing agency;
that report sent by German agent the Ger
embassy at Washington set forth plans to
tories at cost of $4,000; that the German embassy was
apparently cognizant of attempt stop exports by
financing strike of longshoremen in Atlantic and Pa
cifc parts that the military attache OF Germany EN-
bassy interested in a plan buy up the American
output of chlorine. poison gas" keep the Allies
from getting it, that a was made for buying
Thomas A. Edisons output OF carboc acid to be useC
in making German explosives; that the very time
Germans loudly insisting the immortality
of selling arms bellgerents the German government
was buying and equipping Bridgeport, Conn, factor
to manufacture shells ostensiby the Allies but act
ualy for Germany.
Many these activities in their nature legitimate
pursued by open and legitimate methods But they ar
all tainted by stealth and hypocrisy and of then
are pushed far beyond the limit national tolerance
not TO mention diplomatic decency Neither Engan
nor France any other begerent has been guilty
such perncious activity. nothing less than dc
liberate conspiracy against friendly nation and a
impudent meddng with it's internal and foreign polite
which might conceivably endanger very existence
was an ofense incomparaby less than this tha
President Cleveland gave his passports to Lord sac
Vile West the British ambassador in 1888 It is
ly conceivable that these revelations fail to caus
the departure of Ambassador Bernstorf and SON
Of his subordnates especially the military and nav
attaches.
As for German-Americans and unhypenated pr
Germans. there is little doubt of the Most
these citizens, must be recognized have been sinoe
But of them have been lamentaby misled by the
own sentiment OF prejudice and by niegitimate inf
ences emanatng from Berlin, and Of them m'
have been corrupted by German brides Surely Il
100000 a week estimated by the World the cost
the campaign cannot an have been spent legitimate
Hereafter supicon will attache 20 every publication al
every public man in America that ventures ple
Germany's cause It unfortunate for the honest Al
sincere proGermans and in cases it may be unfa
but So And that fact will last insure that su
utterances as will hereafter from American citze
in behalf OF Germany will be carefully weighed
AS for the propaganda for embargo muniti
shipments thar is dead as doornsn