New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-15
Went for "Vicious" Work
Here in Four Months,
1t Is Charged.
WIRELESS TRAIL
TO BERLIN OFFICE
$10,000,000 Receipt by Ambas-
sador Exists, Says "Providence
JOurnal"-Dumba Accused.
rRr Telegraph 70 Th. Tribune l

morning:
A vast sum Of money, amounting TO
between S35,000,000 and S40,000,000, has
been spent in this country in the last
four months for propaganda work
against the Allies under the immediate
supervision of Count Won Bernstorff,
the German Ambassador, and Dr. Helm
rich Albert, privy councillor. who de-
scribes himself to Journal repre-
sentative as the fiscal agent of his
government.
"The Journal" has a positive record
Of the receipt by Ambassador Won
Bernstorff and DR.. Albert of at least
sl0,0O0,O0O in the time mentioned. A
great deal of this money has come
through the Guaranty Trust Company
Of New York and most of it has been
Immediately transferred to the Chase
National Bank and other banks in
which DR.. Albert and Ambassador Won
Bernstorff keep joint account.
"The Journal" charges that not one
dollar of this money has been spent
for legitimate purposes, but that all Of
it is going for propaganda work Of the
most vicious description. One item
alone the maintenance Of bureaus for
dragging men out of munitions fac
tories-amounts 10 many millions OF
dollars.
Separate Fund for Propaganda.
The cost of sustenance of the consul
lar service Of Germany and the ex-
penses of the embassy reach the vari
Gus officials through regular channels,
which are in no way connected with
the fund referred to. 1t is believed
that the entire cost of propaganda work
conducted by Austrian consuls and
consuls-generd is financed from this
German fund.
DR.. Albert was interviewed in his
Office, at Room "a Of the Hamburg
American Building, New York City, last
Friday by a Journal representative
and was asked point blank to state
whether the financial transactions in
which he has recently been involved
covered legitimate operations, the char
acter of which he could explain in gen.
eral to the public. DR.. Albert imme-
diately called in secretary as wit
ness to the conversation, and then re-
plied
al am fiscal agent of my government
in this country and ! am handling GER
tain sums of money"
."Will YOU tell us" he was asked. III
YOU and the German Ambassador have
Joint funds in the Chase National Bank
and number of other banks in this
country"
"What is your purpose in asking me
that question ?" he replied. He was
told that the only purpose was 70 nave
him state. II he would so state, that
whatever Joint funds he and the am
bassador were carrying and however
great the sum total of these funds was,
they were being expended for lawful
purposes.
Thrown on His Balance.
DR.. Albert refused TO make any state
ment whatever in regard to this mat.
ter He was then asked if he would
deny that he had received personally
more than S5,000,000 from his govern
ment in the last two months, and II he
did not on September receive through
the Guaranty Trust Company the sum
Of s2,000,000 for "accordonica' work.
At this question DR.. Albert was visibly
thrown off his balance. The question
was based on a wireless dispatch re-
ceived by the Guaranty Trust Company
on September 3, through Sayville, pur-
porting to come from the Litmus Com
pany, Of Berlin-reslly the Berlin FOR
eign Office-and which read as follows:
"Accordonica. Pay on application TO
Geheimrat Heinrich Albert, New YORK,
two million dollars. Notify him. Let
us know by wire when part of payment
is done. Gable receipt Of telegram
"What do you mean BY asking me
question like that?" DR.. Albert said
finally.
1--WE mean" said "The Journal rep
resentative, "that 'accordonica' is code
word used by both the German AM
bassador and yourself in communicst-
ing with Berlin and that IT designates
the particular account for which the
money is TO be expended"
DIR. Albert said: 81 refuse to make
any statement whatever to The Provi-
dence Journal or to anybody else. |
will make no statement. no matter what
you print
II was Immediately after the expos
ure of the contents of Or. Albert's port
folio on August Is that he began 70 re-
ceive these great sums OF money.
Government Has Evidence
In TO that time most OF the per-
emptory demands for large sums from
the Foreign Office had gone from Count
Won Bernstorff, who. within a period of
n week. lust before the breaking up Of
the Hucrta plot, got over $3,50O,OOO.
The government has in its possession
evidence Of these large transfers.
ON September 22 DR.. Dumba was also
violently affected with a distressing
financial shortage, and sent the fol-
lowing wireless message TO his Min
ister Of Foreign Affairs. in Vienna from
Lcnox, Mass:
"Wiederholung telegrammes vom
fuenfzehnten wenn ich bis zum sech-
sundzwanzigsten laufenden monats
nicht zur annahme der Won hiesiger
nostverwaltung beierlag Won sechshun-
dert elftausend zweihundertsechsund
vierzig dollar fuer ungarische postver-
waltung ermaechtigt VERDE bin ich
pezwungen diesen ganzen betrag zu-
Tuckzuzahlen bite bestaetigung dieses
tclcgtammes.
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