Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-13
FORMER AUSTRIAN
CONSUL UNFOLDS
MUNITIONS PLOT
Dr. Joseph GOricar Declares
He Was Punished for Re-
tusaI to Take Part In Con-
spiraCy Against America


lear former Austro-Hungarian consul
at san Francisco. that Austrian con-
suls in the United States working UNI
dcr the direction Of Consul General
won huber and Count Won Bernstorff
the German ambassador. are active in
propaganda for reduction of munition
factories and fomenting strikes
among the workers, will De referred
By the state department TO the de-
partmeut Of justice for Investigation
The Austrian embassy here de-
nounced Goricar's published state
ment as untrue in every particular
and announced II would try To find
some way to prosecute him for it,.
Goricar. the embassy said, left his
post ON leave and failed To- return.
Lansing Is Silent.
Secretary Lansing today declined toI
comment on the charges. The de-
partment of justice has "a good deal
Of Information ON hand regarding the
activities of Consul General Won Nj
ber which it gathered while investi-
eating his connection with the case
of Dr. Dumba the recalled Austrian
ambassador. hut SO far has nothing
definite on the charges attributed
to Or. Goricar In substance Goricar
It's accredited with making the state /
ment that he resigned his post after
fifteen years ina the Austrian consul
service because ne declined TO perform
The work of a SPY. He CHARGES that
while consul at san Francisco, Com /
mander Maximilian Burstyn. the Aus J
uian naval attache at Washington, I
ordered him to gather plans of the
Qualifications of san Francisco har-
Dor and 10 get especially details of
the works at Bremerton navy yard. ,
when he refused, Gorcar is accredit- I
ed with saving. ne was transferred toll
Berlin where after five months, he
was ordered TO proceed TO Niennaj
which he feared to do because of his
pro-Snvic affiliations SO he fled to-
Rome. where he resigned last De
cember.
Goricars story contends that the
German ambassador working with
Won huber. Is i'm touch with the Aus
trian consus NJ cleveland, st. Louis
Pittsburgh. ST. Paul. Chicago and
Philadelphia, who spread propaganda
among the foreign workers i'm the
munitions factories, and such activity
C;oricar alleges extends even to con-
trolling the foreigners through fra
ternal ana secret organizations The
alleged extent of the activities of The.
Austrian consuls and tho so-called
spy system are described at length i'm
Goricar's published statement Gor
cars record shows he first came to
this country IN 1909 ana was consul
al Pittsburgh, Denver and finally san
Francisco where be served three
wears.
embassy issues Statement.
Tho Austro- Hungariau embassy is-
sued the following statement
nFx-Consul Or. Goricar formerly
AT san Francisco. has been on leave of
absence since the time of the out I
break of the war and has been tenn
porarilv attached for d time to the
Austro- Hungarian consulate general
i'm Berlin. Germany. There very soon ,
aftervard. he obtained knowledge
that the Austro- hungarian authori-
ties had received information about ,
his secret connections with the enc
mies of Austria HUNGARY and evident
Ia fearing detection he suddenly left I
his post without permission and dis
appeared Later ON it was learned
that mo had zone to italy ana was
qt3vinr i'm Rome from where he ten .
lerod his RESIGNATION thereby prevent.
ing his dismissal.
"While ne was IN Rome it was ass 4.
contained that he was i'm close rela-
tion with Russian ana Serbian agents
obviously with the purpose Of COINS I