New Britain herald., 1915-06-17
'NO FOUNDATION FOR
 TRICkERY CHARGE.
Lansing Learns Envoy on Way to
 Berlin Is Dr. Meyer-Gerhard

Washington, June 17.-Secretar. Lansing received word late yesterda3 l fT om sources which he regarded a' reliable that the man who sailed 1ol Germany with a safe conduct carry ing messages to the foreign office a
 Berlin from Count von BernstoH, the German ambassador, was pr. Anton Meyer-Gerhard.
 Doubt has been cast on the iden' tity of the German ambassa dor's en- voy by published reports that the safe conduct in Dr. Orchards name was in reality obtained for Dr. Alfred Meyer, chief of the supply department Of the German army, who was said to have been buying supplies in the United States. Another s,ory was to the effect that Dr. Meyer accom- panied Gerhard. .,
 Saw Dr. Gerhard.
 State department officials yesterday expressed much curiosity over the re- ports, but instituted no formal in yestigation. From one of the editors of a New York newspaper, an Amer ican citizen, came word that he knew both pr. Meyer and Dr. Gerhard, and that he personally saw the latter on June take the boat for Norway.
 While the state department would examine any evidence that might be brought to it, nothing thus far indi- cates, it was said ofHclaiiy, that there is any foundation for a charge of trickery. l,
 New York, June 17-Dr Haniel Non Haimhausen, counsellor at the German embassy, now m summer quarters at Cedarhursr, L. l., de- clared last night that he had sent a telegram to Robert Lansing, acting secretary of state at Washington, characterizing asiffhtprepostero and untrue" published accounts th4f pr. Anton Never Gerhardt wa ssYin{ fSality Dr. Alfred MeyerJ chief of theisuppiy department of the German army, who had been secretly here buying war munitions. This government ar ranged safe conduct with the Allies for pr. Meyer. Gerhard so that he might return to Germany with a per- sonal message from Count svon Bern storff, the German ambassador.
 Dr. von, Haimhausen said that he, acted in the absence of Count von Bernstorff, who was on motor trip in the Catskills and whose return was delayed by the rainstor1n. He wanted 1t distinctly understood that he was not speaking for the count.
 Stories "Preposterous Lies."
 T sent the telegram to Mr. Ian. sing" he said, because I consider the. published stories an attack on the honor and veracity of the ambassa- dor as the representative of the Ger r,oo in this co11ntrv told him that there was not a word of truth in the stories and that they were preposterous 1ies.'' <
 pr. von Haimhausen declared that Dr. Meyer Gerhard was exactly as he represented himself while in this country-a representative of the Ger man Red Cross. He had been here nearly nine months, Dr. von Haim- hausen added, and in his capacity was entitled to protection under the Ge- neva convention whenever he sought to return to Germany.
 Not in German Army.
 Regarding the report that pr. An ton Meyer-Gerhard was in reality pr. Alfred Meyer of the German army, Dr. von Haimhausen said; .t
 1T never heard of Dr. Alfred Mey- CT There is no man by that name with the war department of the Ger man government. If there was Dr. Alfred Meyer on the steamer United States when it sailed from New York he did not sail under the protection arranged at the request of the Ger man government. F.5
 Regarding the published report which referred to an attempt by Dr. Meyer to purchase discarded army ri fes here, Dr. von Haimhausen de- clared it. unreasonable to think thaf Germany should want to get rifles that the United Estates no longer wanted.
 Bernstorff Makes No Comment.
 New York, June 17.-Count Von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, has, according to a statement made by an official connected with the em- bassy, communicated with the state department at Washington in regard tn the published stories that pr. An ton Meyer-Gerhard, the ambassadors envoy, was in reality Dr. Alfred Meyer, privy councillor of the first rank, chief of the department of army supplies of the imperial German minister of war. Count Won Bern storff returned to the Ritz Carlton hotel here today from motoring trip to the Catskills.
 It was said in his behalf that he would make no comment today to the newspapers about the charge and that the whole matter was in the hands of the state department.
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