Iditarod pioneer., 1915-09-25
NEW YORK WORLDS STORY OF GERMAN ACTIVITIES
 IN UNITED STATES

The New York World of August l5 pub fishes copyright article describing efforts made in the United States to mold public opinion in favor of Germany. Statements made in the article are based the World says, upon correspondence of secret agents of the German government.
 Among those named in the correspond ence are the imperial German chancellor, Von Bethmann Hollweg; Count Johann von Bernstorff, German ambassador at Wash ington; Captain Franz von Papen, military attache of the embassy Dr. Heinrich F. Al bert who went to New York from St Louis at the outbreak of the war, and who was the Western representative of the Deutches Bank of Berlin, and many others.
 The Leading Statements
 The leading statements in the article are
 l. The weekly magazine, The Father land, which professes loyalty to the Amerl- can government, but which bitterly attacks President Wilson and which undertook to justify the sinking of the Lusltania, and has taken the German side in all the nego- tiatons growing out of that act, IS financed by the German government and is partially, if not entirely controlled by that govern ment The German government IS repre- sented in this matter by Dr. Heinrich F. Albert, most active of Germany's financial agents in the United States.
 2 An attempt was made by M. $. Claus sen, publicity manager of the Hamburg American Steamship Company, and manager of the German information bureau in the Hotel Astor, New York, to bring about the purchase of the American Press Association, for the purpose of getting matter favorable to the German cause into the thousands of weekly and small daily newspapers which it supplies with news and pictures
 Claussen reported to Financial Agent Al bert that he had obtained thirty-day op- tlon on "a controlling interest" in the Amer ican Press Association. Courtland Smith president of the concern, denies that such an option was given.
 Plan to Buy New York Paper
 8 A plan to purchase the New York Evening Mail and convert it into pro OI gan pLESllSb Oil iOl SOlilt by Paul T. Davis and his father, George H. Davis, a native of Germany. They acted at first in the hope that the German gov ernment, through Ambassador Won Bern storff would finance the plan. When they learned that this could not be arranged they carried on an attempt to finance the plan in this country The fact of this attempt to acquire the Mail as German organ was printed in New York daily papers when the negotiations were first attempted.
 4 A confidential report by an agent of the German government, copies of which were sent to Ambassador Bernstorff, to Fi- nancial Agent Albert and to the Berlin government in July recommended that a news bureau to sell news to American papers be established "with German money" This news was to be of a character favorable to Germany
 Wanted American Lecturers
 5. The same report recommended that negotiations be begun with leading lecture bureau to induce Suitable Americans" to deliver lectures of kind which should in directly help Germany. In some cases this help was to be given by arousing American feeling against England or Japan.
 6. Chancellor Non Bethmann HoIlweg f the German empire interested himself in plan to bring about a second visit to Ger many by Edward Lyell Fox, American mag azne writer whose good dispatches" ac- cording to the chancellor were of great ben oft to Germany. A letter written to Am bassador Von Bernsdorff by order of the chancellor discussed the question of hnanc- ing Fox's proposed visit to Germany.
 :. Claussen, as press agent of the Ger man government, promoted a plan to finance pro German moving picture enter prise by a loan of S22000. pr. Dumba, Austrian ambassador, figured in an agree ment by which films owned by the Austrian government were furnished for the use of "a Mir Archibald' who is supposed to be J. F. J. Archibald. magazine writer and lecturer Financial Agent Albert arranged the loan