Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-06-16
Meet Only DeniaIs.

Special by United Press Wire.
New York, June Efforts to
confirm circumstantial story that
DR.. Alfred Meyer, chief of the Ger
man army war supply division, had
posed as DIR. Meyer Gerhard, Ger
man Red Cross agent, in this ceun-
try met with deniais by the German
diplomatic attaches. The man
known as Dr. Meyer-Gerhard obtain
ed safe conduct home, a story
Tribune charged, under the guise of
aiding Ambassador Won Bernstorff in
preserving this country's views on
the Lusitania's situation.
Ambassador Bernstorff was not to
be found. The embassy at Wash
ington referred callers to the Ritz
Carlton hotel in New York There
it was said he was registered but not
in. At the German summer embassy
at Cedarhurst, l.. l., it was stated the
ambassador was not in. Members of
the embassy corps refused state
ment.
M. B. Claussen, German publicity
agent associated with DR.. Dernburg
whole report struck him .'as a fake. :"
81 know positively he said, !,
that the man known In this coun-
try as DR.. Anton Meyer-Gerhard
concerned himself wholly with Red
Cross work and had nothing to do
with ammunition purposes. Because
OF his extensive travels in this coun-
try and his meeting all classes in the
United States, Ambassador Bern
storff picked him as a special mes
senger to return to Germany and lay
before the foreign office the full
facts concerning American public
opinion on the Lusitania Incident
The real DR.. Anton Meyer Gerhard
has not been out of Germany since the
beginning of the war, 1t is asserted,
and has been reported among the
wounded on the east front. His name
was assumed by DIR. Meyer and the
protecting mantle OF the Red Cross
thrown about him that his identity
and true mission to the United States
might not become known to those out
side German officialdom.
propaganda was n farce He came
here to purchase such war supplies as
he could obtain, and, incidentally, TO
learn the condition of of military pre-
paredness in this country. He takes
to the German war office information
of great Importance, which he has
gathered In his dealings with various
munition brokers and manufacturers.
Sought to Halt Munitions.
While here he dickered with many
dealers and did everything in his pow
er to prevent the allies from obtaining
war materials here.
His excellency's activities have been
carried on with the knowledge and CO.
operation of Ambassador Won Bern
storfr. In fact, they arrived together
on Aug. "a. 1914. Since then they
have been In close communication.
Now DR.. Meyer, armed with a safe
conduct letter In the name Of Meyer
Gerhard has been sent back by the
and the German govern
nent is awaiting his report before re-
plying TO President Wilson's last note
The scheme worked perfectly, and
he state department apparently has
lot had the slightest suspicion that
Dr.. Meyer Gerhard was not DR.. Meyer
Gerhard at all. 1t is a fact. however.
hat the French and British embassies
Il Washington did not issue a safe
conduct guarantee as In the ease Of
Dr.. Dernberg. But they are said to
AVE made it plain that they would not
Interfere with an accredited represent
tive of tha Red Cross.