The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1915-08-26
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NEW YORK WORLD PUBLISHES
SOME GERMAN DOCUMENTS
STARTLING DISCLOSURES

STARTLING DISCLOSURES
How Germans are Preventing the Al
lies From Getting War Materials
Huge Propaganda to Alter Ameri-
can Public Opinion-Enormous
Factory Built by Germans.
In the publication of series of
startling disclosures, fully pro-
tected by the copyright laws of
this country, The New York World
liz gradually unfolding one OF the
most startling chapters in the his
tory of the war now raging. The
World has by some means un-
known come into possession of the
letters and reports of many Ger
man confidential agents and Off
cials In this country, which tend
to show that there Is In operation
an enormous propaganda in this
country In the interests Of Ger
many, that cash to turn public
favor to the side of Germany has
been freely supplied. and that
some of the facts have been at
least with the knowledge Of the
accredited representatives Of the
German gOvernemnt, although
they have not yet been directly
implicated in the performance of
any of the acts themselves.
On Sunday The World began it's
n1 IN, hat
that George Sylvester Viereck, editor
and publisher Of The Fatherland. an
ardent pro-German paper in New
York, received and acknowledged the
payment of $3.50, and was expecting
to secure 500 more + the month
Of June.
1t seems from the letter published
that the editor fully realized the ma
ture OF his transact on would not
bear the light of day f>r he suggests
that the payments be made to my
personal friend and lawyer, Ely
Simpson, w,-ose standing as my legal
adviser would exempt him from any
possible inquiry" Elsewhere in the
same letter he says: 81 Gm sending
this letter by boy, as for obvious rea-
sons I do not wish 1t to go through
the nails
The letter from Viereck was adj
dressed to DR.. Albert, who The World
claims Is a representative of the Ger
man government. His answer which
was unsigned expressed the hope of
paying the amount requested in the
next week. 1t also talked of a finan-
cial control of the paper and an "un-
derstanding regarding the course in
politics which you will pursue"
Other memoranda are said to show
that the Austrian government placed
several thousand feet of moving pic
lures to be displayed in the moving
picture houses of this country. The
Times and Democrat several months
ago received an offer of n picture en-
titled "The Galician Drive" and
which was made by the American
Correspondent Film Company, of
which M. B. C'ausscn is president
The World also charges that NJ. b.
Claussen wrote to DR.. Albert that he
had thirty-day option for con-
trolling interest in the American
Press Association, a $1,600.OOO cor
poration located in New Rork and
with branch offices in seventeen
cities. The cost was expected to be
100000, and the idea was to estab-
lish news service by means Of tick
'ess, whose patents are controlled by
tno TTeSS ASSOCIATION.
In long and detailed report made
for Berlin the German ambassador
and DR.. Albert give n careful study
OF the plan to establish n news bu-
reau. and a lcctu'e e bureau in this
country, with IN estimate as to it's
probable cost, and a favorable rec
ommendation Of the scheme. In the
report orcurs the following para
graph:
"The news sent out must not
make the impression OF being put
out for propaganda purposes. Al
though Its principal value Is basel
on Its being pro-German, it's sue
cess depends upon the sublety of
presentation
1t Is also stated that the Foreign
onice would heve to lot the bureau
have a permit to telegraph daily by
wireless about 5000 to 1000 words.
The writer Of the report goes on to
recommend the reaching Of the rural
communities by furnishing news and
pictures to agencies which send cleo
trotyped plates of "boilerpiate" to
small papers.
1t Is charged. and tier support
ins the contention, Is publish ed
showing that the German chancellor
hiWself caused to be sent to Ambas-
s6dor Bernstorff a letter recommend
Ing that the expenses of Edward
Lyell Fox, war correspondent, be
paid by the German Information Ser
vice, because of the fact that he had
been "of great benefit to us by rea-
son OF his good dispatches"
1t is also charged that the German
governmnet or German interests had
an agent at work trying to buy The
New York Mail. end that another
agent advised the establishment of a
moving picture and lecture bureau.
by means Of which such men as Con-
gressmen Gardner and Hobson, Sen
ator Beveridge, Henry Reuterdahl
and Burr Mcintosh might be used
without their knowledge in creating
interest in Americanism through the