Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-12-08

cause of the Objectionable activi-
ties in connection with military
n naval matters"
Lansing is understood to have in
formed Count Won Bernstorff. the Ger
man ambassador, that Captain Boy-ed.
naval attache to the German embassy,
grata to the United States government
as a result of his connection with the
conspiracies Of the Hamburg American
line. who yesterday were found guilty
in New York.
The subject was understood to have
been HI subject Of discussion at the
cabinet meeting today. Secretary Lam
sing at the n Of the cabinet meeting
flatly refused to answer any questions
on the subject, and other members of
the cabinet were equally silent. The
German embassy also refused to talk
about it.
No Other Course.
The state department was believed
to be of the opinion that as Captain
Boy-ed had admitted his connection
with the financing of the operations
which the New York jury gave a YER
dict as being illegal, there was MOTH
ing else to do but inform the Ger
man government Of it's views.
By informing the ambassador that
the attache is persona non grata. the
United States caves it with the Ger
man government, as to the ann in
which Captain Boy-ed shall terminate
his connection with the embassy. This
is the usual diplomatic procedure in
the case Of an attache of an embassy
or a legation whom the United States
finds objectionable.
Captain Boy-ed's activities in the
United States since the war began
have been the subject Of close atten-
ton by h state department and the
department of Justice. Several times
1T has been broadly limited that the
American government might intimate
to Germany that the operations OF
her naval attache were Objectionable,
with the inevitable suggestion that
his connection with the embassy
should be terminated.
Each time. however. the threatened
action came to nothing. While the
state department consistently refused
to discuss the captains case, h Ger
man embassy intimated that it had
reason to believe he had done nothing
for which he should be censured.
Captain Boy-ed 8 first activities
which attracted the attention Of the
government were in connection with
the misuse Of American passports to
German ~reservists seeking to slip
through the allied lines to join their
armies. Some of the men in connec-
ton with those whose cases the cap
tain's name was mentioned now are
serving terms in federal penitentiaries.
Later Captain Boy-ed's name was
mentioned in connection with the
chartering of ships from American
ports to supply fuel and food to Ger
mar vessels. which in the first months
OF the war were hard pressed by the
allied flying squadrons. The same all
legged connection came up again dur
ing the trials Of the Hamburg Ameri-
can line officials just concluded in,
New York. in which witnesses testi-
money which came from Berlin for
chartering the ships n furnishing
them with supplies.
The government did not contend that
an Offense against the neutrality Of
the United States had been committed
by sending the ships, but the officials
Of the Hamburg american line had
guilty knowledge of the fact that the
customs houses Of the United States
were deceived and defrauded into is
suing clearance papers for ships on
false statements.
prominent in the social and diplomatic
life of Washington. He is partly of,
Turkish descent.
Begged KNEW Faeto.
The inference ran broadly all
through the trial that Captain Begged,
too. was cognizant Of the offonses
which the government charged and.
was frequently mentioned in open
court by the government prosecutors.
Finally the state department mere
suddenly interviewed n cautioned the
officials OF the judicial arm Of the
government that unleas they expected
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