The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-12-22
PLOTS DISAVOWED
BERLIN REPUDIATES BLAME OF
UNLAWFUL CONSPIRACY
ACTS HURT GERMANY
New York Times Receives Wireless
Message From Berlin Quitting At
titude of Imperial Government to
Plotters in the United States
Willing to Deal With Complaints.

s'The German government nat
urally has never knowingly accept
ed the support of any person, group
Of persons, society or organization
seeking to promote the cause Of
Germany in the United States by
illegal acts, by counsels of violence,
by contravention of law or by any
means whatever that could offend
the American people in the pride
of their own authority"
The above declaration has been
made by the German government to
The New York Times in az authorlz-
ed wireless dispatch from Berlin. The
statement then continues:
eff it should be clleged that i'm
proper acts have been codmltted Dy
representatives of the German gov
ernment, they could be easily dealt
with. To any complaints upon proof
as may be submitted by the American
government suitable responses will
be duty made.
"As is we'll known the means Of
communication betw> en- Germany and
the United States are very unsatisfac-
tory. It is practically impossible for
the German governm cnt to keep it
self in touch with American sentl-
ment; it has often to depend upon the
foreign press for information concern
ing American affairs.
seThe message of President Wilson
to congress, in which-the activities OF
German sympathizers in the United
States were discussed, will serve as
an illustration. There was received
in Germany a brief summary of those
passages which referred to pleas and
conspiracies against peace and order
in the United States and the effect
produced thereby upon sentiment in
Germany was probably more, painful
than the American government knew.
A different impression might have
been produced by the full text of the
message but unfortunately that would
not be available in Germany until the
American newspapers arrived by mail
fortnight or three weeks later, eX-
cept as it might bo taken with doubts
and reservations from the English
press.
"In the meantime confidential com
munication between the German gov
ernment and it's diplomatic represen-
tatives in the United States by cable
or wireless is impossible for reasons
which the American government
knows. Messages by cable must pass
throughthe English censorship and
messages in secret code by wireless
are forbidden. Therefore, m:sunder-
standings are bound to arise, while
explanations are often so circum-
scribed or belated as to be not wholly
effective.
Apparently the enemies Of Ger
manp have succeeded in creating the
impression that the German govern
ment is in some way morally or 9TH
erwise responsible for what Mr. Will
son has characterized anti-American
activities, comprehending attacks
upon property and violations of the
rules which the American govern
mert has seen fit to impose upon the
course of neutral trade.
. .sThis the German government
absolutely denies. 1t can not spec
ulCduy FcpuuAdUo oSeo SohLil.o.SN w
individuals over whom it has no
control and of whose movements
and intentions it is neither Off
ciaIly nor officially informed. 1t
can only say and does most em-
phaticalIy declare to Germans
abroad, to German-American citi-
zens of the United States. to the
American people, all alike, that
whoever is guilty of conduct tend !.
ing to associate the German cause
with Iawlessness Of thought, sug-
gestion or deed against life, prop
erty and order in the United States
is, in fsct, an enemy Of that very
cause and source of embarrass-
ment to the German government
notwithstanding anything he or
they may believe to the contrary