New Britain herald., 1915-12-01
ENz PUTS WHOLE LAME ON GERMANY
D Government Kidnapping of Ee to SuCCOr German Boats

hment was revealed yesterday as
 lainspring of the movement to
 German cruisers at sea with
 nd supplies, shipped on neutral
 from American ports, early in
 hr. by testimony of Dr. Karl
 managing director of the
 |urg-American line. Buen2
 Fhe witness stand late yesterday
 trial of himself and other line
 Is and employees for conspiracy
 fraud the United States.
 Assisted to Stand.
 Buenz. elderly and somewhat
 was assisted to the witness
 soon after William Rand, Jr,
 oncluded the opening address to hry on behalf of the defense. busly, Judge Howe had heard hcted argument upon motion
 !. Rand to dismiss the indict-
 This motion was denied, and 'uenx was the second witness for vn cause, the first being a local
 nsg house employe, who identi- certain clearance papers in the Spped up in the witness chair, kmder the friendly guidance of |el. Dr. Buenz sketched his 72- lcareer from his birth in Ger through tenancy of various in his native land to his ap- |nent to the German consular |e, nearly thirty years ago. He erved his country abroad-in the b States, in Mexico and in Haiti the consul or diplomatic service hree years ago, when he was | directing head in this country |e Hamburg-Am lines af- Up to that time he had been |led in diplomacy and law, rather |seafaring, and was virtually hut experience as steamboat E&F
 Received Letter in 1913.
 the fall of 1913, pr. Buenz tes- F he received from the head
 of the line in Hamburg letter \ notified him that his superior rs and the German government signed and sealed an agreement 1 would become operative In of war-of which there was not a whisper-and that an abstract is agreement would be sent ly to the German consul general ,w York, where he might see 1t. letter then outlined the salient B. which were recalled today by 3uenz about as follows:
 at the Hamburg-American line undertake to send coal and lies to any German warship ng them, in the Atlantic, should lany engage in war, and should
 be such warships in the Atlan- that time.
 at certain methods of communi- n would be used by the home
 of the line in Hamburg to ad- the lines officials in New York e to send the supply ships.
 Cablegram From Hamburg.
 due time the abstract of this sment with the German govern
 came to the German consul ral here, as promised was ex- ed by pr. Buenz and found to be atlined in his letter. There the ar rested till the 31st day of
 1914. On the morning of that when the shadow of war rested Europe. Dr. Buenz received a gram from Hamburg which read as follows:
 re you prepared to carry out our ,ment with the German govern ?"
 this he sent one word back over and then, feeling German ships were soon to be t by Allied warships from the he set in motion the machinery 'ovide neutral vessels to carry his ,es of coal and supplies to his afloat in the South At ,. .-- ls.
 Simply Following Orders. us. the defense contends, was oned what the American govern . has termed a conspiracy to de-
 and defraud the United States. Buenz, directing the activities of three other defendants-all his rdinates in the line-was alone anne if there were any blame, MT. ] told the jury in his opening ad- }, and even Dr.. Buenz was simply wing orders.
 here was, one provision that was followed out" MT. Rand said,
 only one: No money was fur ed with which to charter and ly the ships. But the men of the lburg-American line and the line dug down into their own funds spent the money themselves, ving that 1t would be repaid n these funds ran short there was Id cry for help and money came
 from Germany.
 Money From Germany. Ve make no secret of this. We $ no secret of the fact that this ey came originally from the Ger
 government. When it did come me in large chunks. Within a days we received three remit es of $5OO,000 each from Ger y and these we deposited in New z banks to the credit of the line