Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-21
SECRET PLANS
Or PLOTTERS ARE
KNOWN TO U. S.
leaders and Financial
hackers Of German Plots
Under Surveillance
FIND OVER $5,OOO,oOO
reuton Agents Abandon Efforts
TO Destroy Munition Plants
and Shipping
WASHINGTON. Dec. 81.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 81.
m. anti-neutrality plots Of Austro-
o.-,non sympathizers are absolutely
,s.a,r control. Government agents now
=. IN nossession Of all of the facts Of
=. nationwide conspiracy which has
,s,sstened to spread devastation and
s,.,h throughout the country.
t,,orv persons concerned in the plot
,-s,,dinq the man higher up-now Is
.inarr surveillance. Whether all will be
s..rssted .,.ss Is for Attorney General Gregory,
e.a,etarv OF State Lansing and President
T,,son TO decide. The facts now are be-
~ Them. And, officials declare, there no
ionssr is danger that any extensive
Ssnaee will be done by the plotters. The
sract situation, so far as the Depart
..art of Justice and the Secret Service
are concerned, is as follows:
KNOWS SECRET PLANS.
III was learned today:
rir,t'-This Government has absolute
,ra complete knowledge of the secret
nans Of the plotters.
sscond-Every person connected with
sbs conspiracy already is known.
rhird-The financing of the plot has
h.sn revealed almost to the last expendi-
ture OF a dollar, and the places where the
reserve fund is hidden are n matter of
record
Fourth-The high agent in complete
charge of the work in this country is
Known. his every movement Is watched.
and every communication he makes Is
made a matter of record. His arrest
would be possible at an hours notice.
The reputation by the German Govern
rent OF the acts of the conspirators has
resulted, the Secret Service agents admit,
IN the abandonment of a plan that carried
with IL crippling or destruction of five
big muntion plants; sinking of dozen
shps and crippling of copper mines in
Michigan and steel plants and factories
IN Illinois, Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
II Is also likely that n fund of four
million dollars, deposited in three New
York banks, will now remain untouched
until the end of the war. as this money
was Intended to finance these outrages.
Photographic copies OF more than one
thousand checks drawn against these
funds, which originally exceeded five
millions, are In possession of the Depart
ment OF Justice. Much of this cash has
been traced from hand to hand until its
ultimate destination likewise is n matter
Of record.
II Is understood that the entire plot
would have become a matter for diplo-
matte negotiations If it had not been for
the prompt reputation of the conspira-
tors by the German Government. This
disavowal followed an intimation to Ger
many that illegal acts of certain Aus
TRANS and Germans in this country were
to be punished by criminal prosecutions
Of every person implicated and that no
immunity would be granted TO any one,
no matter what his station.
The arrest of Paul Roenig and his as
sOclaies in New York, and of Baron
George wilhelm Won Brincken In San
Frsncisco was the first step in the gen
erai roundup. Officials here who know
say that the evidence against them is
conclusive, and when fully known will
startle the country.