Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-16

the correspondence obtained by the
World is the report Of an agent 10 DIR.
Albert that control of the Wright Air
ship Company at Dayton. Ohio, could
be accomplished through an intimate,
confidential man. of Mr.. Wrights. to
prevent to some degree the expectation
Of flying machines to the allies. The
agent adds that under German control
the Wright plan could be made
Lucrative venture
Letters Cite Financial Aid.
A letter to show that George S. Vie
reck obtained financial aid for the
fatherland from DR.. Albert. represent
ing the German government, is repro
duced in facsimile in the World.
In this letter. which is signed with
DR.. Viereck's name, is a statement call
ing for $3.50 for June and credited
with $3.50. This letter treats of the
agency through which the money is to
be paid.
The reply purporting to come from
DR.. Albert is typewriter in German, on
paper with no printed or engraved let
ter head. is unsigned and was delivered
| by a messenger. 1t promises payment
| in about a week. 1t demands proof of
| the financial standing of the paper,
and practical control of it's financial af-
fairs. 1t requires an outline of political
intention and suggests that this mat
ter be discussed With Mr.. Fuehr.
Option on Press Association.
| In letter said to have been written
| by NJ. b. Claussen to DR.. Albert, Claus
| sen wrote that he had obtained thirty
day option without cost for a control
! ling interest in the American Press
Association. a; s1,6OO.000 corporation
| with main office in this city and
| seventeen branch Offices and plants
| throughout the country. The price, ac-
cording to C1aussea, would be 5000 0OD,
| which was 100000 less than the cost
OF esta blishing new service by means
of tickers, patents of which con-
trolled by the American Press Associa-
| ton. Mr.. Claussens memorandum is
said to have contained this. CORTLAND
| Smith, president of the association,
emphatically denies that Claussen ever
obtained such an option or had been
| approached in regard to one
A long and detailed report made in
July for Berlin. the German ambassa-
| dor and DR.. Albert gives a careful
study of the plan for establishing a
| news bureau and a lecture bureau in
| this country, with estimates as to its
| cost and favorable recommendation for
the plan.
| This report says that though much
| valuable time was wasted some very
| effective results were attained, as, for
example. convincing Pennsylvania
| to deliver ammunition to belligerent
power.
1t argues that the pro-German news
bureau must be an American news syn
dictate, established with German money.
and that its real purpose must not be
known. but must become effective for
German interests through subtlety of
presentation. The matter sent out by
this syndicate, it was specified, should
be paid for. so that the syndicate would
pay dividends which could be used to
| enlarge the scope of its activities for
Germany.
Planned to Evade the Censor.
| The writer of the memorandum goes
| on to recommend the reaching of rural
communities by furnishing news and
pictures to agencies which send electro
typed plates Of "boilerplate" to small
papers. He advises stationing popular
and western fronts and establishing
bureaus at various cities in Germany
and her ally countries.
| That 5000 to 1000 words should be
| allowed to be telegraphed by wireless
daily by this bureau, under authority
| Of the foreign Office, is also specified.
Attention in this connection is called
! sent by Mr.. Cory in the German cause
has been more potent than all the off,
cial wireless dispatches sent by the
| German government.
| A telegraph code by which these mes
| sages could be sent through a friendly
| Swiss or Dutch bank should be work ed
| out, according to this summary, so that
! be cabled over without the enemy
knowing how 1T was transmitted