Evening journal., 1915-08-18
SAYS GERMAN SPIES
were ACTIVE IN j. 5.
Providence Journal Charges
They Tried TO Learn
Our Navy Secrets
GIVES STORY TO
SECRETARY DANIELS

PROVIDENCE, X. l., Aug To- ino
Providence Journal today publishes
story of an alleged German spy. In part
il is as follows:
al the reauest of President Wilson,
the Providence journal has presented tol
Secretary OF the Navy Daniels and thel
members of the Neutrality Board, at al
snecial meeting held in Washington, mi
the Office of the Secretary OF the Navy,l
series of facts that prove the existence
of the German propaganda IN tins coun
trv and the activities of the German spy
system for several years before the be-
ginning Of the present war;
9. Among the charges made are these;
"1hat DR.. K. G. Frank, the present eN-
ecutive head of the Sayville wireless
station. sought TO obtain access. through
an intermediary. to parts Of an Ameri-
can battleship not open to visitors, at
the BROOKLYN Navy Yard. on January
10. 1909. for the purpose of stealing one
of the lew secrets the United States
navy, has left-the details of It's iire con-
trol system.
.That the said Dr. X. G. Frank is re-
allv the head in the United states oi
what is known in Berlan as an intorma-
tion bureau and that much OF his ac-
tivitv consists of obtaining in various
underhand ways similar secret intorma-
tion. and also confidential data concern
inc apparatus and methods developed
Inv American manufacturers, OF great
V,,lue either 70 the German government
or German manufacturing interests
Sayville Plant Mentioned.
"That Commander II. Retzmann, the
naval attache of the Imperial German
Embassy at Washington, whose place
Is now filled by Captain Boy Ed, at
tempted on November s. 1911, to make
use of the Sayville wireless station
during the Morocco troubles to COM
municate orders and information 10
the German fleet cruising in the Brit
ish Channel and the North Sea.
"Tbat in March. 1910, the same
Commander Retzmann attempted TO
secure accurate and complete data
concerning the entire wireless service
in the United States, and particularly
the naval radio service.
THAT the Telefunkn Company OF
Berlin. under instructions from the
German Foreign Office, attempted IN
MAY. 1911, to submit bid to the
United States Government for the
supplying and installation of a large
number Of wireless stations m the
Philippines, which we're to be located
il possible. at the sites indicated on q
special map supplied to the Ieletun'
ken Company by the German Foreign
Office. This marked map, together
with a list, was also placed by the
Telefunken Company of Berlin, in thu
possession of its branch house in
Manila. with full instructions and or
ders 10 treat the matter as strictl!
confidential. and particularly thu
marked map from the German For
eign Office.
THAT Hans Bredow, general mana
ger of the German Telefunken Com
pany and an officer in the German
army. attempted to gather under Ger
man control in 1913, and was par
TALLY successful in doing so, an en-
tire chain of private wireless stations
and stations owned by other govern
ments in South and Central America
working through Sayville.
Americans Name Mentioned.
THAT before the Sayville statiol
was constructed the Telefunke
Company, of Berlin, In September
1910, suggested. in order TO hide tn
real ownership of the station. tina
the necessary land be purchased /
the name of William S. Hulse, a
American citizen and one of its cor
fidential representatives in Ne
York. who was then to transfer th
title over to them
During the fight over the shi
purchase bill at the last session {
Congress il was persistently charge
and as persistently denied that Gel
man interests and German banker
were concerned in the outcome tt
Providence Journal now has positiN
proof of the fact that the Germa
interests did everything in the
power to force this bill through Coz
gress as a preliminary to compellir
the purchase OF the Hamburg-Amer
can ships tied up in New York ha
Dor.
The active agent in this prop
ganda was Otto II. Kahn, of Kuh
Loeb and Company The Journal
able to state authoritatively that NJ
Kahn attempted to secure a loan
S2,500,000 from the National Ci
Bank of New York. pledging Il
Hamburg-American ships as secu
lty Tor the loan, which was to car
per cent. interest, and to whi,
there was to be attached an ado
uonal clause carrying 10 per Ger
proht TO the bank, contingent on d
sale OF the Hamburg-American boa
10 any person or persons"