The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-21
FRANTIC APPEALS
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fession OF Baron HORST ven Der IoAt1
made public in London.
Several persons, new to the con.
| spiracy, are mentioned by name and
several others are designated by
their positions at the time of the plot
activities. United States District At
torney Marshall now has Won Der
Goltz at Ellis Island and Is believed
to have secured from him a great
deal more information than is con-
tanned in the confession made pubic
by the British.
This will be at the disposal OF fed
eral authorities in Buffalo, Chcaso'
| ST Paul, and FL Paso, cities whose
.consuls from Germany, were identi.
fed with the plots according to the
confession.
Ambassador In Trap.
wASHINCiTON, April 21.-Ambas-
sador Won Bernstorff has been caught
in trap from which he cannot es'
cape. il Washington's Interpretation
of the last few days developments is
correct. Washington has come TO the
conclusion that the German embassy
faces the necessity Of admitting I'M
proper activities, or having the fact
proved against it. Whether Count
| Won Bernstorff can show Washington
| is wrong, remains to be seen.
Papers taken from the offices OF
Wolf Won Igel, confidential secretary
of Captain Won Papen and himself
accredited to the embassy, form the
principal basis for the belief the
comics sion Of Horst Won Der Goltz
in London, a copy Of which is in
| Wa shin eton. forms another important
element.
The situation was considered by
the presidents cabinet today. 1t has
been considered the past few days by
1.-The Justice department and state de-
rartment. How seriously the en-
bassy has considered it was shown
by demand made on the state depart
ment today for return OF papers and
all photo evidence concerning them,
to the embassy. Predictions were
made freely today that Ambassador
Won Bernstorff might be given his
passports for reasons Independent OF
the submarine controversy.
| One view, however, entertained at
the cabinet meeting was that this
countrys position in the matter OIL
submarine warfare should be kept
| free from other questions involving
activities OF the German ambassador
1t would be unfortunate to have the
latter matter come to head, some
officials believe. while the submarine
controversy is pending.
| The trap into which some official
profess to see Bernstorf caught, re-
suits in his desire to reclaim the
Won Igel documents as embassy pa
pers and yet not officially admit any
thing as his own embassy's that
would prove knowledge on his own
part Of improper activities.
1t is probable the papers will be
returned to him after the state de-
partment and the department OF
justice have finished with them A
tcourse considered and understood to
be practically decided on is to insist
that Won Bernstorff identify such
papers as are embassy property.
II the embassy should refuse all
papers involving criminal propaganda,
this government would be free to
use them without reservation of any
sort The Won Igel papers with the
evidence obtained from Horst Won
Der Goltz are believed to show that
Captain Won Papen and Captain Boy
Ed were not their own high court in
the United States. Attention was
called to the emphasis placed in the
Won Der Goltz statement on the ques-
ton that Won Bernstorff personally
plans to invade Canada
Still Hold the Papers.
NEW YORK, April 21.-All OF the
originals of the papers seized in the
office of Wolf Won Igel, former secre-
tary to Captain franz Won Papen,
when he was arrested Tuesday on an