Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-28

The startling accusation that the Ger
man propagandists have deliberately
financed plot to embroil the United
States in war with Japan was made
today by Dr. Rudolf Boiling Tcuslcr,
noted surgeon and director of st. Lukes
Episcopal Hospital Toxic, Japan Doctor
.Teuslcr is visiting Charles K. Pancoast,
HS West Price street. Germantown.
Doctor Tcusler declares that the Ger
man sources are maintaining agencies in
Pekin, Shanghai and other Oriental cities
with the express purpose of Increasing
friction between Japan and this country
by scattering spurious reports broadcast.
The German Government he stated, was
thoroughly alive to the advantage which
would be gained if Feeling of sufficient
bitterness could he ;rOused between
Japan and the United states to bring
about n declaration of war.
War between this country and Japan,
he asserted, would virtually stop the
shipment of munitions from the United
States to the Allies, and would place
Japan IN a position who're she could not
police the Far East for England.
Speaking from 16 years of association
with the highest officials of Japan, Doc
tor Teuslcr said that Japan had nothing
but the friendiest Of feelings for the
United States. and would resist every eff
fort on the part of the German Govern
ment to destroy amicable relations.
HERE TO RAISE $500, 900.
Doctor Teuslcr is in this country con-
Quoting a campaign to raise $50OOO0 for
new buildings and equipment for st.
Luke's Hospital. He is physician for the
British and American Embassies in
Toxic and is a close personal friend of
Count Okuma, Premier of Japan. and
other high officials of the Japanese Gov
ernment The Emperor of Japan has
shown his interest in Doctor Teusel's
hospital project by contributing $4,000
from his own privy purse. Doctor Teus-
Ter is a first cousin of Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson, wife of the President, and was
educated in Richmond Va.
Doctor Teusler was reused by an article
published this week in the press of this
country. This article was given out by
a German in New York and was to the
effect that a book had been published in
Japan which outlined a plan by the
Japanese Government to seize California
and the Philippine Islands. y copy of
the book was sent to the New York Ger
man by n brother in Germany, and trans
lations from the publication were printed
In several newspapers throughout the
country.
This book or pamphlet" said Doctor
Ieusler, was purpOrted to have been
published with the authority of Count
Okuma, who is president of the National
Defense League of Japan. This is abso-
4uteiy raise, however, as | will show.
The pamphlet was published several
years ago by Japanese fiction writer of
no standing whatever. 1t was an anony-
nous publication and was of such
cheap and unbalanced character that no
Japanese of standing paid any attention
10 IT, 1t was read only by the coolie class,
ON the first page of the pamphlet were
"a GRI. III.
Of the National Relief for Military At
ialrs' There is no such organization in
Japan
"A former reporter for a New York
newspaper who was working on the
TOXIC Advertiser, kept the ball a-rolling,
he saw chance to unload a sensation
on the United States. lie had the
pamphlet translated several months ago
ana sold the material to some New York
newspaper with the assurance that the
oook had been published with the full
authority of Count Okuma OF course,
me thing created a stir in this country,
no" we are having this very old affair
Eehashed by a New York German, who
received the pamphlet from his brother
IN Germany.
This same discredited newspaperman
vas responsible for another fake in the
campaign to stir up feeling between the
United States and Japan. He wrote an
article in which it was declared that an
american fleet of six warships was EN-
route to Japan to enforce the demands of
me Wilson Administration regarding the
Nhllese treaties.
= rms inhammatory article was pub
tished IN good faith by the Ji-Ji, the Ko-
huHilh and the Mainichi, three of Japan's
saaing newspapers.
me American Peace Society. composed
~ ~ prominent Americans and Japanese in
ioAlo Immediately investigated this ar
te le and established the facts which l
have stated.
eillilar inflammatory reports are APP
tpseiils constantly on both sides of the
aelle Many of these reports emanate
-toh derman sources and are obviously